[81alum]

Three point shooting is a fascinating study in group psychology.  What are the odds that we would miss 16 in a row and then make 5 in a row?  It absolutely has to be connected to some subtle range-finding that is influenced by observing your own successful shot and the shots of your teammates.  I wonder if a sports psychologist could teach players to "find their range" by observing the successful shots of their opponents, too?  Maybe not, since you are facing the wrong way.

Here is a partial answer to my own question:

https://www.vox.com/2015/6/3/8719731/hot-hand-fallacy

[81alum]

Three point shooting is a fascinating study in group psychology.  What are the odds that we would miss 16 in a row and then make 5 in a row?  It absolutely has to be connected to some subtle range-finding that is influenced by observing your own successful shot and the shots of your teammates.  I wonder if a sports psychologist could teach players to "find their range" by observing the successful shots of their opponents, too?  Maybe not, since you are facing the wrong way.

Here is a partial answer to my own question:

https://www.vox.com/2015/6/3/8719731/hot-hand-fallacy