{"id":658481,"date":"2010-02-08T14:31:07","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T19:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/my.lakers.com\/blogs\/?p=14963"},"modified":"2010-02-08T14:31:07","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T19:31:07","slug":"artest-doing-it-from-distance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/658481","title":{"rendered":"Artest Doing It From Distance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/my.lakers.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/artest3s.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"59491155\" title=\"59491155\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14971\" \/>Among the reasons Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak was eager to get Ron Artest into L.A.&#8217;s doors in the offseason was the forward&#8217;s solid three-point shooting.<\/p>\n<p>And after a slow start, Artest has gotten hot from distance, improving to 40.1 percent from three-point range to lead the Lakers:<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Lakers Three-Point Percentage (<em>minimum 50 attempts<\/em>):<\/u><\/b><br \/>\n<strong>1) Ron Artest &#8211; 40.1<\/strong><br \/>\n2) Sasha Vujacic &#8211; 35.8<br \/>\n3) Derek Fisher &#8211; 35.0<br \/>\n4) Jordan Farmar &#8211; 34.7<br \/>\n5) Shannon Brown &#8211; 33.3<br \/>\n6) Kobe Bryant &#8211; 32.7<br \/>\n7) Lamar Odom &#8211; 29.5<\/p>\n<p>Artest has been particularly hot in February, nailing 8-of-13 attempts, including three straight big ones to turn the tide of L.A.&#8217;s road win in Portland on Saturday:<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Artest Month-by-Month From Three<\/u><\/b><br \/>\nOctober\/November: 39.1 percent<br \/>\nDecember: 32.7 percent<br \/>\nJanuary: 43.1 percent<br \/>\n<strong>February: 61.5 percent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Among a few explanations for Artest&#8217;s increased accuracy is his improved understanding of L.A.&#8217;s offense &#8211; thus, where to get his shots &#8211; and his improved health, which <a href=\"http:\/\/my.lakers.com\/blogs\/2010\/01\/29\/artest-finally-feeling-healthy\/\" >he detailed after the Lakers win in Philadelphia on Jan. 29<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Artest, a career 34.7 percent shooter from three that shot 39.9 percent last season, currently ranks 23rd in the NBA in three-point percentage; the No. 10 spot (42.9 percent) is well within range particularly if his shooting trend continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among the reasons Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak was eager to get Ron Artest into L.A.&#8217;s doors in the offseason was the forward&#8217;s solid three-point shooting. And after a slow start, Artest has gotten hot from distance, improving to 40.1 percent from three-point range to lead the Lakers: Lakers Three-Point Percentage (minimum 50 attempts): 1) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-658481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2LiF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}