nba league average 3 point percentage by position 1997-98

Point guards sank 33.6 percent of their threes in 1997-98.

POSITION 3P% SEASON GP MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TPG MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF +/-
1
Point Guard
33.6
1997-98
4,917
23.9
8.7
2.3
4.3
1.1
0.1
3.2
7.6
42.1
0.6
1.8
1.7
2.2
78.3
51.0
0.5
1.8
1.7
117,635
42,843
11,250
21,082
5,224
672
8,445
9,070
-249
2
Shooting Guard
36.7
1997-98
4,858
25.2
10.7
2.8
2.3
0.9
0.2
3.9
9.0
43.2
0.9
2.5
2.0
2.5
79.5
52.7
0.8
2.0
1.4
122,424
51,911
13,624
10,952
4,527
1,166
6,904
9,220
+977
3
Small Forward
34.3
1997-98
4,490
25.4
10.5
4.1
1.9
0.9
0.4
3.9
8.7
45.2
0.5
1.5
2.2
2.8
76.0
52.9
1.3
2.8
1.5
114,047
47,192
18,282
8,671
4,021
1,970
6,762
10,216
+218
4
Power Forward
29.1
1997-98
5,057
24.1
9.5
5.8
1.4
0.7
0.6
3.7
7.8
47.4
0.1
0.4
2.1
3.0
69.4
52.5
2.0
3.8
1.4
121,856
48,257
29,451
7,183
3,707
3,219
7,329
12,665
-1181
5
Center
28.7
1997-98
4,679
21.2
7.9
5.6
1.0
0.5
1.1
3.1
6.4
48.2
0.0
0.2
1.7
2.6
66.7
52.6
1.9
3.7
1.2
99,158
37,066
26,191
4,498
2,464
5,035
5,847
12,107
+235
StatMuse has season-level data for three-point percentage going back to the 1979-80 season.

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Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
19.0
Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
6
Pistons Pistons
44
38
.537
20.0

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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
3/30
UTA UTA
@
CHA CHA
106-110
Sun
3/30
BOS BOS
@
MEM MEM
117-103
Sun
3/30
CHI CHI
@
OKC OKC
117-145
Sun
3/30
BKN BKN
@
DAL DAL
113-109
Sun
3/30
HOU HOU
@
LAL LAL
98-104

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
10/21
HOU HOU
@
OKC OKC
7:30 PM
Tue
10/21
GSW GSW
@
LAL LAL
10:00 PM
Wed
10/22
CLE CLE
@
NYK NYK
7:00 PM
Wed
10/22
BKN BKN
@
CHA CHA
7:00 PM
Wed
10/22
MIA MIA
@
ORL ORL
7:00 PM