After days of waiting and more than a dozen misses in a row, Will Barton finally seized his moment.
It came in a 116-101 win over the Houston Rockets on Friday night made the sequence that much sweeter.
With consecutive 3-pointers late in the third quarter, Barton surpassed J.R. Smith to become the Nuggets’ all-time leading 3-point shooter with 769. Teammates and coaches rejoiced with him during a timeout shortly thereafter. The relief he felt – after missing 14 consecutive 3-point looks the prior two games – was palpable.
Barton, to steal a phrase he’d said in recent days, was now the greatest shooter in Nuggets history.