{"id":295217,"date":"2010-02-08T14:31:07","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T19:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/my.lakers.com\/blogs\/?p=14963"},"modified":"2010-02-08T14:31:07","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T19:31:07","slug":"artest-doing-it-from-distance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/295217","title":{"rendered":"Artest Doing It From Distance"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"59491155\"Among the reasons Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak was eager to get Ron Artest into L.A.’s doors in the offseason was the forward’s solid three-point shooting.<\/p>\n

And after a slow start, Artest has gotten hot from distance, improving to 40.1 percent from three-point range to lead the Lakers:<\/p>\n

Lakers Three-Point Percentage (minimum 50 attempts<\/em>):<\/u><\/b>
\n1) Ron Artest – 40.1<\/strong>
\n2) Sasha Vujacic – 35.8
\n3) Derek Fisher – 35.0
\n4) Jordan Farmar – 34.7
\n5) Shannon Brown – 33.3
\n6) Kobe Bryant – 32.7
\n7) Lamar Odom – 29.5<\/p>\n

Artest has been particularly hot in February, nailing 8-of-13 attempts, including three straight big ones to turn the tide of L.A.’s road win in Portland on Saturday:<\/p>\n

Artest Month-by-Month From Three<\/u><\/b>
\nOctober\/November: 39.1 percent
\nDecember: 32.7 percent
\nJanuary: 43.1 percent
\nFebruary: 61.5 percent<\/strong><\/p>\n

Among a few explanations for Artest’s increased accuracy is his improved understanding of L.A.’s offense – thus, where to get his shots – and his improved health, which he detailed after the Lakers win in Philadelphia on Jan. 29<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Artest, a career 34.7 percent shooter from three that shot 39.9 percent last season, currently ranks 23rd in the NBA in three-point percentage; the No. 10 spot (42.9 percent) is well within range particularly if his shooting trend continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Among the reasons Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak was eager to get Ron Artest into L.A.’s doors in the offseason was the forward’s solid three-point shooting. And after a slow start, Artest has gotten hot from distance, improving to 40.1 percent from three-point range to lead the Lakers: Lakers Three-Point Percentage (minimum 50 attempts): 1) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4162,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-295217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4162"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}