Yet all of their heaves may have a more practical purpose than many of the players realize. John Fontanella, a professor emeritus of physics at the Naval Academy and the author of the book “The Physics of Basketball,” said he suspected that the Warriors were giving themselves a psychological edge by attempting so many long-distance shots.

“There is absolutely something to this idea of extreme training,” Fontanella said in a telephone interview. “When you go beyond what you’re required to do, it makes your job seem a lot easier.”

For the Warriors, Fontanella said, that most likely means that the 3-point line seems much closer, and the hoop much larger, after they have hurled shots from the far baseline. The Warriors shot 47.8 percent from the field and 39.8 percent from 3-point range during the regular season, leading the league in both categories.

“I would say there’s a correlation,” Fontanella said. “I don’t think it’s a fluke, actually.”

Speights agreed with that assessment, saying that normal shots did not seem as difficult after “throwing the ball that far and trying to make it go in that little hole.”

Given how much they practice the craft and the supreme confidence that has resulted — “I think we’ve become pretty good at it,” Holiday said — one might assume that the Warriors are relatively proficient at sinking them in games.

Alas, the Warriors could not be much worse at it.

During the regular season, the Warriors missed all 25 of their buzzer-beating attempts from beyond halfcourt. That is worth emphasizing: 0 percent. Their lone make out of three tries so far in the playoffs was a 62-foot jumper that Curry buried in the Western Conference semifinals against the Memphis Grizzlies.

“I knew we had a couple seconds left,” Curry said, “so I just chucked it up there and it looked good the whole way.”