Devin’s confident stroke

Devin Harris probably won’t ever be invited to the 3-point contest at All-Star Weekend. That doesn’t mean the penetrating point guard doesn’t have long-distance range.

In the five games going into Friday at Seattle, Harris knocked down 5 of 9 from downtown. That’s a success rate of 55.5 percent from downtown.

“It’s just reading the defense,” Harris said. “Some teams I can get to the basket a little easier, sometimes I’ve got to open up with a jump shot or two to make them come out a little bit more and then go to the basket. I’m getting wide-open 3s. That’s what it is.

“If I hit a couple, it opens up. It’s over.”

Keeping a straight face, Avery Johnson stoically said he hasn’t seen Harris take a 3-pointer.

“The more he gets to the basket and breaks the defense down and makes his little mid-range shot – I’ve been seeing him be aggressive and take what the defense is giving him,” Johnson said. “His main job is to break the defense down and get points in the paint or get easy shots for our guys on the perimeter.”