The Hot Hand in the NBA 3-Point Contest: The Importance of Location, Location, Location

Robert Lantis and Erik Nesson

Journal of Sports Economics, 2024, vol. 25, issue 3, 283-321

Abstract: We investigate the hot hand in the 1986-2019 NBA 3-Point Shooting Contests. Combining repeated shots in a location and shots across locations, the contest mimics game situations without many of the confounding factors. We find that a hot hand exists in the contest, but only for shots within the same location. Streaks of shots increase a hot hand, but only if the player makes his previous shot and has not moved locations. Our results suggest that while a hot hand does exist in basketball shooting, it is only present when shots are taken from the same shooting location.

Keywords: hot hand; basketball; NBA; 3-Point Contest (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D81 D91 Z20 Z29 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1177/15270025231222630

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