Ty Lawson He was close to achieving a historical NBA record: that of being the player with the most three-pointers scored without a mistake.
Lawson scored the first 10 triples he attempted in the game against the Timberwolves, but on the eleventh attempt, when the third quarter expired, he failed and was unable to overcome Latrell Sprewell, who in 2003 managed to hit nine three-pointers without a miss when he was a player for the New York Knicks.
«I just wanted it to have finished 10 out of 10»said George Karl. Kenyon Martin even stated that "No one on the team told him that he had a record, we all have our part to blame for it".
Ty Lawson's 10 three-pointers helped the Denver Nuggets set a new franchise record for three-pointers made in a game with 19. The record that Lawson also fell short of was the nugget with the most three-pointers in a game, in the possession of JR Smith with 11 three-point baskets since 2009.
Lawson became the 25th player in the last 10 years to make XNUMX XNUMX-pointers in a single game. The historical record for the highest number of triples scored in a game belongs to Kobe Bryant (2003) and Donyell Marshall (2005) with 12 three-point baskets.
The video of the 10 triples scored by Ty Lawson: