looking at kyle lowry's playoff scoring/efficiency. he gets to the line a tad less and his 2pt% is ~1% lower, but the fall off appears mostly related to 3pt shooting. in toronto he has shot ~38% from 3 in the reg season, 32% in the playoffs. in the reg season a little over ~60% of his 3s were assisted, 49% in the playoffs*.
his pull up 3pt shooting in recent years: 42% (2017), 31% (2016), 34% (2015), 33% (2014)
catch and shoot 3pt shooting in recent years: 42% (2017), 46% (2016), 35% (2015), 43% (2014).
Year | Pull-up % | Catch and Shoot% |
2014 | 33 | 43 |
2015 | 34 | 35 |
2016 | 31 | 46 |
2017 | 42 | 42 |
like most good 3pt shooters he's great off the catch, meh/bad off the dribble. actually a lot worse than i expected off the dribble overall. this past season looks like a pretty clear outlier. know he has generally had some wrist injuries so maybe that has bothered him later in the season, but the change in shot distribution from reg season to playoffs seems like a big deal. i was actually pretty surprised by how regularly his 3pa were assisted in the reg season given the rep of their offensive style. would be interested to see who is passing to him in one of those assists networks.
note: i didn't look at his shooting off x # of dribbles or anything like that
*i think this # may be wrong? it looks like they just averaged the %s. when i checked the totals based on the listed % assisted #s i got that ~45% of his TOR playoff 3pa are assisted. if it is wrong that speaks even more to the point