Mike Bresnahan, LA Times

PORTLAND, Ore. — Phil Jackson looked down recently from his office window and saw something on the practice court that made him pause.

Jordan Farmar was shooting three-pointers, over and over, after practice had ended.

“It’s certainly paid off,” the Lakers’ coach said.

Farmar, like Sasha Vujacic, has been torrid from long range, making 14 for 28 from behind the arc in the Lakers’ last six games before Friday.

Farmar isn’t exactly the tall triangle-offense type historically preferred by Jackson, although he reeled off a two-game stretch in which he totaled 45 points.

“I have never had a guard quite like that,” Jackson said. “As Jordan would tell you, I have an aversion to small guards.”

Wait, what about B.J. Armstrong? Steve Kerr?

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