Boston Celtics first-round pick Grant Williams finally made his first 3-pointer of the season on Monday night after missing his previous 25 attempts to begin his rookie campaign.
Williams entered the evening as the leader in the NBA with the most 3-point attempts without a make over his first 20 games of the season. The 22nd overall pick finally found the bottom of the net from beyond the arc in his 21st game of the season.
Williams finished with three points in 13 minutes of work during the 110-88 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. The former Tennessee forward is now 1-of-26 this season from deep.
Grant Williams for three!!! pic.twitter.com/i5HES4y4fa
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) December 10, 2019
Despite struggling to find his shot, Williams kept a sense of humor about his cold streak. Williams said head coach Brad Steven came up with quite a few nicknames for him during the streak, something he found to be quite humorous.
Williams was a career 29.1% shooter from 3-point range in three seasons at Tennessee so he was bound to begin hitting shots at some point, much later than he would have liked. Now that the first one has fallen, perhaps it won’t take as long for the second to drop.
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