They shot 31% from 3 in the playoffs last year (13th out of 16 teams)
They shot 33% from 3 in the playoffs the year before (12th out of 16 teams)
So really this postseason is an anomaly for them.
Given they haven't shot well from behind the arc for the last two postseasons, and add to the fact they shot poorly from 3 during the '23 regular season, the expectations were that was going to continue heading into these playoffs.
You don't make this sort of a run as an 8th seed if there isn't some sort of outlier of play. They looked dead in the water during the regular season and got into the playoffs by the skin of their teeth. They most definitely deserve props for peaking at the right time, but it's certainly one of the more improbable runs.
The year before they were simply a bad shooting team overall, 19th in 3pt pct and 27th league overall, while giving black holes like Achuiwa Igoudala Okpala and Ariza rotational minutes plus Herro had a sophmore slump and Max Strus hadnt arrived on the scene yet meaning the bulk of their 3pt shooting came solely from Duncan Robinson, who of course had a major fall off once defenses adjusted to him
The year after they retooled and added Strus, Vincent, Lowry, Tucker, Vincent, Martin, Morris (who unfortunately had his career ended by Joker) and Herro had a major bounce back which led them to 3rd in 3pt % and 1st in overall fg %, they just went cold in the playoffs for reasons that are still unknown (thought i would say it was due to pressure of being the #1 seed)
those were not the same teams at all
This year they struggled with injuries, fatigue from 3 straight playoff runs, and multiple lineup changes along with adding some key players last minute, but nevertheless it was the same roster with the #1 overall shooting pct in the league from last season that swapped out PJ Tucker with Kevin Love, theyre simply healthy and playing with no pressure, theyre not gonna suddenly shoot awful like last season for the rest of the playoffs, i see that as wishful thinking