Seven years prior, Duncan Robinson was playing ball for Williams College, a Division III school in Massachusetts with 2,000 students. On Saturday night, in the Miami Heat’s win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, he became the fastest player to arrive at 500 3-pointers in NBA history.
Robinson had an ordinarily strong performance, pouring in 20 points on an efficient 7 of 10 from the field, including six 3-pointers. It was his 15th game this season with at any rate five 3s, and he presently has 222 of them for the season, which is good for fourth in the league.
The record-breaking trey came early in the third quarter, as Robinson ran the floor experiencing significant change and found some open space on the wing. He got the pass from Trevor Ariza, took a spill to settle himself and let it fly. Only net.
Maybe the most noteworthy part of Robinson’s record is the manner by which he set it pretty without any problem. He required just 152 games to arrive at 500 3s, which was 35 games quicker than Luka Doncic, the past record holder. Here’s a glance at how he looks at to a portion of the players that preceded him.
- Duncan Robinson – 152 games
- Luka Doncic – 187 games
- Damian Lillard – 199 games
- Donovan Mitchell – 208 games
- Klay Thompson and Buddy Hield – 214 games
That rundown truly shows how much the game has changed throughout the long term. Thompson is one of the best shooters of this generation, and Robinson got to 500 3s in 62 fewer games. Returning much further, Larry Bird, broadly viewed as probably the best shooter ever, just made 649 3s in his whole career.
If he keeps up this sort of pace, it’s protected to accept Robinson will before long have some more records in his sights.
Concerning the Heat, the success improved their record to 34-30 on the season and they stayed up with the groups in front of them in the Eastern Conference season finisher race. They’re presently attached with the Boston Celtics for sixth place and the last ensured season finisher spot, with two games still to play against them. Also, looking further into the standings, they’re just 1.5 games behind the Atlanta Hawks for fourth place.