There are several culprits, the clearest of which is the three-point shot.
The point guard with a lethal three-point shot didn't show any cracks, and his teammates rarely knew much about the struggle he and his father faced.
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They're led by a point guard named Trey Burke, who froze the Jayhawks in the close of regulation with a three-point shot he launched from somewhere in the Upper Peninsula.
While there have been a slew of exciting games, including a five-overtime affair, it was revealed this week that the scoring average is the lowest since the 1981-82 season, five years before the three-point shot was instituted.
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They only shot 37.5% (15-for-40) from the field, but finally found some efficiency from behind the three-point line, where they shot 50% (4-for-8).
Over the Knicks' 12 games in January, the opposition's point guards have shot 39% from three-point range and 51% overall, while averaging 18.5 points, 6.8 assists and 4.5 rebounds in 36 minutes per game.
The first was to push Michigan off the three-point line, and the Wolverines shot 2-of-7 from deep in the second half.
In back-to-back victories against the Jazz and the Wizards this month, Novak shot 10 of 17 from three-point range.
We had the ball with whatever it was, a three-, four-point lead and we didn't get a shot our last three possessions.
And then there was a spin-move James did at the three-point line, followed by a pass under his legs, then a hook-shot-toss off the backboard.
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They were leading 59-58 after that shot, and they were up by two before Boozer converted a three-point play off a neat bounce pass from Taj Gibson in the closing seconds to send Chicago into the fourth quarter with a 69-68 lead.
The Bobcats shot 64 percent in the first three quarters to build a 17-point lead and outrebounded the Knicks 37-25.
Michigan shot 46% from the field and almost 53% from three-point range.
They shot 34 percent from the field, including 1 of 11 from three-point territory.
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