Atlanta Hawks: 5 reasons behind the big Game 6 letdown

3. Triple Threat

These two teams finished the regular season 11th and 12th in three-point efficiency, with the 76ers coming in .1 point better. In the postseason they’ve gone their separate ways. Philadelphia has improved their deep-range prowess, currently ranking fourth in the postseason shooting 39.9 percent and third this round shooting a clean 42 percent.

Atlanta has canned 35.2 percent of their triples in the playoffs and 34.5 percent this round. On Friday they shot a paltry 32.3 percent from three while starting shooting guard Bogdanovic went 1-for-6 from outside.

He’s averaging 6.5 points on 30 percent shooting and is one for his last 10 threes.

Philly hit over 41 percent of their threes making this a good time to point out that, while De’Andre Hunter is lost for the season, Cameron Reddish just became available again. He hasn’t seen the floor in the two games since being fully cleared but that may need to change.

If the Hawks don’t find a way to slow Curry they won’t win Game 7. He’s shooting a ridiculous 59.6 percent from outside on 7.8 attempts per game and was 6-for-9 on Friday.

Tobias Harris is hitting 40 percent of his threes and even reserve guard Shake Milton is hitting over two threes a game at a 53.8 percent clip. That’s a significant improvement for both over their regular-season numbers.

The size and length advantage that Philadelphia has shown in their ability to get to their spots at will, but the screens freeing up Curry have been devastating too.

We knew that would be an issue coming into this series though; just as it was supposed to be in the Knicks series. But it’s been another area in which the Hawks actually have an advantage in that’s been holding them back.