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