VOTD 12/27 - An unexpected record (co-)holder
If you had to list off some of the top three point shooters in the NBA during the past 25 years, who’d come to mind? Reggie Miller, Ray Allen, Larry Bird, Brent Barry, Steve Kerr?
Kobe Bryant matched the feat and made nine straight three-pointers, but who else owns the record for most three-pointers in a game? No, not Antoine Walker, we’re talking made three-pointers.
The record (partially) belongs to Donyell Marshall. A serviceable but unspectacular veteran who has a 35% career shooting mark from beyond the arc. And he only reached that mark because he shot near or above 40% from 2002 to 2005.
Marshall made more three-pointers during a four-year span (2003-07) with the Toronto Raptors and Cleveland Cavaliers than made made during the first 10 years of his career, and that includes one of the four “breakout” years. How’s that for a turnaround in long-range shooting ability?