When I was mulling over what name to give this piece, I got stuck on the old saying “live by the sword, die by the sword.” As far as cultural artifacts go, this one has been around for a while, and as such is easily reappropriated for whatever topic you want. Memes are funny like that.
When it comes to the Milwaukee Bucks and their relationship with the three-pointer, the easy choice for a tile was “live by the three, die by the three.” But something stuck out in my mind, a certain familiarity, beyond the fact that it’s been done a hundred times over.