Danny Green is a 40.4 percent career 3-point shooter. In 2013, he hit 27 triples in the San Antonio Spurs' championship matchup against the Miami Heat, a Finals record at the time.
So when the 10-year vet was asked Monday about how to break out of his recent slump, Green had a simple answer.
"Just keep shooting," Green told reporters, including ESPN's Tim Bontemps. "Don't think about it. And it's hard not to think about it because everybody in the world's telling you don't think about it, (and) everybody you come across (is telling you) keep shooting it.
"People text me to 'don't think about it.' I know that. ... I'm not second-guessing myself."
After hitting a career-high 45.5 percent of his attempts from downtown during the regular season, Green has struggled throughout the playoffs. The 31-year-old is shooting 31.4 percent from beyond the arc across 18 appearances and was particularly ineffective against the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference finals, knocking down 4-of-23 attempts (17.4 percent).
While Green has been held scoreless in back-to-back games and hasn't made a triple since Game 3 of the third round, his teammate Kyle Lowry believes he'll bounce back.
"I think it's a new series for Danny," Lowry said. "I think that series happened a certain way. It's over with now. I don't think that even matters. I don't think anything that happened the last series matters, besides us finding ways to win games. That's what we take from that series. Danny will be fine.
"Game 1, he'll be ready to go."
