What player doesn't want more opportunities to shoot? The main issue, however, is that players need to understand that they have to EARN their opportunities.
Here are 9 (fairly easy) ways to EARN more opportunities to shoot.
1. Run the Floor Hard
It doesn't get more simple than this. By simply sprinting in transition, players can create open layups/dunks or spot up opportunities as the defense is scrambling. This is especially a great way for bigs/posts to get touches and easy buckets.
2. Cut Hard While Changing Pace
It's not rocket science, but there's a much greater chance to receive a good look at the hoop after a good, hard cut rather than a casual "banana" cut. Another key here is changing pace. This applies with AND without the ball. By changing pace, it makes it more difficult to guard and will lead to more opportunities to score.
3. Find the Open Space
This requires understanding the situation and where your teammates are on the court. It'll be tough to get an open look if you "creep" into space near your teammates. This completely messes with the spacing in the half court. In transition and in half court settings, it's important to find the open space on the court and maintain proper spacing to get open shots.
4. Show and Have Hands Ready
This is simple non-verbal communication that can go a LONG way. Think about if you're attacking the basket and you see your teammate standing open on the wing. If they have their hands on their sides, are you going to want to pass to them? What if they have their hands up and are giving you a target? One of our favorite phrases comes from our friend Coach Liam Flynn who says, "Have hungry hands" when receiving the ball.
5. Catch Low and "Shot Ready"
This is directly related to the last point of having hands ready. A lot of "open" shots aren't taken because the player simply isn't ready to shoot when they catch the ball. When receiving the ball while standing straight up, it takes so much more time to prep your shot than if you're catching "shot ready." Many times players can get completely ready to shoot while the ball is in the air as they are waiting to receive it.
6. Wait for Screens to be Set
Cutting and using screens BEFORE they are set is a pet peeve of mine and many coaches out there. The best way to get open is by changing pace, WAITING for the screen to be set, and then cutting hard. Simply doing this can result in many more shots throughout the course of a season.
7. Set Solid Screens
One of the most common misconceptions is that players are supposed to set screens ONLY to get other players open. Oftentimes, the players that set great screens are the ones that end up being the most open. By setting great screens, many times the defense focuses much more on the cutter, leaving the screener wide open. Steph Curry is a great example of a player that does this effectively.
8. Use Strong Ball Fakes
Two of the toughest things to guard are (1) ball movement and (2) ball fakes. Ball fakes are a great way to create space especially if players are going up against pressure defense. Specifically, a great shot fake can help even average shooters gain more opportunities to shoot and score. It's important to work on the shot/pass fake on a consistent basis to be effective in game situations.
9. Work on Your Shot Every Day
This should be the most obvious of them all! Just like I said at the beginning of the article, you have to EARN the right to shoot. By consistently putting in the work day in and day out, there's a much better chance that you'll have the freedom to shoot more and more shots.
Keep these 9 things in mind throughout the year and continually work on each fundamental and you'll undoubtedly get more opportunities to score.
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2 UNSTOPPABLE Ways To Get Open For More Shots
If your players can create space from the defense and get open, it gives your team many more scoring opportunities.
Your players either get an open shot immediately off the catch.
If the initial shot is defended, your players have an advantage off the dribble because the defense will be in recovery mode.
If your players can't get open, your team's ability to shoot doesn't matter. .. neither does your offensive execution if you can't pass the ball. So this is a vital component to your team's success.
In this video, Don Kelbick demonstrates how to get open and two different cuts that you can utilize.
As Don Kelbick says in the video...
"Defense is about dictation. Offense is about control.
Once you can control him, you can attack him.
Where do you go if you want to control the defense?"
Step 1 - Go to the basket.
The defender has to get closer to you. If they don't, you get a lay up.
Step 2 - Step through.
You step towards the basket with your top foot, then you step through with your bottom foot.
Step 3 - Inside hip, inside shoulder.
You get your inside hip and your inside shoulder inside of the defense to get them on your backside.
Step 4 - Execute cut
As shown in the video, you can execute a V-cut or an L-cut.
V-Cut
With this cut, your path looks like the letter V.
1. As shown in the video, you repeat the steps of taking your defender to the basket and getting them on your back (step through - inside hip, inside shoulder).
2. Once you gain position, you drive off your inside leg and step with your outside leg to cut to the wing.
3. You extend your outside hand extended for a passing target.
4. You pivot and look to score.
L-Cut
The path of the L-cut takes the form of the letter L.
1. With the L-cut, you repeat the steps of taking your defender to the basket and getting them on your back (step through - inside hip, inside shoulder).
2. You cut up the lane line.
3. Then you stop and hold. You can vary the stop anywhere on the lane line from the low post to the high post.
This makes it very difficult for the defender to time your cut. You control when the cut is going to happen and the defender has to react to you. Thus, you have the advantage.
4. Next, you cut out and slightly up to the wing area.
You cut slightly up because it creates a better passing angle and makes it more difficult for the defender to deflect the pass.
5. As you cut, you provide a passing target with your outside hand and outside foot for a target.
6. You execute an inside pivot (reverse or back pivot) and look to score.
If the defender overplays either cut, you can always cut backdoor and clear out.
Here are three drill progressions that you can use to improve getting open and scoring from this position.
Drill #1 - No Defense
You can use the drill in the video to improve the footwork and shooting from this situation.
1. Player cuts to the first chair. Player executes step through and imagines getting the defender on the inside hip and inside shoulder.
2. Next, the player cuts to the second chair, turns, and shoots. You can designate which cut to practice.
Drill Variations For Shooting:
Shooting off the catch
1 dribble jump shots
2 dribble jump shots
Lay ups
Different finishing moves, etc.
When To Use Chairs Or Passers In The Drill:
You can use chairs or a passer if they are capable of making good passes.
Personally, I prefer to use chairs when first teaching the skill. As Don says, I don't like bad passers to screw up the skill development practice, especially at the initial learning phase.
When players get accustomed to the footwork, I introduce passing.
You can also do a hybrid. You can do some repetitions with the chair, then some repetitions with a passer. With younger players, this could be very useful.
However, if you're in a small group of 2 or 3 players, you could pass from the beginning.
Drill #2 - 1v1 Wing
Next, you can incorporate some decision-making.
1. This drill starts with the offensive player & defender on the wing. From there, the offensive player tries to get open. Play is live immediately.
2. When the offense catches the ball, the offense tries to score. The defense tries to stop the offense.
You can also teach your teams to only pass the ball when the offense lifts a hand as a passing target. That way, turnovers from miscommunication are reduced.
Drill Variations:
Shot clocks / Dribble limits
To enforce specific habits, you can also use shot clocks (3 to 5 seconds) or dribble limitations (2 to 3 dribbles).
You can use shot clocks, so players don't develop habits of doing extra, unnecessary jab steps. From a 1v1 perspective, we emphasize shoot or attack. From a team perspective, we emphasize immediately score or pass.
Dribble limits teach your players to be efficient with the dribble. Players have a horrible habit of catching and immediately dribbling. This eliminates that habit.
Additionally, they can use extra unnecessary dribbles on drives to the basket which slows them down. It can also force them to move in straight lines since there are fewer dribbles. So it makes them quicker to the basket in two different ways.
Backdoor cut when overplayed
You can also make adjustments based on your offense. For example, I don't want my players going past the 3-point line. If the defender overplays, the offense cuts backdoor. If they don't cut backdoor, it's an automatic turnover.
Time limits to get open
If you want to add a higher level of difficulty to get open, you can put a time limit on getting open. You can also give the defense points for not allowing passes.
You have to be careful with this and with your communication to your defense because this will make the defense more prone to be out of position if the offense catches the ball.
One wing cut and one backdoor cut to get open.
You could also use a rule where the offense has one cut to the wing and one cut backdoor to get open. If the offense doesn't get open, the turn is over.
Drill #3 - 2v2 Wing
1. A passer is on top with a defender guarding them. The passer cannot dribble to start the drill.
2. The second offensive player is on the wing. The drill starts with the offensive player taking the defensive player down to the basket replicating the situation above. Play is live.
The offense can only use one side of the court. You split time between the left side and right side of the court.
Like above, you can do shot clocks, dribble limitations, offensive rules, and time limits to get open.
For this situation, you can also do passing limits. That way, players learn how to immediately attack a situation.
You can also do something similar with 3v3, 4v4, and 5v5 where the player with the ball has to pass to initiate the offense.
Resources:
This video clip is from Don Kelbick's Attack & Counter Skill Development System. This is a great resource for individual skill development.
For team-oriented offense development, you can look at Don Kelbick's Motion Offense Videos.
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Passing technique and their analysis in the current NBA season - Across the Atlantic - Blogs There are more and more floaters, this is an increase in the number of passes (drives). The pass itself gives many advantages: it allows you to complete attacks with shots from the “highly effective” zone under the basket, “draw” fouls on the opponent and get the most effective shots in the game - free throws. The passage forces the defensive defenders to shrink into the paint, which opens up opportunities for a pass to open partners and subsequent throws without resistance.
When passing, the player must evaluate many factors that positively / negatively affect the final result (complete the attack with a set of points), and sometimes make the passage impossible at all. To begin with, the player must find the space where he will actually make the passage. The "quality" of this space depends on whether it is on the "strong" or "weak" side, a passage will be made under a strong or weak hand (for a right-hander, a strong hand is right, a weak one is left, for a left-hander, vice versa), are there options for protective safety net in the direction you are going to go.
It would also be nice to beat your defender. You can try to do this in many ways: go ahead if you have a mismatch and the defender is inferior to you in size (bull-rush), try to unbalance him with quick dribbling and the same quick stop (stop-n-go), show a fake throw ( pump fake), make a crossover (transferring the ball from one hand to another with a change in movement), etc. The first step is very important, it must be long, strong and fast in order to gain an advantage over your opponent already on it.
On passes, you are usually in close contact with one and surrounded by several other defenders. In such situations, it is important to "protect" the ball, from loss or block. The following two techniques can be used to prevent you from being knocked out on the dribble:
After finishing dribbling, take the ball in two hands (one on top of the ball, the other on the bottom), similar to American football runners. So knocking the ball out of you without a foul will be very problematic (the main thing is not to take extra steps so as not to get a run).
video from 0:29
Passing the ball overhead. Usually, when passing, defenders concentrate "down" in order to interfere with your dribbling and clear the ball. Therefore, raising the ball to head level will be unexpected for the opponent. Combined with a change of direction (like a Eurostep) this will not only help protect the ball from interception, but also beat the defender so that he cannot recover position and prevent you from shooting.
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Also, as you will see later in the data, it is important to be able to finish attacks well from under the ring. First of all, you need to throw layups well and correctly (because these are the most popular throws during passes), as well as assess the situation on the site in order to choose the right type of throw.
There are 4 types of lay-up finishes:
Normal lay-up: the most standard and simplest type of throw, it is well used when your own defender is outplayed, and no one comes out to secure him (big players complete such passes with a dunk ). Here, the side of the court, the side of the finish with respect to the ring, and the hand you throw with are the same, i.e. when passing to the right side, you throw with your right hand on the right side of the ring.
Inside hand lay-up: Translated as "layup with the inside hand", but it's something from the Space Jam, it's probably more correct to say about the throw with the inside hand to the ring. Can be used when a defender is behind you, but still in close proximity, so it can block your throw. In this case, throwing with the near hand will create additional distance between the ball and the defender in the form of your body and arm length, making it very difficult to block without a foul. Here the hand changes, i.e. when passing to the right side, you throw on the right side of the ring, but with your LEFT hand.
Reverse lay-up. Using the previous version of the layup becomes dangerous if you get a safety net from the weak side. In this case, we just fly past the defender and finish on the other side of the ring. When passing from the right side, we throw from the left side of the ring with the left hand.
European reverse lay-up. This is the completion of the passage on the right side with a throw from the left side of the ring with the right hand with a turn of the body. Technically not the easiest element, but it is useful to use when there is a safety net against a mustache. The goal is the same - to fly past the defending defender and throw without resistance.
You can watch all 4 types in the video below, starting at 4:01
The presence of a safety net is one of the most unpleasant moments during the passage. For the best protection against this, you should, as mentioned above, clearly fix the ball after the last dribbling, cover it, use reverse lay-ups and floaters. Ball fake can also help, i.e. showing the transfer, for example, to the player who was "thrown" by the insurer. This will "freeze" his movement towards you, which will give you the opportunity to calmly throw on the ring. In the case of continuing the movement, you can already make a non-fake pass for an open throw, so the ability to competently pass and see the court well is also important.
When playing 1-on-1 against your opponent, the ball must be kept on the "outside", i. e. far hip from the defender, thus covering the ball with the body. When you have passed your defender, you can take a step towards him to provoke contact. This is done in order to unbalance the defender and with your repeated jerk to the ring, he could no longer resist you, as well as to provoke a foul. In general, the ability to "draw" fouls is a very important part of the game in the aisles, because. gives you the opportunity to perform the highest quality shots in the game, free throws. The opponent, in turn, receives an extra foul, which may affect his aggressiveness in defense in the future.
With the introductory part about the passages finished, now let's go directly to the numbers.
Let's start with general information on throws and their types. In games played through last Sunday, there were 26,486 shots that were recorded as "shots after passes". This is almost one in five shots in the game (18%, 146449 shots in total). As you can see, throws after passes make up a significant part of all shots in games. In the play-by-play magazine on the NBA website, there are 9 types of shots after passes, but due to the small number of some of them, I combined the two categories of dunks and hooks into one Dunk shot and Hook shot, respectively. This resulted in the following seven categories:
Dunk Shot
Hook Shot
Layup shot
Reverse layup shot
Finger roll layup
Floating Jump shot
Floating Bank Jump shot
I will not dwell on the description of each in detail, information about each type of throws can be easily found on the Internet. Here is a video of one example of each type of throw.
First, let's look at the average range of each type of throw.
There is a clear division into close throws (dunks and layups) and long throws (hooks and floaters). There is nothing surprising in this, except that there is a noticeable difference of 2 feet between normal floaters and shield floaters. Perhaps this is due to the fact that the closer to the ring the player performing the floater is, the more he needs to lift the trajectory in order to avoid the block, hence the closer floaters more often hit the shield.
Now the graph of average accuracy.
Closest throws are predictable at the top, furthest is predictable at the bottom (and in general a floater is a poor throw in terms of efficiency). Also, less than 50% of the hooks reach the target. We know from the previous chart that shield floaters have a shorter average range, hence the 11.5% advantage. But what is really unexpected is the spread in the accuracy of the layups. Regular layups are only 48% accurate, reverse 57% accurate, and finger roll 65% overall. And if you can at least say about reverse that they are performed almost 50% closer to the ring, then the difference in average range between ordinary layups and finger roll is only a few centimeters. Apparently, accuracy is affected by the fact that reverse and finger roll layups are much more difficult throws for interference and blocking by defenders.
When it comes to frequency of use, layups are out of competition. Three of their varieties account for two-thirds of throws after passes. Another 23% are floaters, and dunks and hooks in total do not even reach 10%.
There is a negative relationship between throw distance and accuracy, but it is not as strong as it might seem from the graphs above. The following graph is a scatterplot with average accuracy and distance scores for all 30 teams. The correlation coefficient is only -0.25.
Since we switched to team indicators, we will stay here. It is worth noting that passes do not only consist of throws, very often the player making the pass makes allowances for a partner, earns fouls and free throws, or loses the ball. The next group of graphs shows the value of this or that passing indicator for the team, its place in the NBA according to this indicator, and how much it is more / less than the average for the League.
Let's start with precision.
Milwaukee and Golden State lead with a large margin, followed by a "chasing group" from Philadelphia and New Orleans. Sacramento and Cleveland are worst of all with accuracy. The top 4 teams shoot so much better than the rest after passes that only 12 teams are above the league average.
In terms of middle distance, it's not surprising to see Milwaukee at the top, unlike Golden State, who at 29 (over 4 feet from the rim) shoots almost as accurately as the Bucks. Apparently, this is the same reason why GSV shoots much better than average from the mid-range range: the level of players. Also notable is Indiana, who manages to do so 5% below the league average when shooting from less than 2.5 feet.
Utah leads with Rubio and Mitchell in the lead. But the GSV is trying to look for other ways to complete the attacks. The Warriors have made half as many passes as the Jazz and as many as 300 than the 29th-place ranking, which, despite the presence of Ben Simmons, is occupied by Philadelphia.
These graphs show the frequency with which passes of one or another team end with a throw. Most often, Portland, Denver, Phoenix (who throw more than once in two) and New York make the throw after the pass, but Utah and Atlanta, who are the leaders in the total number of passes, close the table here, preferring other developments of the draw.
And these are shot ratio graphs after passes with the team's total shots. Brooklyn leads by a margin, making almost every fourth throw after passes, which fits well with the philosophy of Atkinson and their recruitment. At the other end, the FGP and Philadelphia are logically located. If you rarely make passes, then you cannot have many throws after them.
Jazzmen don't like to quit, they prefer discounts on partners. Also in the top 5 is another leader in the number of passes, Atlanta. On the other hand, New York and Phoenix prefer to throw to the detriment of passes.
The percentage of assists seems to be distributed fairly evenly, but this is primarily due to small values. Only the top two teams make more than 11% of assists. It is not surprising to see Indiana and Utah as the leaders in the top discounts. The Pacers seem to have set up the Oladipo-Turner assembly line well, which was hampered by Victor's injury. At the bottom of the table are the same patients as in the %PASS graphs except for Pistons. Detroit discounts 2.26% more than average, entering the top 10 by this indicator, but only 8% of passes end in assists and here Detroit is ahead only of Cleveland.
I forgot to correct the chart here, so the "lead" of Atlanta and Utah is actually the bottom two. In general, the graph correlates well with TOV%: the Hawks and Jazz occupy 30th and 25th places in it, and the leading Denver and San Antonio 11th and 2nd, respectively.
Here the chart also had to be reversed. Fouls are mostly received in the New York area, with the Rockets joining them. But Utah is in the lead here without any reservations.
Brooklyn does not take the most free throws (all of Houston is only in fifth place). Moreover, the difference between them and Washington is the same as between the Wizards and the average. Among the outsiders are Portland and GSV, who simply make few attempts to pass themselves (I remind you that PTB are third from the end, GSV are the worst by a margin).
The last team graph is a bar graph with the accumulation of all team shots after passes, divided into seven types of shots. Here everyone can see the team he is interested in. It is not very convenient to do this, due to the unequal length of the columns (it would be better to convert the number of throws into frequency), but it is clear that Milwaukee most often completes passes with dunks, Indiana finger roll layups, and Brooklyn with floaters.
Let's move on from the teams to the players and see from what distance, how accurately and how often NBA players shoot after passes. To exclude 100% accurate shooters with one attempt, I set the filter to 100 shots made after passes. The sample included 91 players.
Link to full size chart.
The graph above shows what percentage of his throws the player makes after passes. The leaders are entirely guards, only Hollis-Jefferson can be classified as large. Dante Exum from Utah is the only one who makes more than half of the total. At the bottom of the list you can see people who just throw a lot and managed to meet the selection criteria of 100 throws, but at the same time neither throws after the pass nor the passes themselves are used as their main weapon.
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In terms of accuracy, two Milwaukee players lead the way. This is not surprising because as you can see from the following graph, both are in the top 10 for shortest average throw distances. Durant is not in any tops, moreover, his average shot after the pass comes from almost 4 feet, but Kevin is third in accuracy. It's just that if he does something, he does it well. Also worth mentioning is Steph Curry. He's only 15th in accuracy, but given how far he throws (3rd in average range) this is commendable. For example, Satoranski throwing at about the same range is almost 15% less accurate (scatter plot). In general, when going from the furthest average throwing distance to the closest, only Durant and DeRozan, who are more than a foot closer to the basket, start to throw better than Curry. In this regard, things are pretty bad for Alonzo Trier and Russell Westbrook. Both have the shortest distance, but hang out only in the third ten in terms of accuracy. But even against this background, Tyreke Evans stands out, who, having 5 the shortest throw range, manages to make them the worst of all. Evans, with an accuracy below 40%, it makes sense to think about the need for such rolls.
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Link to full size chart
In the end I will do a little analysis of one player. Let's take Milwaukee leader Giannis Antetokounmpo as an example. To begin with, let's compare how his shots after passes are distributed in comparison with the average NBA player.
The graph shows that about a quarter of Giannis' throws after passes are dunks. This is very different from the average 5% in the League. Giannis also does finger roll layups more often than the other two types. He throws hooks less than average, and much less often both types of floaters. This picture fits in well with his accuracy and shooting distance, as well as his strengths as a basketball player: if you already gave Giannis time and space to pass, then get a dunk for highlights.
In terms of his score in passing play overall, Giannis, out of 109 players who have played at least 25 matches and made 5 or more passes in them, ranks 17th in passes per game, 33rd in number of shots, but first in their accuracy, he is also seventh in free throws made, eighth in points and 16 in their PTS%, 59 in pass percentage and 72 in assists. He is only 97 in turnover percentage and 101 in foul percentage. Giannis goes through a lot and goes well, but his passage is sharpened “for himself”, the Greek flirts with partners a little. Perhaps this should be done more often to reduce the percentage of situations where he simply "gifts" the ball to opponents, losing or committing a foul.
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Basketball 3-Point Shot Betting, NBA Differences from Other Basketball Leagues, Pros and Cons
Basketball is more and more often thrown from behind the arc. Experienced bettors know how to use this. Classic centers like Shaquille O'Neal are a thing of the past. The NBA has finally turned into a league of snipers, the trend for three-pointers has reached European basketball. Today we will talk about how to bet on long-range hits.
What is a three-point shot and when did it appear
A three-point shot is a shot that is made in basketball from behind the three-point line. He brings the team three points, while a field goal from any other point is only two.
Until the 60s of the last century, three-point shots were not provided for in professional leagues, all hits from the field were valued at two points. In the NBA, a three-point arc appeared in the 1979/1980 season, now it is impossible to imagine a basketball game without it.
Gradually the number of long throws increases. In the modern NBA, the average team attacks from behind the arc about 35 times, and the indicator of the leading clubs has exceeded 43 attempts. The average NBA team makes about 12-13 three-pointers per game. Although ten years ago, the best clubs in the league could not reach the mark of 10 hits from behind the arc!
The reason on the surface is the cost of the throw. Four 3-point hits from ten attempts will bring the team 12 points, and five two-point hits from the same ten shots - only 10. But if teams love three-pointers so much, then this can certainly be used in sports betting?
Betting on three-pointers in the NBA: pros and cons
Of course. But you need to take into account the peculiarities of such rates. Betting on three-point shots in basketball is referred to as small markets, that is, unpopular markets for betting. Therefore, the advantages and disadvantages are quite traditional. Let's start with the cons:
Small painting. As a rule, the choice in betting on statistics is noticeably lower than when betting on the result, totals, handicaps or intervals;
Increased margin. The coefficients will be slightly lower than usual, this allows operators to insure themselves against additional losses;
Small limits. Usually, bookmakers limit the size of the maximum bet; it will not work to hit a big jackpot with one bet on three-pointers;
Long distance betting is only available on top leagues. First of all, you can bet on three-pointers in three tournaments - the NBA, the Euroleague and the VTB United League.
There is only one plus here, but it is noticeable. Bookmakers very rarely make mistakes when evaluating the main outcomes, since they have a whole staff of analysts and various experts. But in betting on statistics, missteps occur much more often.
The fact is that the volume of bets on statistics is quite low. The operator does not consider it necessary to closely monitor these markets, preferring to spend the main resources on more popular markets.
Increased margins and limited limits provide bookmakers with insurance against big losses even if line errors become more frequent. This is exactly what sophisticated players use. With proper work with sources, it is much easier to find value bets on three-pointers than on popular betting markets.
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Where to look for statistics on three-point shots, which sites to trust
No problems. The entire amount of necessary data is available on the official websites of the leagues. NBA, Euroleague and VTB United League promptly update statistics. After a short period after the end of the game, its results are processed and appear on the site.
This data is publicly available. For example, on the NBA website you can find not only regular, but also advanced statistics: offensive efficiency, defensive rating. The Euroleague and the VTB United League can boast of the same.
Statistics section on the official NBA website: https://www.nba.com/stats/
Statistics section on the official Euroleague website: https://www. euroleague.net/main/statistics
The statistical section on the official website of the VTB United League: https://vtb-league.com/ru/teams-statistics/
Note that both personal and individual statistics are available on the websites of all three leagues. That is, with a couple of clicks you can find the number of three-point shots made, the number of hits and the percentage of hits by a club or an individual taken basketball player.
How to choose a type of bet for betting on three-pointers
Even bets on one component have enough types. In betting on three-pointers, these are:
Outcomes: who will hit more three-pointers;
Handicap: who will score more shots from behind the arc, taking into account the handicap;
Total total of teams: how many three-point hits the opponents will make by joint efforts;
Individual total of three-pointers by one of the teams;
Individual total of three-pointers made by one of the players. It is usually offered to bet only on leading basketball players or recognized scorers;
Odd/Even: whether the number of three-point hits will be divided by two without a remainder;
Double Chance by Number of 3s: Selected team win or tie results in win.
The principles of calculation in each of the types also do not differ from the usual ones. It is important to remember that, as a rule, the total is set not for the total number of attempts, but only for hits.
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Things to consider when betting on long shots in the NBA
Coaches often tell beginner basketball players that the long shot is a dangerous ally. After all, even recognized snipers have bad days when the ball refuses to go into the ring. With dunks, passes and shots from close range, this happens much less often.
In addition, teams have different attitudes when playing defense. Statistics have long permeated basketball. And she says the least effective shot is the middle-range shot. Since a hit from afar is worth three points, and from close range the ball hits the target more often.
That's why some teams are ready to sacrifice the opponent's open throws from an average distance. If only to not let him throw a three-pointer without resistance. Before making a bet on hits from behind the arc, check the statistics of not only the team (player) you have chosen, but also the opponent.
Several sports statistics websites can be used for this purpose. For example, data is available on teamrankings.com on opponents' shots and hits, as well as on the share of three-pointers in total field goals. With this information, it will be possible to calculate the expected number of hits from behind the arc even more accurately.
Strategy for betting on three-point shots in the NBA
Let's analyze the strategy that is suitable for the selected type of bets.
When receiving the ball while standing straight up, it takes so much more time to prep your shot than if you're catching "shot ready." Many times players can get completely ready to shoot while the ball is in the air as they are waiting to receive it. 
.. neither does your offensive execution if you can't pass the ball. So this is a vital component to your team's success.
Thus, you have the advantage.
You can designate which cut to practice.
Players have a horrible habit of catching and immediately dribbling. This eliminates that habit.
To begin with, the player must find the space where he will actually make the passage. The "quality" of this space depends on whether it is on the "strong" or "weak" side, a passage will be made under a strong or weak hand (for a right-hander, a strong hand is right, a weak one is left, for a left-hander, vice versa), are there options for protective safety net in the direction you are going to go. 
In such situations, it is important to "protect" the ball, from loss or block. The following two techniques can be used to prevent you from being knocked out on the dribble: 
Can be used when a defender is behind you, but still in close proximity, so it can block your throw. In this case, throwing with the near hand will create additional distance between the ball and the defender in the form of your body and arm length, making it very difficult to block without a foul. Here the hand changes, i.e. when passing to the right side, you throw on the right side of the ring, but with your LEFT hand. 
The goal is the same - to fly past the defending defender and throw without resistance. 
e. far hip from the defender, thus covering the ball with the body. When you have passed your defender, you can take a step towards him to provoke contact. This is done in order to unbalance the defender and with your repeated jerk to the ring, he could no longer resist you, as well as to provoke a foul. In general, the ability to "draw" fouls is a very important part of the game in the aisles, because. gives you the opportunity to perform the highest quality shots in the game, free throws. The opponent, in turn, receives an extra foul, which may affect his aggressiveness in defense in the future. 
In the play-by-play magazine on the NBA website, there are 9 types of shots after passes, but due to the small number of some of them, I combined the two categories of dunks and hooks into one Dunk shot and Hook shot, respectively. This resulted in the following seven categories: 
Perhaps this is due to the fact that the closer to the ring the player performing the floater is, the more he needs to lift the trajectory in order to avoid the block, hence the closer floaters more often hit the shield. 
But Utah is in the lead here without any reservations. 
To exclude 100% accurate shooters with one attempt, I set the filter to 100 shots made after passes. The sample included 91 players. 
It's just that if he does something, he does it well. Also worth mentioning is Steph Curry. He's only 15th in accuracy, but given how far he throws (3rd in average range) this is commendable. For example, Satoranski throwing at about the same range is almost 15% less accurate (scatter plot). In general, when going from the furthest average throwing distance to the closest, only Durant and DeRozan, who are more than a foot closer to the basket, start to throw better than Curry. In this regard, things are pretty bad for Alonzo Trier and Russell Westbrook. Both have the shortest distance, but hang out only in the third ten in terms of accuracy. But even against this background, Tyreke Evans stands out, who, having 5 the shortest throw range, manages to make them the worst of all. Evans, with an accuracy below 40%, it makes sense to think about the need for such rolls. 
Let's take Milwaukee leader Giannis Antetokounmpo as an example. To begin with, let's compare how his shots after passes are distributed in comparison with the average NBA player. 
He is only 97 in turnover percentage and 101 in foul percentage. Giannis goes through a lot and goes well, but his passage is sharpened “for himself”, the Greek flirts with partners a little. Perhaps this should be done more often to reduce the percentage of situations where he simply "gifts" the ball to opponents, losing or committing a foul. 
Experienced bettors know how to use this. Classic centers like Shaquille O'Neal are a thing of the past. The NBA has finally turned into a league of snipers, the trend for three-pointers has reached European basketball. Today we will talk about how to bet on long-range hits. 
The average NBA team makes about 12-13 three-pointers per game. Although ten years ago, the best clubs in the league could not reach the mark of 10 hits from behind the arc! 
The coefficients will be slightly lower than usual, this allows operators to insure themselves against additional losses; 
This is exactly what sophisticated players use. With proper work with sources, it is much easier to find value bets on three-pointers than on popular betting markets. 
euroleague.net/main/statistics 
It is usually offered to bet only on leading basketball players or recognized scorers; 
And she says the least effective shot is the middle-range shot. Since a hit from afar is worth three points, and from close range the ball hits the target more often. 
