The Portland Trail Blazers have made headlines this season for some historically bad 3-point performances. Yet, when looking beyond just the 3-point shot, the Blazers aren’t one of the NBA’s worst shooting teams this season, according to The Athletic’s Law Murray (subscription required).
In his third-annual NBA team-wide shooting rankings, Murray compiled the list by taking the average of five categories for each team: midrange field goals made per game (non-paint 2s); midrange field goal percentage; 3s made per game; 3-point percentage; and free-throw percentage.
By that scoring system, the Blazers rank in the bottom half of the league, but not in the bottom five.