Hauser has a hilarious reaction to C’s missing 3-point record originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
BOSTON — From receiving their 2024 championship rings and raising Banner 18 to the rooftops in a special pregame ceremony to defeating the new-look New York Knicks by 23 pointsThe Celtics have had an almost perfect start to the 2024-25 season.
Why “almost”, you ask?
Well, the NBA record for 3-pointers in a single game is 29. And the Celtics were already up to 29 made threes with a full nine minutes left in the fourth quarter.
Al Horford ties the NBA record with this 3-PT FG! It’s your Drain of the Game
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But with history seemingly in their grasp, the C’s promptly missed 13 straight 3-pointers over the final eight minutes to finish 29 for 61 from beyond the arc and settle for part of the record with the 2020-21 Milwaukee Bucks.
Boston’s attempt at history became so comical that the anxious TD Garden crowd began chanting “One plus three!” late in the fourth quarter as the C’s players lifted brick after brick. Shooting guard Sam Hauser, who was responsible for four of those 13 misses, offered an apology to Celtics Nation after the game.
“We tried our best, man!” Hauser said further Celtics Postgame Liveas seen in the video player above. “We missed like 15 in a row, but we made great shots. Ball was moving, finding the right guy. We just couldn’t make it happen. So, sorry about that, Boston.”
But Hauser also made sure to acknowledge the absurdity of the situation in Boston’s 132-109 victory.
“Man, we got booed on ring night up 30. How about that?” Hauser added.
The fourth quarter was a bizarre end to an otherwise brilliant night of Celtics basketball. The C’s came out swinging with 10 3-pointers in the first quarter (the most ever by a team in the first quarter of a season opener) and had 17 triples before halftime. While Jayson Tatum was the catalyst — he went a blistering 8 for 11 from 3-point range en route to a game-high 37 points — the entire team got involved, with all five starters making at least three 3-pointers.
That trigger-happy offensive attack was a big reason why they won Banner 18 and helped them wipe out a supposedly dangerous Knicks team on Tuesday night. That makes it all the more strange that Boston couldn’t buy a bucket in the fourth quarter.
“It was almost like we were upset or something,” Celtics star Jaylen Brown joked after the game. “When we were having fun, playing our style of basketball, everything came in. And then when the crowd got into it and we started chasing them, we couldn’t even hit the wide side of the barn. Like, everything was off. .
“We had a bunch of great looks, and it was like a blanket on the basket.”
Unfortunately for the Celtics, they’ll have to settle for a blowout win and some fancy championship rings. And about the NBA record? It’s always Thursday night in Washington vs. the Wizards (tip-off at 7 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Boston.)
