Los Angeles Lakers: Most surprising things through seven games

2. The team’s success despite the three-point struggles

We already mentioned how Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is not shooting great from beyond the arc despite being designated as a three and D player and his poor performance is indicative of the team’s three-point shooting as a whole.

The Los Angeles Lakers rank 25th in the league in three-point shooting percentage at 31.7 percent and 24th in three-point shots made in a game at 9.3.

Kyle Kuzma has made just two of 16 threes, albeit in two games, Anthony Davis is shooting 25 percent on 20 attempts, LeBron James is shooting 28.9 percent on 38 attempts. Even Troy Daniels, who has been touted for his sharpshooting ability, is shooting just 26.7 percent in 30 attempts.

There are two notable standouts that have been holding the Lakers up beyond the arc: Avery Bradley and Danny Green. Bradley has made six of his 17 attempts (35.3 percent) while Green has made 17 of his 36 attempts (47.2 percent).

This is surprising as the narrative around LeBron-led teams is to surround him with shooters that he can distribute the ball to. And so far, the Lakers have been breaking that mold and have still been winning.

Part of the reason is having two of the five best players in the league, another is an easy start to the schedule, but the main reason has been the great defending.

To look at the positive side of things, the Lakers can only go up from here. And when they improve that three-point shooting, man, are they going to be dangerous.