A quick back of the napkin calculation (arrived after researching Half & Half varieties, and seeing the Jesus Shuttlesworth variant)
Ray Allen trails Reggie Miller by just over 260 three-pointers for the all time NBA record.
Ray Allen nets almost 40% of the threes he takes (career 0.398).
Which means, to make 260 three-pointers he needs to attempt 650.
Ray Allen averages 6.1 3-pt attempts per game, which means
He'll need to play 108 more games to break Reggie Miller's all time three-point scoring record.
(assuming, of course 3PA, 3P%, etc remain the same).
Allen has averaged 62 games per season over his career, though three seasons were shortened significantly by injury. I expect 70-75 games is closer to normal, and with that assumption, Ray needs to play one and one-half seasons to hold the record free and clear.
Which is half a season longer than his contract with the Celtics. Here's hoping he can stick around.
-t
(stats from basketball-reference
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Ray Allen has been absolutely phenomenal this year in general, and more specifically in these playoffs. He's been very efficient. His 51 points were under appreciated. The C's best hopes for beating Orlando lie with Rondo and Allen. Not T. Allen.
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