{"id":707865,"date":"2026-04-11T03:06:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T03:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/707865\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T03:06:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T03:06:22","slug":"celtics-tie-nba-record-for-most-made-3s-in-a-game-for-second-time-in-2-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/707865\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics tie NBA record for most made 3s in a game for second time in 2 seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"

BOSTON \u2014 Sam Hauser\u2019s long streak of 40-percent 3-point shooting seasons could soon come to an end. If it does, he at least found a piece of history along the way.<\/p>\n

Hauser sank eight 3-pointers Friday night as the Boston Celtics tied the NBA record for most 3-point makes in a single game (29) for the second time in two seasons. The Celtics made 17 3-pointers in the first half and another eight in the third quarter before finishing 29-of-59 from behind the 3-point arc while rolling the New Orleans Pelicans 144-118.<\/p>\n

Boston also hit 29 3s in the 2024-25 season opener against the New York Knicks<\/a>. They now share the record with the Milwaukee Bucks, who hit 29 3s in 2020, and the Memphis Grizzlies, who achieved the feat earlier this month.<\/p>\n

As was the case in last season\u2019s Knicks game, the Celtics had multiple chances to set a new record. On the possession after Hugo Gonz\u00e1lez hit his team\u2019s 29th 3-pointer with 1:20 left, center Luka Garza disappointed some of the home fans by dunking instead of aiming for the record. After Baylor Scheierman missed a transition 3-pointer that would have broken the record, the Celtics then dribbled out the shot clock on their final possession to give up their last opportunity to break the tie.<\/p>\n

Boston, which clinched the East\u2019s No. 2 seed with the win, was otherwise on fire from deep. Even center Neemias Queta sank a 3-pointer from the top of the key four minutes into the third quarter. It was the first 3-point make of his career.<\/p>\n

Hauser is far more familiar with life behind the 3-point arc. He drained three of five 3-point attempts during the first half before sinking five more 3-pointers on seven third-quarter attempts. If not for Boston\u2019s big lead, he might have recorded his third career game with 10 made 3-pointers. Instead, with the Celtics ahead 116-82 after three quarters, Hauser sat out the entire fourth quarter. He finished with 24 points on 8-of-13 shooting, including 8-of-12 on 3-point attempts.<\/p>\n

With one game left in the regular season, Hauser\u2019s 40-percent streak, which dates back at least to the beginning of his college career, is in serious danger. Hauser has shot at least 40 percent on 3-pointers in every season of his NBA, college and G League career. He recently said he believes the streak started during his freshman year of high school.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was bound to happen eventually,\u201d Hauser said Thursday when asked about the possible end to the streak. \u201cEvery good thing comes to an end.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, after such a big night against New Orleans, Hauser might still have a slim chance to keep the streak alive. He will enter Sunday\u2019s regular-season finale against the Orlando Magic shooting 39.3 percent on 3-point attempts. He will only reach the 40-percent mark for the season if he makes his first six shots from downtown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BOSTON \u2014 Sam Hauser\u2019s long streak of 40-percent 3-point shooting seasons could soon come to an end. If…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,75,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-707865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-boston-celtics","10":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116383867543142788","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707865","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=707865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}