The Indiana Pacers aren’t playing defense like they used to, as their 104 defensive rating can attest to. One reason for this is they are allowing opponents to shoot 3-pointers freely.
Not only are the Pacers in 27th place for 3-point opponent baskets with 10.2 per game as of Nov. 17, but they also have allowed their opponents to score 22.8% more three-pointers than they did last season.
While the 10.2 3-point opponent average is only 1.9 3-pointers per game over the Pacers’ 2016 average of 8.3 3pointers per game, it represents 5.