8:52 pm ET
Tim BontempsESPN
PHILADELPHIA — 76ers guard James Harden hit a three-pointer with a step back with 7:01 to go in the first quarter of the Brooklyn Nets’ 129-100 loss Thursday night to move past Reggie Miller for third overall in the NBA. time 3-dot list.
Harden, who played Miller in Monday’s victory over the Chicago Bulls, ended the game with three 3s for a career-high 2,563 points. Harden entered Thursday 413 three-pointers behind Ray Allen, second most in NBA history, and 552 behind all-time leader Stephen Curry, who led Allen earlier this season.
“[Third] of all time in the history of the NBA, this is certainly a huge achievement,” Harden said recently. “I think #1 will definitely be hard to catch. You have the best shot ever to hit a basketball, Steph. But that’s the realm from Reggie to Ray to Kyle Korver [in fifth place]I mean, these are incredible shooters that we have all witnessed shooting basketball at a high level.
“So I am blessed, I am lucky to be on this list, at the top of the list. And I’ll do my best to try and catch Steph. [It’s] it’s going to be hard, dude.”
Miller was currently in the building announcing a game for TNT and was identified by the Wells Fargo Center public address announcer when Miller then stood up from his raincoat seat. 76ers custom T-shirt honoring Harden for including it on the list.
Since the trade to Philadelphia last month, the 76ers are now 5-1 in the games Harden and Joel Embiid have played together since the Atlantic Division loss to the Nets on Thursday night, when Ben Simmons returned to Philadelphia for the first time since. trade even though he didn’t play the game.