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Boston's Ray Allen became the NBA's all-time leader in three-point shots made on Thursday, hitting a pull-up trey in transition during the first quarter of Boston's loss to the L.A. Lakers. It was a nice moment, as Reggie Miller, the man whose record was broken, was on the sideline calling the game for TNT and exchanged a hug with the new record-holder. Allen didn't just break the total of 2,560 treys that has stood since Miller retired, he became the first player other Miller to hold the mark in 14 years.
PROGRESSIVE LEADERS, CAREER THREE-POINTERS
YEAR PLAYER TPM YEAR PLAYER TPM
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1980 Brian Taylor 90 1996 Dale Ellis 1269
1981 Brian Taylor 134 1997 Dale Ellis 1461
1982 Joe Hassett 193 1998 Reggie Miller 1596
1983 Joe Hassett 194 1999 Reggie Miller 1702
1984 Joe Hassett 194 2000 Reggie Miller 1867
1985 Darrell Griffith 246 2001 Reggie Miller 2037
1986 Larry Bird 267 2002 Reggie Miller 2217
1987 Larry Bird 357 2003 Reggie Miller 2330
1988 Larry Bird 455 2004 Reggie Miller 2464
1989 Dale Ellis 472 2005 Reggie Miller 2560
1990 Dale Ellis 568 2006 Reggie Miller 2560
1991 Michael Adams 658 2007 Reggie Miller 2560
1992 Michael Adams 783 2008 Reggie Miller 2560
1993 Dale Ellis 882 2009 Reggie Miller 2560
1994 Dale Ellis 1013 2010 Reggie Miller 2560
1995 Dale Ellis 1119 2011 Ray Allen 2562
SOURCE: basketball-reference.com
As you can see, the record was broken every season until Miller retired except for a two-year stretch in the early 1980s when Joe Hassett held the mark. Just to show you how much three-point prowess was valued when Hassett played, he made only one more three-pointer after passing Brian Taylor in 1982--and he was only 26 years old. He played one more partial season, during which he made only one three-pointer, then sat on the record for another year before being passed by Darrell Griffith in 1985.
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HOT FIVES
POWER RATING (POW) GR (02/10/11) WP82 -- ALL WP82 -- ROOKIES
San Antonio Spurs, 64.4 anthony,carmelo, 49.8 james,lebron, 36.3 griffin,blake, 20.2
Miami Heat, 57.8 terry,jason, 32.1 paul,chris, 31.6 wall,john, 5.6
Boston Celtics, 57.6 afflalo,arron, 30.4 rose,derrick, 28.8 fields,landry, 4.9
Los Angeles Lakers, 55.3 billups,chauncey, 28.3 gasol,pau, 27.0 neal,gary, 4.7
Dallas Mavericks, 54.9 udoh,epke, 25.4 bryant,kobe, 26.6 turner,evan, 3.5
Note: GR leaders are from previous night only.
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LEADERBOARD
NORMAN DALE INDEX
TEAM, POW TEAM, POW
1. Dallas Mavericks, 5.154 16. Portland Trail Blazers, 4.993
2. Philadelphia 76ers, 5.141 17. Cleveland Cavaliers, 4.983
3. Houston Rockets, 5.129 18. Chicago Bulls, 4.982
4. Boston Celtics, 5.122 19. Golden State Warriors, 4.973
5. Denver Nuggets, 5.120 20. Milwaukee Bucks, 4.948
6. San Antonio Spurs, 5.112 21. Memphis Grizzlies, 4.929
7. Utah Jazz, 5.112 22. Detroit Pistons, 4.910
8. New York Knicks, 5.110 23. New Jersey Nets, 4.906
9. Atlanta Hawks, 5.108 24. Toronto Raptors, 4.904
10. Oklahoma City Thunder, 5.089 25. Washington Wizards, 4.902
11. Los Angeles Lakers, 5.088 26. Orlando Magic, 4.888
12. Phoenix Suns, 5.078 27. Minnesota Timberwolves, 4.863
13. Miami Heat, 5.057 28. Charlotte Bobcats, 4.835
14. Indiana Pacers, 5.045 29. Sacramento Kings, 4.814
15. New Orleans Hornets, 5.017 30. Los Angeles Clippers, 4.791
NOTE: The DALE index is a measure of how fundamentally sound a team
is, with 5.000 being the league average. The methodology is laid out
here (http://www.basketballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=987)
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THURSDAY'S RESULTS
NOTE: Glossary is at bottom of page.
LAKERS 92, CELTICS 86 (box): After laying in wait for 3 1/2 quarters, Kobe Bryant scored eight points in the last half of the final quarter as the Lakers picked up their signature win of the season to date.
LAL (37-16).........PLY% USG PCP +/- GR BOS (38-14).........PLY% USG PCP +/- GR
gasol,pau............78% 20% 1.41 +13 22.6 pierce,paul..........83% 21% 0.99 - 1 24.3
bryant,kobe..........79% 30% 0.99 +12 20.6 allen,ray............74% 26% 1.01 - 4 20.6
brown,shannon........47% 22% 1.24 - 1 19.9 rondo,rajon..........92% 15% 1.36 -11 15.1
odom,lamar...........51% 29% 0.97 - 8 14.6 garnett,kevin........70% 24% 0.96 - 8 12.5
bynum,andrew.........71% 23% 1.01 + 9 11.6 wafer,von............41% 14% 1.25 - 4 10.5
fisher,derek.........64% 13% 1.19 +13 10.9 perkins,kendrick.....65% 18% 1.10 - 7 10.4
artest,ron...........82% 7% 0.87 + 2 6.5 davis,glen...........64% 17% 1.00 + 1 8.1
blake,steve..........24% 6% 0.90 - 9 2.2 robinson,nate........ 8% 15% 0.38 + 5 0.6
walton,luke.......... 5% 20% 0.38 - 1 0.3 bradley,avery........ 3% 42% 0.00 - 1 0.0
caracter,derrick.....(DNP) erden,semih..........(DNP)
ebanks,devin.........(DNP) harangody,luke.......(DNP)
smith,joe............(DNP) o'neal,shaquille.....(DNP)
PACE: 84.2 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA% PACE: 84.2 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA%
Lakers........... 109.3 .500 .333 .178 .131 Celtics.......... 102.2 .433 .255 .119 .099
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SUNS 112, WARRIORS 88 (box): The Suns won for the ninth time in 13 games, moved back to the .500 mark and held their opponent below a point per possession for the fourth time in six games.
GSW (23-29).........PLY% USG PCP +/- GR PHX (25-25).........PLY% USG PCP +/- GR
udoh,epke............63% 21% 1.13 + 1 25.4 nash,steve...........55% 32% 1.37 +19 24.3
williams,reggie......59% 22% 1.36 -11 12.7 frye,channing........59% 22% 1.41 +27 16.8
curry,stephen........52% 23% 1.12 -26 9.9 dowdell,zabian.......45% 23% 1.35 + 5 15.2
wright,brandan.......51% 14% 1.52 - 2 9.6 lopez,robin..........32% 33% 1.04 +18 11.0
ellis,monta..........58% 23% 0.47 -22 8.3 hill,grant...........55% 12% 1.03 +22 10.5
lee,david............52% 23% 0.92 -25 8.1 carter,vince.........34% 16% 1.20 + 8 9.5
wright,dorell........47% 19% 0.49 -25 7.3 pietrus,mickael......51% 9% 1.89 +14 9.2
bell,charlie.........33% 19% 1.06 - 1 5.8 dudley,jared.........42% 17% 1.87 + 6 9.0
radmanovic,vladimir..25% 10% 1.60 - 1 3.7 warrick,hakim........41% 28% 0.86 - 3 7.3
lin,jeremy...........37% 12% 0.88 0 2.9 gortat,marcin........58% 13% 0.79 + 3 3.9
biedrins,andris......23% 20% 0.61 - 8 2.0 siler,garret.........10% 18% 1.96 + 3 3.0
gadzuric,dan.........(DNP) childress,josh.......18% 9% 1.94 - 2 2.0
PACE: 92.0 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA% PACE: 92.0 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA%
Warriors......... 95.7 .433 .205 .163 .081 Suns............. 121.8 .595 .343 .109 .067
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NUGGETS 121, MAVERICKS 120 (box): In a great game at Denver, Arron Afflalo capped of an 11-1 game-ending run with 22-footer at the buzzer for the Nuggets, which got another huge game from red-hot Carmelo Anthony.
DAL (37-16).........PLY% USG PCP +/- GR DEN (30-24).........PLY% USG PCP +/- GR
terry,jason..........68% 28% 1.35 +11 32.1 anthony,carmelo......88% 33% 1.34 + 6 49.8
chandler,tyson.......65% 20% 1.45 - 7 23.8 afflalo,arron........72% 23% 1.43 + 3 30.4
marion,shawn.........58% 30% 1.00 - 2 21.4 billups,chauncey.....82% 28% 1.55 + 8 28.3
barea,jose...........55% 25% 1.31 +15 19.8 martin,kenyon........58% 10% 1.52 + 4 8.9
nowitzki,dirk........76% 16% 1.44 -11 13.7 lawson,ty............53% 10% 1.52 - 5 4.9
kidd,jason...........72% 13% 1.61 -13 8.2 hilario,nene.........56% 16% 0.93 +11 4.5
haywood,brendan......21% 19% 0.90 + 3 4.6 harrington,al........40% 13% 0.55 -14 1.6
cardinal,brian.......34% 3% 2.08 +18 2.1 forbes,gary.......... 4% 20% 0.91 - 1 0.9
mahinmi,ian..........14% 19% 1.05 + 3 2.1 andersen,chris.......21% 10% 0.59 + 7 0.7
stojakovic,peja......19% 19% 0.50 - 9 1.0 smith,j.r............28% 5% 0.47 -14 0.4
stevenson,deshawn....19% 8% 0.58 -13 0.5 carter,anthony.......(DNP)
jones,dominique......(DNP) williams,shelden.....(DNP)
PACE: 92.9 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA% PACE: 92.9 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA%
Mavericks........ 129.2 .601 .297 .161 .118 Nuggets.......... 130.2 .613 .263 .108 .114
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NEWS & MOVES
Minutiae from press releases around the league
NBA: New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul has been fined $15,000 for verbal abuse of a game official, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations. The incident occurred following the Hornets' 103-101 overtime loss to the New Jersey Nets at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. on February 9.
MAVERICKS: The Dallas Mavericks announced today that guard Dominique Jones underwent surgery to address a stress fracture to the fifth metatarsal in his right foot. The surgery was performed by Dr. T.O. Souryal of Texas Sports Medicine. No timetable has been set for his return. Jones (6-5, 215) was originally the 25th overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft by the Memphis Grizzlies. The Mavericks acquired his rights from Memphis in exchange for cash considerations in a draft day trade. Jones has seen action in 18 games for the Mavericks this season and holds averages of 2.3 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 7.5 minutes per game.
PISTONS: The Detroit Pistons announced today that the club will retire Dennis Rodman's No. 10 jersey during a halftime ceremony on April 1, 2011 when the Pistons host the Chicago Bulls at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Drafted 27th overall by the Pistons in the 1986 NBA Draft, Rodman was a key member of the Pistons 'Bad Boys' teams that led the franchise to back-to-back championships in 1989 and 1990. An elite defender and rebounder, he averaged 8.8 points, 11.5 rebounds, and 1.3 assists while shooting 54 percent from the field in 549 games as a Piston.
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Tonight in the NBA
WTC VIS @ HOM, GAMETIME NBAPET LINE OFFICIALS
+15 nwo @ orl, 7:00 PM EST [ orl by 6 ] D.Jones, K.Fehr, E.Roe
+11 lal @ nyk, 8:00 PM EST [ lal by 3 ] K.Mauer, B.Barnaky, C.Kirkland
+10 sas @ phi, 7:00 PM EST [ sas by 4 ] D.Crawford, V.Palmer, M.Smith
+ 7 phx @ uta, 10:30 PM EST [ uta by 1 ] M.Davis, P.Fraher, T.Nunez
+ 3 mil @ mem, 8:00 PM EST [ mem by 5 ] B.Salvatore, N.Buchert, G.Zielinski
- 1 min @ ind, 7:00 PM EST [ ind by 8 ] J.Crawford, T.Brown, L.Wood
- 2 mia @ det, 7:30 PM EST [ mia by 11 ] M.Callahan, D.Richardson, S.Wright
- 4 njn @ cha, 7:00 PM EST [ cha by 6 ] J.Phillips, M.Kogut, T.Washington
- 6 por @ tor, 7:00 PM EST [ por by 3 ] R.Garretson, E.Dalen, L.Richardson
-16 lac @ cle, 7:30 PM EST [ lac by 4 ] Z.Zarba, O.Poole, H.Workman
Note: WTC is a junk stat rating the "watchability" of a game, taking into
account the quality of the opponents and the likelihood of a close game.
Through Wednesday, 783 of 1,230 games (63.7 percent) have been played in the 2010-11 NBA regular season.
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GLOSSARY
+/- (Plus-Minus) Raw data is from official box scores from NBA.com.
GR (Game Rating) Reflects a player's Points Created total, or the portion of his team's offense for which he gets credit based on his box score line. This number is then adjusted for estimated defensive performance based on box score counterpart productivity. GR is pace-adjusted so you can compare players from game to game.
PCP (Points Created Per Possession Used) An estimate of each player's points created per possession used, a measure of offensive efficiency. The stat accounts for a player's entire box score line, not just the scoring categories.
PLY% (Play percentage) An estimate of the percentage of a team's possessions on which the player was on the court.
USG An estimate of how many of those plays a player used by shooting, going to the line or committing a turnover, with a portion the team's offensive rebound total subtracted.
TEAM STATS
PACE: Estimated possessions in the game.
ORTG: A team's points per 100 possessions.
eFG%: Team's shooting percentage with an extra half-point added for each made three-point field goal.
oRB%: Percentage of a team's misses that they retrieved off the offensive glass.
TO%: Percentage of a team's possessions resulting in a turnover.
FTA%: Percentage of a team's possessions resulting in a trip to the foul line.
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