Less than a week after an oh-fer game against the New York Knicks (0-3 shooting and zero points), Korver finally had his breakthrough moment last Monday. After missing his first two shots against the New Orleans Hornets, Korver sank four consecutive 3-pointers and finished hitting a season-best 6-of-8 treys.

Best part: The game was in Utah. The Beehive State finally laid out the welcome home mat for his shot.

What to do?

Korver says he doesn't really do anything special when his shooting touch goes awry. As a rookie, he was asked to visit with the team psychiatrist even though, he said with a laugh, "I wasn't even in a slump." His slump-busting theory is that you shouldn't think about it and you should keep on shooting. Kicking his feet up on a psychiatrist's couch isn't his first option.

"To me one of the biggest things when you're in a quote-unquote slump is you're overanalyzing, and you end up thinking about stuff too much ... But with me, the more I talk about it, the more I think about it," Korver said. "I tell guys, 'If I miss a few in a row, don't tell me to keep on shooting ... just pass me the ball and tell me to hit it.' People talking about it just drives you crazy."

Baseball hitters and hockey goaltenders are known for doing interesting things to bust a slump. In his baseball broadcasting career, Steve Klauke, the voice of the Salt Lake Bees, said he's seen or heard of a slew of different tactics used by somewhat superstitious players.

• Players change their routine on the way to the ballpark.

• Guys try a new order of the way they get dressed, perhaps putting the left sock on first instead of the right sock.

• Hitters borrow teammates' bats.

• Some guys even resort to burning old, unproductive bats to "break the vex."

• Ozzie Guillen is reported to have put eye drops on his bat so it would "see the ball good." Mike Greenwell allegedly performed seances. Klauke hasn't yet seen a voodoo doll brought out (think "Major League"). That wouldn't surprise him, though.

Occasionally, he joked, some guys will even take really drastic measures.

"Some do it the old-fashioned way," Klauke said. "They try to take extra batting practice and try to work their way out of it."

Back to basics

Henschen doesn't believe relying on changing rituals — or trying new ones that involve black magic — is necessarily the way to go.