On December 13, Beijing time, in the East end battle between the Nets and the Pistons, the Nets veteran Mills officially ushered in the career regular season 1300 three-point milestone. Mills became the 57th man in NBA history to reach the 1,300 three-point milestone and 22nd among active players. As for Mills, he has hit at least 80 three-pointers this season, becoming the Nets' three-point king.
A veteran with great experience and projection ability, Mills has played for the Spurs, and he won the NBA championship with the Spurs in 2014. Mills signed to the Nets this summer on a two-year, $12 million contract, with player options for the second year.
Mills became the Nets' outside three-pointer thigh this season, especially to fill the offensive gap in Irving's absence. Prior to this game, Mills had hit 1298 three-pointers in the regular season of his career, just two three-pointers away from reaching the 1300 three-point mark.
In harden's first rotational absence of the season, Mills became the Nets' main offensive scorer in the backcourt. With Mills already hitting at least two three-pointers on the perimeter, he successfully broke through the career regular season 1,300 three-pointer milestone to become the 57th player in NBA history to achieve such an achievement, ranking first with Mike Dunllivi hitting 1,304 three-pointers.
As for the active players, Mills became the 22nd player to hit at least 1,300 three-pointers, the top 21 were: Curry, Harden, Lillard, James, Lowry, George, Klay Thompson, Matthews, Durant, Eric Gordon, Anthony, Kemba Walker, Ariza, Paul, Danny Green, Lou wei, Bill, Batum, Conley, Gallinari, Love.
In addition, Mills has hit at least 80 three-pointers this season, becoming the Nets' team three-pointer this season, 64 three-pointers ahead of second-place Harden.