But it wasn't merely Parker's efficient shooting that made the performance so special; it was how and where those shots were generated.
He has also recorded at least seven assists in each game, and he has been efficient, shooting at least 53 percent from the field each time.
What is surprising, though, is that a return to the Van Gundy way would most likely lead to a more efficient shooting team than last season's squad.
Yet with Thomas and Wallace combining in the frontcourt for only 30 minutes, it was left to Chandler, with his efficient shooting (12 of 13) and big plays, to pull the rest of the load.
Anthony Morrow poured in 42 points on remarkably efficient shooting, becoming the first Nets player to score more than 40 since Vince Carter in March 2009, and the Timberwolves' Nikola Pekovic (27 points, 11 rebounds) dominated inside.
But if Shumpert can keep up his recent dynamic play – efficient shooting coupled with an increasingly hounding on-ball defense – even these N.B.A. stars might find out the hard way that No. 21 is no longer just any rookie.
Knicks Coach Mike D'Antoni has based much (read: all) of his reputation on a high-octane, opportunistic offense predicated on quick decision-making, efficient shooting, and – most crucially – a capable distributor leading the charge.
He's topped 20 points on five different occasions this season (including a do-it-all scoring performance against the Charlotte Bobcats on Sunday), but as a product of efficient shooting (he was 53 percent from the field overall in those five games) rather than thoughtless shot-hunting.
This method is used in conjunction with initial guess correction mechanism of Newton's method to construct a new efficient shooting algorithm for the solution of counter-pumped Raman coupled equations.
