The Boston Celtics will almost certainly connect on a history-making 3-pointer sometime this week. It should be Wednesday against the Miami Heat. If not, then it’ll be Friday against the Phoenix Suns.It’s coming. It’s inevitable.This year’s Celtics — the defending NBA champions — will go into the playoffs having set league records for 3-pointers made and 3-pointers attempted in a season.Everybody knows the Celtics shoot a ton of 3-pointers; they have taken at least 50 3s in a game 36 times this season — and they’re a whopping 29-7 in those games after trying 62 of them in a win over Memphis on Monday night.“It’s just a matter of taking what the defense gives you,” Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said.Boston is now the first team in NBA history to take 60 3s in a game five times in the same season. They’re up to 1,344 made 3s this season, now just 19 away from matching the record Golden State set two seasons ago — so that’s within realistic reach against the Heat on Wednesday. They’ve tried 3,636 3s this season, 85 away from the record Houston set in 2018-19.This has been a talking point in the league for years. How many 3s are too many 3s?The Celtics don’t care. Evidently, neither do about half of …
