MILWAUKEE—It is a relatively new NBA phenomenon, this ability of big men to step out and take deep, deep three-point shots, and it’s not only changing the way the game is played. It’s changing the way it’s being coached as well.
It will be a huge part of the Eastern Conference final that began here Wednesday night, with Milwaukee’s Brook Lopez and Toronto’s Marc Gasol — who, in another era of the game or point in their careers, might have plopped themselves in the low post, put their backs to the basket and gone to work.