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Kyle Lowry’s fast break 3-pointer

It’s a 2 vs 1 fast break. Kyle Lowry gets the ball with DeMarre Carroll running past the only defender. Lowry decides to stop just short of the corner and let it fly. Nails it.

Years ago this would drive coaches crazy. Now a common tactic in order to maximize on the teams potential to score points. If you have a knock-down three point shooter, why not? Stephen Curry is the master from down town, and does this quite often, awing the audience first at the cojones to take the shot, then to make it, consistently.

Much about the NBA decades ago was about the isolation big man.