Clippers’ Blake Griffin likes his three-point shooting to come naturally

Blake Griffin matched his career high by making two three-pointers Friday against the San Antonio Spurs, leading to a question: Why doesn’t the Clippers forward shoot more of them?

He’s made a respectable six of 15 shots (40%) from long range this season, tying the career high for accuracy he established last season, but has not made an increase in volume a priority. He’s never taken more than three in a game in his six NBA seasons.

“I don’t practice them that much,” Griffin said after converting both of his attempts beyond the arc against the Spurs. “I don’t want to get trigger-happy after two made threes.”

Clippers Coach Doc Rivers said Griffin is reluctant to shoot three-pointers unless they’re drawn-up plays or come late in a possession when there are no better alternatives. He made one in each situation Friday.

It’s easy to say that Griffin, whose mid-range game is flourishing, could simply take a step or two back before shooting whenever he catches the ball near the three-point line. That could disrupt his rhythm, however.

“I don’t want him forcing and searching for threes,” Rivers said. “I want the threes that come naturally and like the last play that we drew up for him [Friday], that was a natural three. The other one he made was late [in the shot] clock and he swung into it, it was a natural three. I don’t want him looking for them, because then you start struggling.”

Foul ploy

Rivers has envisioned a doomsday scenario for intentional fouls.

“One game we should just start the game out doing it and do it the whole game and see how long the game will last,” Rivers said.

Considering each team has 78 fouls to give, that could be a while.

“If we started and both teams decided to do it before the first play, it would be another hour into the game and the clock hasn’t changed,” Rivers said. “That could actually happen.”

Probably not, Rivers conceded, but it’s fun to contemplate. Teams are getting more creative in skirting the rules that prohibit intentional fouls in the final two minutes of games, jumping on players’ backs at the free throw line and grabbing players on inbounds passes.

Rivers said he had devised another way to do it “that would be ridiculous” but would not divulge it.

“It is getting silly, there’s no doubt about that,” Rivers said. “I just don’t see any change to it.”

Christmas cash

No matter what happens in the Clippers’ Christmas matchup against the Lakers at Staples Center, the game will be costly.

The median ticket price is $412, according to Chicago-based ticket reseller Vivid Seats, making it the third most in-demand game of the NBA regular season. It trails only the final game of Kobe Bryant’s 20-year career, the Lakers’ home finale against the Utah Jazz on April 13 ($1,249 median price) and the Golden State Warriors’ final regular-season home game, against the Memphis Grizzlies on the same day ($499).

Clippers-Lakers is the most in-demand Christmas game of the season, surpassing the Finals rematch between the Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers ($400). It’s also more than double the $200 average median ticket price of Lakers home games this season, which ranks second in the NBA.

The Lakers’ final home matchup of the season against the Clippers on April 6 has a median ticket price of $328.

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