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Robert Marvi

D’Angelo Russell on breaking Nick Van Exel’s Lakers 3-point record

On Friday night, the Los Angeles Lakers scraped past the Philadelphia 76ers in a grind-it-out, low-scoring affair by the score of 101-94. It was an ugly game for just about everyone, but it was a win they absolutely needed in order to try to finish ninth in the Western Conference and hold home-court advantage in their first play-in tournament contest.

But one thing that was pretty about Friday’s game was the history-making moment that came about midway through the first quarter. By hitting his first 3-point attempt of the evening, guard D’Angelo Russell moved past Nick Van Exel for the most made treys in a single season in Lakers history.

Afterward, Russell expressed his gratitude for now being the sole holder of that record (at 0:26).

Despite a prolonged cold snap in December, he is having some kind of a season. He’s averaging 18.0 points and 6.3 assists a game while shooting a career-high 42.3% from 3-point range; in fact, in his last 30 games, he’s at 21.8 points and 45.1% from downtown.

He has come a long way from the inefficient, supposedly immature player he was during his first two NBA seasons with the Purple and Gold.

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