The first step toward your opponent missing an NBA-playoff-record-setting number of 3-pointers is giving up, like, a ton of 3-pointers.
This, to be clear, was not the New York Knicks’ goal in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
“I don’t think you want to force them into 3s,” Knicks forward Josh Hart told reporters after the game. “We don’t want them to shoot more 3s. They got great shooters. We just tried to make it tough for them, play physical and do those kind of things. You never want a team like that to shoot more 3s.