The three-pointer: A long shot comes in with a big payoff for NBA

 
By Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times | Modified: February 18, 2013 at 11:23 pm | Published: February 19, 2013   

Steve Kerr vividly recalls being a 10-year-old kid, with a basketball tucked under his arm, staring up at the rim from behind an imaginary three-point line he had paced off in the driveway.

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Chart tracks number of 3-point shots attempted and made in the NBA since the 1979-80 season, when the league adopted the rule allowing for the long shot. Los Angeles Times/MCT 2013

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