karl malone holds the record for most 3 pointers in the nba.
karl malone holds the record for most 3 pointers in the nba.
who holds the record for most 3 pointers in the nba?
karl malone
over the first seven games of 2018–19, thompson shot 5 for 36 from behind the arc and failed to have a 20-point game. he did not make multiple three-pointers in any of the contests, a career-worst seven-game drought for him. on october 29, 2018, against the chicago bulls, he hit an nba-record 14 threes to break curry's former mark of 13. thompson scored 52 points in 27 minutes while making 14-for-24 of his threes and shooting 18-for-29 overall from the field. his 10 three-pointers in the first half tied chandler parsons' league record set in 2014, and golden state made 17 threes in the first half to set the nba record for a half. on november 24, he scored 31 points with five 3-pointers in a 117–116 win over the sacramento kings. thompson moved into 21st place on the nba's career 3-pointers list when he hit his 1,609th in the first quarter, moving past jason richardson. on december 29, he had his second-highest scoring game of the season with 32 points in a 115–105 win over the portland trail blazers. he shot his way out of a slump by hitting 12 of 21 from the field and 4 of 5 from 3-point range. on january 8, he scored 43 points with seven 3-pointers in a 122–95 win over the new york knicks. on january 21, he tied an nba record by making his first 10 attempts from 3-point range on his way to scoring 44 points in a 130–111 win over the los angeles lakers. he finished 10 of 11 from beyond the arc and 17 of 20 from the floor overall. on march 8, he scored 39 points and made nine 3-pointers in a 122–105 win over the denver nuggets. on march 13, he scored 30 points in a 106–104 win over the houston rockets. he made five 3-pointers to give him 203 for the season, joining curry as the only players in nba history to have seven straight seasons with 200 3-pointers. praised for his defense throughout his career, thompson was named to the nba all-defensive team for the first time, earning second team honors. for game 3 of the 2019 nba finals against the toronto raptors, thompson missed his first career playoff game after straining his left hamstring late in game 2. he returned in game 4 and scored 28 points with six 3-pointers in a 105–92 loss, as the warriors went down 3–1 in the series. in game 5, he helped the warriors stave off elimination with 26 points in a 106–105 win, thus cutting the raptors' series lead to 3–2. however, in game 6, thompson suffered a torn acl in his left knee and departed with 30 points midway through the third quarter, as the warriors went on to lose the game and the series with a 114–110 defeat. he finished the playoffs in third for career postseason 3-pointers (374), trailing only curry (470) and ray allen (385).
klay thompson
with billups and carmelo anthony, the nuggets accomplished a number of franchise milestones. their 54–28 record matched a franchise record, and their 27–14 start was also a franchise record for wins in the first half of a season. this also marked the first time in the franchise's history the team had gotten 50 wins in back-to-back seasons. they led the northwest division for much of the season, eventually winning the division and gaining the number two seed in the western conference, matching the highest the team had ever been seeded for the playoffs. in the first round, they defeated the new orleans hornets in 5 games, which included a record-equaling 58-point margin-of-victory. billups also set a nuggets franchise record with the most 3 pointers in a playoff game with 8, and his 19 3-pointers in total is also a nuggets record for threes made in a playoff series. in his first year with the nuggets, billups led them back to the nba conference finals for the first time since 1985. they would play the lakers for the second straight year (the lakers had swept them in the first round the year before). the nuggets would ultimately lose the series 4-2. this was billups' 7th straight conference finals. he joined magic johnson, michael cooper, kareem abdul-jabbar, and kurt rambis as the only players to accomplish this feat since the boston celtics of the 1950s and 1960s led by bill russell. billups finished the season sixth in voting for the 2009 nba most valuable player award. he was also selected to his second all-nba third team.
chauncey billups