Two groups in NBA historical past had ever made 29 three-pointers in a sport earlier than this week. Friday night time, the Boston Celtics turned the second staff in 5 nights to tie the single-game report for threes.
Sam Hauser led the best way with eight threes, and Payton Pritchard sank 5 of his personal within the Celtics’ 144-118 win over the New Orleans Pelicans. Boston had an opportunity to interrupt the report, tied by the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday, however they dribbled out the clock on the buzzer.
Boston Celtics are lighting it up from deep
Although they don’t seem to be placing up pictures on the identical fee as final season, after they led the NBA with 48.2 makes an attempt per sport, the Celtics are nonetheless third within the NBA in complete three-pointers. Friday, they shot 29-for-59, in a sport they led by 19 factors after one quarter and by 31 at halftime, taking pictures 17-for-30 earlier than the break.
4 totally different Celtics had three triples within the first half. Essentially the most important effort could have come from deadline pickup Nikola Vucevic, who was taking pictures 31.3 % from distance earlier than Friday however made all three of his first-half makes an attempt (he completed 3-of-5). The tempo slowed down because the starters rested with an enormous lead, however Hauser shot 5-of-7 within the second half.
