BOSTON — When Payton Pritchard hit his third three-pointer of the night time in Friday’s Celtics recreation in opposition to the Phoenix Suns, NBA historical past was made. That’s as a result of the Sixth Man of the 12 months’s trey marked the Celtics’ 1364th three-pointer of the season — setting a brand new NBA document for many threes in a single season.
That surpasses the Golden State Warriors’ document from 2023; that Steph Curry and Klay Thompson-led squad made 1,363 three-pointers recent off their championship season.
In third place? Final yr’s Celtics workforce — which made 1,351 three-pointers. Most beautiful is that the Celtics nonetheless have 5 (and a half) video games left to play to construct upon this document. The 2023 Celtics have the fifth-most threes in NBA historical past, that means that underneath Joe Mazzulla, the Celtics have three of the highest 5 seasons in the case of made three-pointers, per 98.5’s Sean Grande.
The three by Payton Pritchard is the Celtics’ Eighth of the night time, and the 1,364th of the season.
That’s a brand new NBA document.
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— Sean Grande (@SeanGrandePBP) April 5, 2025
Final month, when Mazzulla was requested concerning the Celtics inching towards the league’s all-time document, he mentioned merely: “Purple Auerbach mentioned it greatest. Rebounding is the second most vital factor. The primary is capturing.”
The Celtics have hit far more threes than another NBA workforce this season; they held a 156-shot benefit over the Cleveland Cavaliers getting into Friday’s recreation. The Celtics are capturing 36.9% from three this season, good for Eighth-best within the NBA.
Jayson Tatum, Derrick White, and Payton Pritchard proceed three-man race for the Celtics’ single-season three-point document
Tatum, White, and Pritchard stay in a three-way race for many threes in a single season in Celtics historical past. White broke the document on Monday in Memphis when he hit his 246th three-pointer of the season, surpassing Isaiah Thomas’s 2017 document.
White mentioned he was stunned to seek out himself in that place, pointing to how he didn’t shoot many threes when he first entered the league.
“I imply, did you watch me early in my profession?” White mentioned with a smile. “I feel it’s fairly self-explanatory.”
Getting into Friday, Tatum was averaging 10.1 threes on 34.6% capturing, White 9.1 threes on 38% capturing, and Pritchard 7.9 threes on 41% capturing. White had made 249 threes, Tatum 242, and Pritchard 240. Relying on relaxation down the stretch (or simply sizzling capturing), one among Tatum or Pritchard may declare the highest spot on the three-point leaderboard earlier than the yr’s finish.
However no matter which of the three finally ends up on prime, the Celtics as a workforce have set a brand new collective document.
