Utah Jazz Become Fastest NBA Team To Make 500 Threes In Single Season
Feb 22, 2021, 8:43 PM
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – On Monday night against the Charlotte Hornets, the Utah Jazz became the fastest NBA team to make 500 threes in a single season.
In just 31 games played this season, the Utah Jazz made their 500th three in the first half against the Hornets setting the fastest pace for threes. Entering Monday’s game against the Hornets, the Jazz had 494 three-pointers. They finished the first half against Charlotte with 13 triples made on a franchise record 29 attempts.
Joe Ingles and Jordan Clarkson each made three three-pointers in the first half. Royce O’Neale, Mike Conley and Georges Niang each had two triples.
The @utahjazz made their 500th three of the season tonight. In terms of games played, the Jazz are the fastest team in NBA history to record 500 three-pointers in a season (31 games). @EliasSports pic.twitter.com/4MufjysAq2
— NBA.com/Stats (@nbastats) February 23, 2021
The Jazz have broken the franchise record three times this season and it currently sits at 26 threes in a single game. They have now made 507 three-pointers in 1,290 attempts, shooting 39 percent.
Here is a complete breakdown of three-pointers made and attempted by the Jazz this season so far (through the first half against Charlotte):
- @ Portland – 19/50
- vs. Minnesota – 10/34
- @ Oklahoma City – 13/36
- vs. Phoenix – 12/34
- vs. Los Angeles Clippers – 15/42
- @ San Antonio – 21/41
- @ Brooklyn – 11/34
- @ New York – 14/44
- @ Milwaukee – 25/53
- @ Detroit – 11/35
- @ Cleveland – 24/45
- vs. Atlanta – 20/44
- @ Denver – 15/37
- vs. New Orleans – 21/47
- vs. New Orleans – 17/39
- vs. Golden State – 20/50
- vs. New York – 15/48
- vs. Dallas – 16/41
- vs. Dallas – 20/48
- @ Denver – 20/47
- vs. Detroit – 16/42
- @ Atlanta – 13/27
- @ Charlotte – 26/50
- @ Indiana – 13/42
- vs. Boston – 18/48
- vs. Milwaukee – 14/38
- vs. Miami – 12/46
- vs. Philadelphia – 18/45
- @ Los Angeles Clippers – 13/40
- @ Los Angeles Clippers – 12/34
- vs. Charlotte (first half) – 13/29
The Jazz will finish their two-game homestand on Wednesday, February 24 against the Los Angeles Lakers. Tip-off is at 8 p.m. MST on ESPN.