The Boston Celtics tied the NBA single-game 3-point record with 29 makes from behind the arc in their 132-109 season-opening demolition of the New York Knicks at TD Garden on Tuesday.
The Milwaukee Bucks set the single-game 3-point record (29) in 2020.
After their 29th-made 3, the Celtics missed 13 straight shots from behind the arc while looking for single ownership of NBA history. Of the 29 3-pointers, Celtics star Jayson Tatum contributed eight baskets. His single-game 3-point career-high is nine.
Derrick White made six 3s, Jaylen Brown made five, Jrue Holiday made four and Al Horford three. Sam Hauser hit two 3s and Payton Pritchard hit one.
Boston ended the night shooting 47.5 percent from downtown.
In the first half, Tatum went 6-of-9 from behind the arc to end the second frame with 25 points (he finished with 37). White hit three 3s; Brown, Holiday and Horford each contributed two; and Hauser and Pritchard each hit one by half en route to also tying the franchise’s record for most made 3s in a half (17).
Those players continued chipping in till night’s end, proving as dangerous as anticipated in 2024.
This story will be updated.
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