Keegan Murray is close to breaking the all-time rookie 3-point record
Keegan Murray is closing on setting the NBA’s single-season 3-point record by a rookie after a tremendous year shooting the ball with the Sacramento Kings.
Murray is averaging 11.9 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.2 assists on 40.4% shooting from 3-point range in 70 games this season. He is 19th in the league in 3-point percentage among players with at least 250 attempts and is first among all rookies.
The fourth pick has made 175 3-pointers this season, which is tied for the third-most in history. He now needs just 13 more 3s to break the all-time mark set by Donovan Mitchell during the 2017-18 season with the Utah Jazz (187).
With 10 games remaining this season for the Kings, combined with his current average of 2.5 triples per game, Murray is on pace to break the record in approximately six games on April 2.
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Murray previously set the franchise record for 3s in a season by a rookie after surpassing Bogdan Bogdanovic’s mark of 129 last month. He drained a 3 in 32 straight games from Nov. 25-Jan. 30, which was tied for the third-longest streak by a rookie in history.
Setting the all-time 3-point record by a rookie would certainly be quite an accomplishment for Murray and yet another example of how productive the 22-year-old has been this season.
