Don’t let last night’s game fool you into believing that Harrison Barnes has not made strides to get back to his old form this year. The Dallas Mavericks had a tough stretch of games earlier in the season when they lost 6 in a row. During those 6 games, Barnes was out for the first but struggled shooting the ball in the next 5.
Barnes started the season shooting 35% from the field and 29% from three. That is not a serviceable percentages from the guy that many expected to lead the team in scoring once again. Since that time, however, (and before last night’s game), Barnes had raised his percentages to nearly 47% field goal and 40% three-point.