In the fourth quarter of tonight’s 127-116 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers, Kevin Durant passed J.R. Smith for 20th place on the NBA’s all-time three-point list.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Durant entered this game one three behind Smith and finished 2-of-5 from deep, his second marking his 1,931 career three-point make, which overtook Smith.
KD drills the triple to move into 20th on the all-time 3PM list!
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📲 https://t.co/AS4vKHvSYk pic.twitter.com/4Ch7CwocWu— NBA (@NBA) January 15, 2024
Durant now needs 20 more threes to surpass J.J. Redick for 19th place. Suns’ teammate Eric Gordon is currently in 18th place with 1,963 makes.
Congrats to @KDTrey5 of the @Suns for moving into 20th all-time in 3-pointers made! pic.twitter.com/B1orxbkzOI
— NBA (@NBA) January 15, 2024
Durant finished tonight’s game with 21 points on 8-of-16 shooting, six assists and five rebounds.
FINAL: #Suns 127 – #Blazers 116
Phoenix wraps up road trip 2-1. Devin Booker leads Suns with 34 PTS (14-22 FG), 7 AST and 6 REB. Bradley Beal 23 PTS (9-13 FG) and 5 AST. Kevin Durant 21 PTS (8-16 FG), 6 AST
Scoot Henderson career-high 33 PTS to go along with 9 AST for Portland
— Burn City Suns Talk 🎙️ (@BurnCitySuns) January 15, 2024
This was Durant’s 1,018th career regular season game in his 16th NBA season. Durant is currently 10th on the NBA’s all-time scoring list and needs 469 more points to pass Carmelo Anthony for ninth place.
Durant has set plenty of career milestones this season already, and there will be likely many more to come thanks to the longevity of high-level play Durant has sustained even at age 35.
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Brendan Mau is a senior writer covering the Phoenix Suns and more for Burn City Sports. You can follow him on X via @Brendan_Mau
