On This Day (Feb. 15)
Notable events from NBA history that occurred on February 15.
Korver Reaches Milestone
On this day in 2017, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kyle Korver made six 3-pointers in eight attempts in a 113-104 victory over the Indiana Pacers, becoming the seventh player in NBA history to reach 2,000 3-pointers made (there are now 13 players in this group). Korver currently ranks fifth on the NBA’s all-time list with 2,450 3-pointers made:
3,302 — Stephen Curry
2,973 — Ray Allen
2,705 — James Harden
2,560 — Reggie Miller
2,450 — Kyle Korver
Korver scored 61.5% of his points via 3-pointers, by far the highest such percentage in NBA history among players with at least 10,000 career points:
61.5% — Kyle Korver
49.2% — Wesley Matthews
48.6% — JJ Redick
47.7% — JR Smith
46.8% — Stephen Curry
