James Harden is now solely No. 2 in 3-pointers.
Harden, the Los Angeles Clippers guard, made the two,974th 3-pointer of his profession Sunday night time and broke the tie with Basketball Hall of Famer Ray Allen for second place on the NBA listing.
Harden’s historic shot got here with 6:09 left within the first quarter in opposition to the Utah Jazz, connecting from the fitting wing. The solely participant forward of Harden on the listing is Golden State’s Stephen Curry, who has made 3,782 3-pointers.
Allen wanted 1,300 video games to make his 2,973 3-pointers. Harden has surpassed him in 1,086 video games.
“Both of these guys,” Clippers coach Tyronn Lue stated final week, “are wonderful shooters.”
Harden is one in every of three gamers in NBA historical past to make 300 3-pointers in a season. He made 378 in 2018-19; the opposite gamers on that listing are Curry (who did it 5 occasions, together with an NBA-record 402 in 2015-16) and Klay Thompson (who made 301 in 2022-23).
Harden can also be fifteenth on the NBA’s profession listing in factors and thirteenth in assists. The solely different participant who ranks within the prime 15 in scoring, assists and 3-pointers made – on all three lists – is LeBron James, the league’s profession main scorer, fourth in assists and eighth in 3-pointers made.
Allen handed Reggie Miller for No. 1 on the listing of 3-pointers made throughout the 2010-11 season and held the file for greater than a decade. Curry outperformed Allen throughout the 2021-22 season.
Associated Press reporting.
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