Marquese Chriss was the Warriors' most efficient 3-point shooter on a night Steph Curry looked like his old self.
If you had that on your preseason bingo sheet, collect your winnings.
Chriss knocked down 3-of-4 3-pointers in Tuesday night's 114-113 preseason loss to the Kings, and only Curry made more triples (five). No Golden State player made a higher percentage of their 3-point shots than Chriss, a 29 percent career shooter from distance who has attempted at least four 3s in just 50 of his 256 regular-season games.
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"I don't think I'm gonna be taking that many a game all the time," Chriss said in a video conference call with reporters. "But I feel comfortable. I think [that shot is] something that I have, it's something that I've been working on but [I'm] just trying to stay consistent and find my spots.
"When the game tells me to shoot, I'll shoot."
Through two preseason games, Chriss and the Warriors' bigs have shot quite a few 3-pointers. Golden State hasn't been gun shy, attempting at least 40 triples in both contests. The Warriors attempted 31.3 per game last season, as Klay Thompson missed every game rehabbing his torn ACL and Curry missed all but five with a broken left hand.
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The bigs have played their part in the barrage. Chriss, Kevon Looney and Kaleb Wesson -- all of whom are at least 6-foot-9 -- each attempted at least one 3-pointer Tuesday. Alen Smailagic, who missed the loss with right knee soreness, attempted a pair in Golden State's preseason opener last Saturday. Chriss is the only player of that group, so far, to make one.
"I think it's gonna be important for our bigs to be able to space the floor, make shots and keep the paint open for guys like [Andrew Wiggins] and [Kelly Oubre Jr.]," Looney said. " ... I think it's gonna be key for us. [Coach Steve Kerr] wants us to shoot 'em, shoot 'em with confidence."
Warriors of all sizes have gotten Kerr's message loud and clear. The coach told reporters Tuesday, just as he did last Saturday following the preseason opener, that he hasn't told his team he wants them shooting at least 40 3-pointers per game, or any number, really.
Bigs like Chriss shooting 3-pointers is "the way of the world these days," according to Kerr, in no small part because of the Warriors' own previous success shooting from beyond the arc during five straight trips to the NBA Finals.
Those dynastic Warriors didn't reach this volume, topping out at an average of 34.4 3-pointers per night in 2018-19. Nor did they rely on the same principles as the current 3-point-heavy iteration of the Warriors' offense.
"The only thing we've emphasized is the spacing," Kerr said. " ... Over the years with our championship teams, we didn't play with a ton of spacing, we played with a lot of motion and, frequently, we cluttered the lane but there was purpose to it. A lot of screening, and cutting and back-cuts, and guys who understood angles."
"These players, these young guys, are used to shooting a lot of 3s," Kerr continued. "It's the way they've grown up. It's the way the game has been taught. We're teaching the same spacing of trying to get everybody beyond the 3-point line to open up the paint for our drivers, guys like [Wiggins] and [Oubre].
"So it's gonna take some time to adjust."
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Chris, too, is adjusting to the Warriors' new offensive reality. On some rare nights, that could mean he's more accurate from beyond the arc than the greatest 3-point shooter of all time, as was the case Tuesday.
That's going to be the exception that proves the rule, though.
"I'm not really trying to go searching for 3s 'cause that's not the type of player I want to be," Chriss said. "I want to be a player that can contribute from the 3-point line, but I think my strong suit is rolling to the basket and putting pressure on the rim so that I can let players like Steph or [Jordan Poole or Damion Lee] get the 3s, and trying to make impacts however I can.
"... I'm just trying to pick my spots, and when the game tells me to make a play, I'll make a play."