{"id":572778,"date":"2026-01-31T11:03:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T11:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/572778\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T11:03:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T11:03:39","slug":"nets-guard-egor-demin-sets-nba-rookie-record-with-a-3-pointer-in-34th-straight-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/572778\/","title":{"rendered":"Nets guard Egor Demin sets NBA rookie record with a 3-pointer in 34th straight game"},"content":{"rendered":"

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) \u2014 Brooklyn Nets guard Egor Demin set an NBA rookie record<\/a> Friday night by making a 3-pointer in his 34th straight game.<\/p>\n

Demin set the record on the first basket for the Nets against the Utah Jazz. He finished 6 for 12 from long distance, scoring 25 points and collecting 10 rebounds in a 109-99 victory for Brooklyn<\/a>. Three of those long distance baskets came in the fourth quarter to help the Nets pull away late. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a reason why we drafted him,\u201d Brooklyn coach Jordie Fernandez said. \u201cWe believed that (his) shooting was NBA shooting and he\u2019s proven it from the beginning.\u201d <\/p>\n

Demin entered Friday\u2019s game tied with Portland\u2019s Rudy Fernandez (2008-09) and Philadelphia\u2019s Landry Shamet (2018-19). <\/p>\n

Drafted 8th overall out of BYU last year, Demin entered Friday\u2019s game with 98 3-pointers this season, ranking second behind Charlotte\u2019s Kon Kneuppel among NBA rookies. He has made the second-most 3s through 40 career games in NBA history, trailing only Kneuppel, and has shot 39.7% from long distance in that stretch.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou see the confidence growing on him,\u201d Nets center Day\u2019ron Sharpe said. \u201cWho knows what Egor can be in the next couple of years?\u201d<\/p>\n

Extra hours spent on refining his shooting helped him become a reliable perimeter threat.<\/p>\n

\u201cShooting the ball,\u201d Demin said ahead of Friday\u2019s game against the Jazz. \u201cAs simple as it is, just being in the gym and shooting the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n

The milestone represents a major leap forward from Demin\u2019s one season at BYU where he shot just 27.3% from the perimeter. While Demin struggled to find his shot at times while playing in Provo, he credited BYU coach Kevin Young with helping him find success as a rookie.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s an NBA coach, so he taught me \u2014 in this one year \u2014 basically whatever I have to know to be able to play at the NBA level,\u201d Demin said. \u201cHe gave us a lot of knowledge so that I come here and I\u2019m ready to play and I know what we\u2019re doing and I have an idea of what it is. He gave me this base of an NBA player to be able to come here and know what\u2019s going on around me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Demin has another record within reach. He has made the second-most 3s for a rookie in Nets\u2019 history, trailing only Kerry Kittles\u2019 158 3-pointers in the 1996-97 season.<\/p>\n

This season, Demin has set Nets rookie records for the most 3-pointers in a game (seven) and most games with five or more 3s (seven).<\/p>\n

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AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SALT LAKE CITY (AP) \u2014 Brooklyn Nets guard Egor Demin set an NBA rookie record Friday night by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3767],"tags":[7,670,247,3803,19479,8541,4988,6,446,671,9130,1136,7295,678,687,33501,75525,66,6007,422,427],"class_list":["post-572778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn-nets","tag-basketball","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-brooklynnets","tag-kerry-kittles","tag-kevin-young","tag-landry-shamet","tag-nba","tag-nba-basketball","tag-nets","tag-new-jersey","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-philadelphia","tag-portland","tag-rudy-fernandez","tag-send-to-apple-news","tag-sports","tag-ut-state-wire","tag-utah","tag-utah-jazz"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115989381361028331","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}