How D’Angelo Russell Broke the Lakers Franchise Record for 3’s in a Season | Laker Film Room

How D’Angelo Russell Broke the Lakers Franchise Record for 3’s in a Season | Laker Film Room

D’Angelo Russell just broke the Lakers franchise record for threes in a season there it is single season threep point mark for the Lakers now belongs to D’angelo Russell in this video we take a closer look at how he did it and Russell in the front Court no hesitation it’s

Dle creates space for pull-up threes with a constant series of fakes hes and crossovers challenging Defenders to match a complicated Rhythm if they want to stay attached watch his feet on this play some steps are heel toe while he takes others on the balls of his feet some

Steps are long and slow While others are short and quick every change of pace and speed is an attack on the defense and DLo knows how to throw these in combination all he needs is for them to bite on one of these moves and that provides enough space for him to get his

Jumper off this type of unpredictable Rhythm was a key part of Nick Van xle’s style too he had held this record since 1995 prior to DLo breaking it the tricky part about pull-up jumpers is the transition from dribbling to shooting and dowlo excels at Gathering his dribble from any position and getting

Right into his shot whether it’s bringing his off hand to the ball off a left-handed dribble or shooting hand to the ball when he’s dribbling it with his right he makes a lot of his threes even with somebody right on him simply because he got into a shooting motion

Faster than they got their hand up D what DLo is making 39% of his pullup threes ranking seventh amongst the 33 players who take at least two and a half of these per game DLo dribbles up the right sideline here looks down and brings his right hand to the ball and

Then looks up the rim that’s him selling the threat of a pull-up three but Trey Murphy doesn’t bite on it so dowlo flows into the next move which is an inside out dribble followed by a pair of behind theb back crossovers this sets him up to use Jackson’s screen going middle and

It’s here where D’s understanding of what the defender has to do comes in handy Murphy’s job is to ice this screen and not let DLo go middle but he’s a beat behind and has to hurry to get there in time so DLo steps back into the

Side forcing Murphy to chase him in the other direction and he can’t quite catch up oh look at this move doing a dance having some fun DLo is an expert at running his Defender off screens like this in the pick and roll these pull-up opportunities are already there on a lot

Of transition possessions where defenses are backpedaling and trying to get set he has a great knack for recognizing when these shots are available and relishes the chance to force a timeout with a pullup three on the break go another five for seven from downtown he’s got 29 but most of D’s threes come

When he’s operating off of the ball the Lakers have a number of players who can create with the ball in their heads so D’s ability to seamlessly transition from being an on-ball point guard to an off ball floor spacer is a great asset to the Lakers drive and kick game once

The Lakers ball handler draws a second Defender the team has gotten very good at swinging the ball around the perimeter with DLo being at the end of a lot of these possessions and once DLo has a defender in Chase mode he’s great at using shot fakes to lose them completely he doesn’t

Jump very high when he shoots which he’s actually turned into an advantage his shot fake looks a lot like his actual shot so he’s able to keep his feet on the ground and stay under control while the defender has to respect the possibility that he’ll take It he pairs that shot fake with a step back that goes back into the right this is one of his more common moves as an off ball shooter using it when Defenders are trying to run him off the line but are a step behind it’s just a step back

For Russell D can also shoot while on the Move making him a threat on set plays or off Relocations there is the Angelo R there’s an old basketball adage that says one of the best ways to get a shooter open is to have him set a screen and this has been a key part of the Lakers offense he passes the ball to LeBron at the elbow and starts to cut

Through on this play and watch his eyes he pretends like he’s going to continue on with his cut but at the last moment he veers off to set a screen on Clint capella and makes good contact on it that gives ad a path to the rim and both

Atlanta players react to that and that leads to DLo being all by himself behind the Line he takes excellent screening angles and makes contact on a lot of his screens which in turn helps him get open as a shooter he’s also a great option as an on ball screener for LeBron when teams like to send two Defenders to him he’ll start these plays below the three-point

Line and then come up to set the screen for LeBron before popping out into the open space beyond the ark DLo takes nearly seven threes per game and one of the reasons why is because he doesn’t need perfect circumstances to get a shot off many players struggle to shoot if

Their feet aren’t set or if the pass is outside of their shot pocket but DLo can turn these situations Into Gold Lebron crosscourt that great vision of his d off a one leg he can also shoot from a standstill Triple Threat position without any rhythm at all he’s hit a

Couple of no dip threes recently where he doesn’t bring the ball down when he catches it allowing him to get the shot up before the defender can get there to Russell his is gone and the Lakers lead by six and once he gets hot he can

String together a flurry of Threes in a matter of moments which can completely change the complexion of the [Applause] game D’Angelo Russell is having one of the greatest three-point shooting seasons in Lakers history this year making a career high 42% from Deep while breaking a franchise record that stood

For nearly 30 years just to get credit for your game and what you work do and showcase it every night just to get credit for it for something like this it’s really Cool

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