The NBA game continues to show more and more where it is headed: making the three-point contest a regular occurrence in every game. So much so, that this weekend a new record was broken in the league, which is expected to be surpassed soon.
The tendency to shoot and shoot three-pointers in the NBA continues to increase (something that many do not like because it goes against the historical foundations of the game) and the confirmation is that a new record in league history. In question, Golden State Warriors and Dallas Mavericks they scored 48 triples between the two teams, an unprecedented mark.
In the team’s victory Texas by 143-133the duel between the historic former teammates Steph Curry and Klay Thompson It ended as it could not be otherwise: with a shower of triples. The set of San Francisco ended up scoring 27 in 54 attempts and dallas He made 21 in 41, thus surpassing the previous record of 44 in total.
That is, between both teams they shot a whopping 95 triples throughout the game, with a combined effectiveness of 45%.
The protagonists who have largely influenced the expansion of the triple in this era. Thompson He made 7 triples in 11 attempts and Curry He finished with 7 out of 16. The shooting guard continues to be the one who holds the record for triples by a single player in a game with 14, while the point guard reigns at the top of the table for most successful triples, approaching 4,000, with 3,825 .
It should be noted that the Clippers and the Kings They had set the record for 44 in February 2023. Something that Phoenix Suns and the Utah Jazz They had already tied that number last Friday.
The Golden State Warriors they signed a franchise record with 27 triplesremaining just two away from the record for a single team in a game: the 29 of the Milwaukee Bucks in 2020a figure that was equaled by Boston Celtics in October.
The triple continues searching for its limits in the NBAwhile it is suspected that it will not reach them. Will the line of 4 come?
Source: Ambito
