NBA 2018-19: 3 talking points from San Antonio Spurs' win over Phoenix Suns

#2 The Spurs destroy the Suns from the three-point land

The San Antonio Spurs are a high percentage 3-point shooting team

The Spurs are second in the league this season with a 3-point conversion rate of 38.9%, which shows that they are making more of their three-point shots than most teams in the league.

Against the Suns, they attempted just 21 shots from beyond the arc but made 13 of those (aided by Forbes' perfect 5-5 night from deep), giving them an approximate 62% success rate for their long-shot in this game. It was interesting to see that they shot better from the three-point region than they did from the field (49.4%), and most of the credit for that goes to Pop's old-school mentality.

He has repeatedly voiced his displeasure at the growing domination of the long-range shot in the league. Therefore, he motivates his team to only take shots from the deep which they think they can make.

Patty Mills, Dante Cunnigham, Pondexter and Forbes all ended the game with a 100% shooting night from a distance, and San Antonio finished one shy of their season-high for 3s.