Did you notice that Trey Young and his Atlanta Hawk buddies launched a whopping SIXTY three-point field goal attempts last Friday night in a quadruple-overtime victory in Chicago? That was the fourth time since the first of the year that particular milestone has been reached … but only the fifth time ever.
It should hardly stun an NBA fan to learn that the other four occasions of 60+ 3FGA’s are found on the ledger of Mike D’Antoni’s Houston Rockets, including a 70-attempt January effort versus the Nets. (What is a bit puzzling is that those Rockets play at one of the slowest paces in the Association, but that’s another “sermon” for another day.