ray allen has the best 3 point percentage in the nba.
ray allen has the best 3 point percentage in the nba.
who has best 3 point percentage in nba?
ray allen
on august 9, 2007, he signed a one-year, $1.5 million deal with the boston celtics. he joined a cast of all-stars dubbed as the big three – paul pierce, kevin garnett and ray allen. the team won the 2008 nba finals with house playing as a backup guard for either ray allen or rajon rondo. he played a pivotal role in the team's comeback victory in game 4, knocking down two clutch three-pointers down the stretch. on july 23, 2008, he re-signed with the celtics on a 2-year, $5.6 million deal, with the second year as player's option. during the 2008–09 regular season, he broke danny ainge's celtics team record for best 3-point percentage in a season by shooting 44.4%.
eddie house
wilson is the 4th leading scorer in the history in the university of evansville, with 2053 points scored. he is the 3rd leading scorer in the history of the school since they joined division i athletics (evansville was division ii until joining division i athletics in 1977). wilson led the team in scoring all four years at ue and as a freshman he was a member of the five-man missouri valley conference all-newcomer team averaging 13.6 points per game. wilson averaged 3.6 points his first seven games and 17.3 over the final 18, highlighted by 31 points against indiana state, 28 against drake and 26 against southern illinois—all victories. he totaled 22 points, eight assists, and seven rebounds in a win at missouri state and scored 19 points and handed out eight assists in a loss to tulsa. as a freshman, he produced the fifth highest free throw percentage in school history at 88.2 percent, which was seventh best among all division 1 players that season. as a sophomore, wilson was second team all-missouri valley conference and during that season made 48 consecutive free throws which places him tied for 14th in the history of the ncaa division i men's basketball in consecutive free throws made. wilson's free throw percentage of 90.1% was 4th in the nation among all division 1 players. he averaged 21 points and shot 48 percent in ue's last 13 games while scoring 18 points or more in 12 straight games. as a sophomore, he led the aces in field goals, three-point field goals, free throws, free throw attempts and co-leader in steals. he averaged 18.4 points in mvc games and his streak of 48 free throws in a row between dec. 1 and feb. 2 is a ue record..he then hit 18 straight free throws later in the season. as a junior, wilson was first team all-missouri valley conference averaging 18.3 points per game and was one of three captains on that 1997-98 team. also a captain on the 1998-99 team, wilson's senior year, he led the missouri valley conference in free throw percentage and 3 point percentage. wilson finished 3rd in the nation in ft% and 12th in 3pt%. he finished 9th in the country in total points scored with 682. he also set an ncaa men's basketball division i record for most 3 point shots made without a miss in a game, going 9 for 9 from behind the arc against the university of tennessee martin. wilson was named the larry bird missouri valley conference player of the year in 1999. he also led the purple aces to their first and only missouri valley conference title in 1999. the purple aces faced the kansas jayhawks in the first round of the ncaa, tournament, where wilson made a name for himself in front of a national audience by scoring 34 points against the jayhawks in the superdome in new orleans, la. after "marcus wilson put on an absolute show in the first half", scoring 18 points in the first 8 minutes, the aces eventually fell to the jayhawks, however this game brought him to the attention of nba and professional teams that would give him the catapult needed to play professionally.
marcus wilson (basketball)