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The official scorer's report showing the first three-point field goal in NBA history on October 12, 1979. Three years later in June 1979, the NBA adopted the three-point line (initially on a one-year trial) for the 1979–80 season, [12] [13] [14] despite the view of many that it was a gimmick. [15] Chris Ford of the Boston Celtics is credited ...
The three-point revolution or the 3-point revolution refers to the rapid strategic growth of National Basketball Association (NBA) offenses and defenses towards attempting three-point field goals, beginning in the mid-2010s and progressing to the present day. After the introduction of the three point line to the NBA in 1979, NBA teams averaged ...
The National Basketball Association's (NBA) three-point shooting title is the player who recorded the most three-point field goals in a given season. The statistic was first recognized in the 1979–80 season, when the three-point line was first implemented. Stephen Curry has won it a record 8 times while James Harden and Ray Allen have won it ...
The three-point shot was exactly what our league was supposed to be about: Something a little wild, a little out of the ordinary from the basketball they played in the NBA."
The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a men's professional basketball major league from 1967 to 1976. The ABA merged into the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1976, resulting in four ABA teams joining the NBA and the introduction of the NBA 3-point shot in 1979.
Between his limited playing time in Utah and Boston, he made 10 of 15 3-point shots, [20] giving him a career 66.7% completion rate. During his ten-year career in the NBA, Maravich played in 658 games, averaging 24.2 points and 5.4 assists per contest.
Watched them blow a 30-point lead at Atlanta, the largest blown lead in the NBA by any team in nearly 30 years. And by a team with the league’s best record. Don’t feel like I’ve missed anything.
The Lakers have only shot 33.3 percent from three this postseason, by far the worst of the three other remaining teams. Reaves made 10 threes in the two games in Denver while the rest of the team ...