OAKLAND—Time to update that old aphorism, “Live By The Three, Die By The Three.”
Let’s be clear: No team is going to win a championship strictly shooting from long range, and no team is going to win a championship with a one-dimensional offense of any kind.
But save your insults, three-point shooting is no longer a mere offensive gimmick. Not in the hands—and supple fingertips and wrists—of the Golden State Warriors.
If the Warriors and the Memphis Grizzlies proved anything in their second-round NBA playoff series opener, it's that big men who own the paint don't have an obvious advantage over littler men who own the arc.