One year ago on April 7, 2019, the Houston Rockets set the all-time NBA record with 27 made 3-pointers as a team in a 149-113 blowout victory (box score) over the visiting Phoenix Suns at Toyota Center.
The Rockets made 27-of-57 3-pointers (47.4%), led by 8-of-13 (61.5%) from guard Eric Gordon. The eight treys tied his career high.
From the postgame recap by The Associated Press:
Gary Clark tied the record with a little over three minutes to play and Houston missed the next four before Austin Rivers broke it with 1:09 remaining. He crouched a bit and pointed at the Phoenix bench after the make as fans bellowed: ”Threeeeeeee!”
”There was no choice,” Rivers deadpanned. ”The ball was coming to me.” He said he didn’t realize they were close to breaking the record until he heard the crowd yelling at them to take more 3s.
James Harden led the Rockets in scoring with an extremely efficient 30 points, which came on 10-of-14 shooting (71.4%) and 5-of-6 (83.3%) on 3-pointers. He also had 13 rebounds and nine assists in just 29 minutes.
The complete highlight package of all 27 makes from 3-point range can be viewed below. The blowout victory improved the 2018-19 Rockets to 53-28, while dropping the Suns to 19-62.
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