It is no secret Milwaukee Bucks guard AJ Inexperienced, who began Tuesday Bucks win 99-85 in opposition to Torontois there for his three-point shot. To the purpose that he has not scored a double this season. Not as soon as.
A search of the Basketball Reference database (and prompted by the Taco Trey Kerby Twitter account) will present you that Inexperienced’s 52 three-point makes an attempt to start out the yr are probably the most for a participant to start out a season with no two-point try.
Atlanta’s Garrison Mathews made 35 three-point makes an attempt within the first 16 video games final season earlier than trying a two-point shot in a sport for the primary time. Mathews additionally has the following grade on the listing, 29 for Houston in 2022.
The analysis solely contains complete video games, so the numbers are inaccurate. Mathews, for instance, made a thirty sixth straight three-point try in his seventeenth sport of the 2023-24 season earlier than making his first two-point try (which he missed from 6 toes).
However regardless, Inexperienced’s 52 is way sufficient forward to set an NBA report, should you’re into that type of factor.
Inexperienced was a vital piece for a Bucks group taking part in with no concussed Damian Lillard within the Emirates NBA Cup opener.
“I believe it’s simply we’d like one another extra,” Inexperienced stated earlier than the sport. “Dame carries a heavy burden to make performs however, if we will play collectively extra and play in opposition to one another, we will have the identical benefits and we will all discover pictures equally. So I believe we simply have to start out by our protection, then taking part in quick within the half courtroom, taking part in aspect by aspect and taking part in with one another.
Inexperienced, who entered the sport main the NBA in three-point taking pictures with a exceptional 60.5 %, was simply 4 of 14 from the sphere — all three-point makes an attempt — however his dozen factors have been important. He additionally had 5 rebounds, three assists and two steals.
This text initially appeared within the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Bucks’ AJ Inexperienced set bizarre new NBA report when you weren’t watching
