5 Greatest 3-Pointers of Ray Allen's Career

#2 The 2,561st Three-Pointer

Ray Allen and Reggie Miller embrace

On February 10, 2011, Ray Allen became the all-time NBA leader in total 3-point field goals made, eclipsing Reggie Miller's record of 2,560. The record-breaking three came playing against the Los Angeles Lakers at TD Garden with 1:48 left in the first quarter.

The record-breaker came on a transition basket on a pass from Rondo with Allen being wide open and burring the 3-pointer for the record. After the three he went over to Miller, who was sitting at courtside as an analyst and fist bumped Kobe Bryant on returning to court. Allen took 6,430 shots to reach the record at a rate of 39.8.

Allen after breaking the record: "It just seems like it happened so fast, when I got to the start of the season, it was somewhat painstaking because I had, I don't know what it was, 120, 130 3s away,and I was like, 'I could do it this season, or I could do it next season.' And it just went by so fast. You look up and I'm at 90, then 50, then 30. You look up, it's February and the season's gone by pretty quick. But it's just happened. I'm sitting here thinking I'm right at four now, it just happened. It's like I blinked. It didn't seem like anything, just play regular basketball, do your job and 'Voila!' you're sitting here. That's pretty much how my whole career has been".

He finished his career with 2,973 3-pointers, a record which remains to be broken till date.