Live by the three

“I don’t want us to be coming down, forcing up a bunch of threes. I really want us to attack the basket.” — Byron Scott, 2014

Odds are good you’ve heard by now about Lakers coach Byron Scott’s philosophy regarding three-pointers. Namely, he doesn’t like them.

Smarter writers than I have already taken Scott to task for the serious factual errors underlying this strategy:

I asked Lakers coach Byron Scott about his philosophy on 3-pointers. "I don't believe it wins championships. (It) gets you to the playoffs."

— Baxter Holmes (@BaxterHolmes) October 17, 2014

Seven of the past eight NBA champions led all playoff teams in 3-point attempts and makes.

— Baxter Holmes (@BaxterHolmes) October 17, 2014

But I don’t want to bash Scott. He knows more about the game than I do, certainly, and probably more than many of the Twitterati mercilessly mocking his coaching decisions. Byron Scott is zagging where the rest of the league is zigging, and I want to know: Is there anything to this? Are teams becoming too reliant on treys?