NBA 3-point mark broken for 7th straight season - ESPN

It's official: In the NBA, this was the season of the 3-pointer.

Again.

The NBA has set a record for 3-pointers made for the seventh consecutive season, after its 25,808th trey was made Saturday night. The league is on pace for about an 8 percent rise in 3-pointers over last season -- and 3s are getting made a staggering 57 percent more often than what was the case just five years ago.

The league record for total 3-pointers attempted was broken earlier this month, with 72,354 getting hoisted entering Saturday.

The first season during which the NBA combined to make 15,000 3-pointers was 2009-10. The 20,000 plateau was broken just three seasons ago, and this season's total is on pace to end up just shy of 28,000.