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Pacers Help Wanted: Calling All Shooters

In today's NBA, everybody shoots: bigs, smalls, mediums, and tweeners. It's cliche by now to say it, but it's true: it's a space-happy league with open shots galore, and teams need guys who can hit consistently from deep.

This isn't just "analytics" speak; efficient three-point shooting is becoming more and more intertwined with winning. For the fifth consecutive season, more than 20 players shot 40% or better from three. Sixteen of the 25 are employed by playoff teams, and to take it a step further, nine of the top-10 reside in the Western Conference; the same conference that bludgeoned the East head-to-head and boasted nine teams with winning records.