Ray Allen

Allen with the Celtics on January 13, 2008
No. 20 – Boston Celtics
Shooting guard
Personal information
Born	(1975-07-20) July 20, 1975 (age 36) Castle Air Force Base, near Merced, California
Nationality	American
High school	Hillcrest (Dalzell, South Carolina)
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
College	Connecticut (1993–1996)
NBA Draft	1996 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5th overall
Selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves
Pro career	1996–present
Career history
1996–2003	Milwaukee Bucks
2003–2007	Seattle SuperSonics
2007–present	Boston Celtics
Career highlights and awards
NBA Champion (2008) 10× NBA All-Star (2000–2002, 2004–2009, 2011) All-NBA Second Team (2005) All-NBA Third Team (2001) NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1997) NBA Three-Point Shootout champion (2001) NBA Sportsmanship Award (2003) UPI Player of the Year (1996) Big East Player of the Year (1996) Consensus NCAA All-American First Team (1996) NBA all-time leader in three-point field goals
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Men’s basketball Competitor for  United States Olympic Games Gold Sydney 2000 Team FIBA Americas Championship Gold 2003 San Juan Team Summer Universiade Gold 1995 Fukuoka Team

Walter Ray Allen (born July 20, 1975) is an American professional basketball player who is currently playing for the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association. He has played professionally for the Milwaukee Bucks, Seattle SuperSonics, and the Boston Celtics; and collegiately for the University of Connecticut Huskies. One of the most accurate 3-point and free throw shooters in NBA history,^[1][2] he is a ten-time NBA All-Star and won an Olympic gold medal as a member of the 2000 United States Men's Basketball Team. Allen has acted in two films, including a lead role in the 1998 Spike Lee film He Got Game. On 02011-02-10February 10, 2011, Allen became the NBA's all-time leader in regular season 3-point field goals made, surpassing Reggie Miller's mark of 2,560. On 02011-03-11March 11, 2011, Allen surpassed Miller's career total of 6,486 3-point field goal attempts.

High school[link]

The third of five children, Ray Allen was born at Castle Air Force Base near Merced, California, the son of Flora and Walter Allen.^[3] A military child, he spent time growing up in Saxmundham in England, Altus in Oklahoma, Edwards Air Force Base^[3] in California, and Germany.^[4] He attended high school in Dalzell, South Carolina, where he led Hillcrest High School to a basketball state championship.^[5]

College career[link]

Allen attended the University of Connecticut from 1993-1996 after being recruited by assistant coach Karl Hobbs.^[6] While at UCONN he earned All-American status and was named USA Basketball's Male Athlete of the Year in 1995. In 1995–96, his final college season, Allen was a first-team All-American and won the Big East Player of the Year award. Allen finished his UConn career third on the Huskies' career scoring list with 1,922 points and set a single-season school record by connecting on 115 three-pointers in 1995–96.

In 2001, he was named honorary captain of the 25-member UConn All-Century Basketball Team. On February 5, 2007, his name and number were honored at Connecticut's Gampel Pavilion during the "Huskies of Honor" ceremony at halftime of the men's basketball game against the Syracuse Orange.^[7]

NBA career[link]

Milwaukee Bucks (1996–2003)[link]

Allen was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the fifth pick of the 1996 NBA Draft. Immediately after his selection, Allen and Andrew Lang were traded to the Milwaukee Bucks for the rights to fourth pick Stephon Marbury. Allen was a member of the NBA's All-Rookie 2nd Team in 1996. His most successful season with the Bucks occurred during the 2000–01 season as he won the 3-point shootout during All-Star Weekend, was selected to the All-NBA Third Team, and led the Bucks, as part of Milwaukee's "Big Three", alongside Sam Cassell and Glenn Robinson, to the Eastern Conference Finals, where they lost in seven games to the Allen Iverson-led Philadelphia 76ers.^[8]

Seattle SuperSonics (2003–2007)[link]

Allen remained with the Bucks midway through the 2002–03 season, when he was dealt to the Sonics, along with Ronald Murray, former UConn teammate Kevin Ollie, and a conditional first round draft pick, in exchange for Gary Payton and Desmond Mason. After an injury-riddled 2003–04 season, he was named to the All-NBA 2nd Team and, alongside teammate Rashard Lewis, led the Sonics to the Conference Semifinals in 2005.

During the 2004 preseason, Allen had a brief war of words with Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, whom Allen accused of alienating teammates trying to prove that he did not need Shaquille O'Neal to win games and championships. Allen told the press that if the Lakers remained a mediocre squad, "in about a year or two he will be calling out to (Lakers owner) Jerry Buss that we need some help in here, or trade me." When asked about Allen's comments, Bryant responded, "Don't even put me and that dude in the same breath."^[9]

After the 2004–05 season, Allen signed a 5-year, $80 million contract extension. In the 2006–07 regular season, he averaged a career-high 26.4 points per game while adding 4.5 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game.

During his Seattle tenure, Allen achieved many individual accomplishments. On March 12, 2006, Allen became the 97th player in NBA history to score 15,000 points. On April 7, 2006, Allen moved into second place on the NBA's list of all-time 3-point field goals made, trailing only Reggie Miller. On April 19, 2006, Allen broke Dennis Scott's ten-year-old NBA record for 3-point field goals made in a season against the Denver Nuggets.

On January 12, 2007, Allen scored a career-high 54 points against the Utah Jazz in a 122–114 overtime win, the second most in Sonics history. Shortly after, he had ankle surgery on both ankles and missed the remainder of the 2006–07 season.

Boston Celtics (2007–present)[link]

Allen guards Joe Johnson of the Atlanta Hawks in Game 4 of the 2008 NBA Playoffs.

Allen dunks in Game 4 of the 2008 NBA Playoffs against the Atlanta Hawks.

On June 28, 2007, the Sonics traded Allen and Glen Davis, the 35th overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, to the Celtics in exchange for Delonte West, Wally Szczerbiak, and the fifth overall pick, Jeff Green. Shortly after acquiring Allen, the Celtics acquired Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Garnett to play alongside Allen and Paul Pierce.^[10]

On November 4, 2007, Allen passed 17,000 points for his career with his first of two 3-pointers in overtime in a 98–95 victory against the Toronto Raptors, in which he sank the game winning 3-pointer with three seconds remaining in overtime.^[11]

On February 13, 2008, Allen was named by NBA Commissioner David Stern to replace injured East All-Star Caron Butler of the Washington Wizards, who was out with a left hip flexor strain, for the 2008 NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans. While LeBron James was given the All-Star MVP Award, many analysts, including the TNT commentators of the game, felt it should have gone to Allen, who scored 14 points in a stretch of 2 minutes and 30 seconds in the fourth quarter to seal the win for the East team.

On March 28, 2008, Allen was honored as the 3rd best of the 20 greatest players in franchise history during Milwaukee's 40th Anniversary Team Celebration, but could not attend the festivities because of the Celtics' game against the New Orleans Hornets. The Boston Celtics finished 66-16, and were the #1 seed in the 2008 NBA Playoffs. The Celtics struggled in the first two rounds of the playoffs, losing every single away game, but maintaining a undefeated playoff record at home. The Celtics had defeated the #8 seeded Atlanta Hawks 4-3 and then defeated the #4 seeded Cleveland Cavaliers 4-3 as well. They advanced to the NBA Finals after a 4-2 Conference Finals series win over the Detroit Pistons.^[8][12][13]

On June 12, 2008, Allen would play all 48 minutes and contribute greatly with 19 points and 9 rebounds in what would become the largest comeback in NBA Finals history, with the Celtics coming back from a 24-point deficit at one point in the second quarter and a deficit as large as 20 in the third. In that game, Allen would make the game clinching layup with 16.4 seconds remaining to give the Celtics a 5-point lead and put the game away.

On June 17, 2008, in the series-ending Game 6 of the NBA Finals, Allen tied an NBA Finals record with seven three-pointers in the Celtics' 131–92 victory of the Los Angeles Lakers,^[14] and also broke the record for three-pointers made in a NBA Finals series with 22, eclipsing the previous record of 17 by Dan Majerle and Derek Harper.^[15]

On February 5, 2009, Allen was named as the All-Star replacement for Orlando Magic point guard Jameer Nelson. This marks Allen's ninth time on the All-Star team and the second straight year he has made it alongside teammates Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce.

On February 22, 2009, with his streak ending at 72, Allen broke the Celtics franchise record in consecutive free throws made previously set by Larry Bird (71).

In the first round of the 2009 playoffs against the Chicago Bulls, game one proved to be tough for Allen. He ended up shooting 1–11 from the field, and the Celtics lost by two. In game 2 however, Allen nailed the game winning three-pointer at the end of regulation with two seconds left to cap off an impressive 30 point night.^[16] In Game 6, despite a Boston loss, Allen managed to score 51 points. Boston ended up winning the series in 7 Games. He reunited with former teammate and co-captain of the Seattle Sonics, Rashard Lewis in the Conference Semifinals, this time as opponents, however. After 4 games and a 2–2 series tie, his highest scoring game was a 22 point performance in a Game 2 victory.^[17]

On December 10, 2009, Allen scored 18 points to reach the 20,000 point total for his career.

On June 6, 2010, in Game 2 of the 2010 NBA Finals in a 103–94 victory against the Los Angeles Lakers, Allen set the record for most three-pointers made in an NBA Finals game on 8–11 shooting. He broke Michael Jordan's record of six three-pointers in one half by hitting seven in the first half and had tied Scottie Pippen and Kenny Smith's record for most three-pointers in one game in the NBA Finals by half time.^{[citation needed]} Allen also became the first player in NBA history to have two separate games of scoring at least seven three-pointers in the NBA Finals.^{[citation needed]} In the following game, on June 8, 2010, Allen was one miss shy of tying the NBA Finals record of most consecutive missed shots, going 0–13 from the field, including 0–8 from the 3-point line. He did, however, manage to score 2 points from the free throw line.

After becoming a free agent on July 1, 2010, Allen re-signed two year-deal with the Boston Celtics on July 7 worth $20 million.^[18]

During a game against the Los Angeles Lakers on February 10, 2011, Allen became the all-time NBA leader in total 3-point field goals made (2,562), surpassing Reggie Miller's record of 2,560. The 35 year-old shooting guard finished the game with 20 points but the Celtics eventually lost 92-86.^[19] In the 2010-11 season Allen was named to his tenth All-Star game alongside teammates Rajon Rondo, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett. Also during All-Star Weekend, Allen competed in the 3-Point Shootout, but lost to James Jones of the Miami Heat.^[20]

Acting career[link]

In 1998, Allen co-starred alongside Denzel Washington in the Spike Lee film He Got Game as high school basketball phenomenon Jesus Shuttlesworth. Roger Ebert praised his performance and said Allen "is that rarity: an athlete who can act,"^[21] while New York magazine described him as "graceful and fast in the basketball scenes" while giving "a somberly effective minimalist performance."^[22] His role as Shuttlesworth earned him the nickname "Jesus" from teammates and fans.^[23]

Allen also appeared as Marcus Blake in the 2001 film Harvard Man.

Personal life[link]

Allen has a borderline case of obsessive–compulsive disorder, to which he attributes his consummate shooting style.^[24][25] He is a member of the Air Jordan brand, which is a subsidiary of Nike.

Allen served as NBA Spokesperson for the Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA program.^[26] and was selected as NBA Spokesman for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.^[26] He also started the "Ray of Hope" Foundation to assist charities in several communities.^[26]

NBA career statistics[link]

Regular season[link]

Playoffs[link]

Honors[link]

On July 2, 2007, shortly after being traded to the Celtics, Allen threw out the ceremonial first pitch for a Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park.

• NBA Champion: 2008
• Olympic gold medalist as member of the United States men's basketball team that played at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
• 10-time NBA All-Star: 2000-02, 2004-09, 2011
• All-NBA Second Team: 2005
• All-NBA Third Team: 2001
• NBA All-Rookie Second Team: 1997
• NBA Joe Dumars NBA Sportsmanship Award: 2003
• The Sporting News "Good Guy": 2000, 2001, 2005^[26]
• NBA All-Star Weekend Three-point Shootout champion: 2001

NBA records[link]

Regular season[link]

3-point field goals made, career: 2,718 (as of the 2011-12 season)

Seasons leading the league in three-point field goals made: 3 (2001–02–2002–03, 2005–06)

Consecutive seasons leading the league in three-point field goals made: 2 (2001–02–2002–03)

3-point field goals made, season: 269 (2005–06)

3-point field goals made, half: 8, second half, Milwaukee Bucks vs. Charlotte Hornets, April 14, 2002

• Tied with many other players

3-point field goal attempts, career: 6,788 (as of the 2011-12 season)

Playoffs[link]

Consecutive points scored in a game: 19, Milwaukee Bucks vs. Philadelphia 76ers, June 1, 2001

• Broken by LeBron James on May 31, 2007, who scored 25 consecutive points for the Cavaliers.

3-point field goals made, 6-game series: 22, Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers, 2008 NBA Finals

3-point field goals made, 7-game series: 28, Milwaukee Bucks vs. Philadelphia 76ers, 2001 Eastern Conference Finals

3-point field goals made, game: 9, twice
9, for Milwaukee Bucks vs. Philadelphia 76ers, June 1, 2001
9, for Boston Celtics at Chicago Bulls, April 30, 2009 (3 OT)

3-point field goals attempted, game: 18, Boston Celtics at Chicago Bulls, April 30, 2009 (3 OT)

Finals[link]

3-point field goals made, 6-game series: 22, Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers, 2008 NBA Finals

3-point field goals made, game: 8, Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers, June 6, 2010

• Also holds second (see below)

3-point field goals made, half: 7, first half, Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers, June 6, 2010

3-point field goals made, quarter: 5, second quarter, Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers, June 6, 2010

3-point field goal attempts, 6-game series: 42, Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers, 2008 NBA Finals

All-Star games[link]

3-point field goals made, career: 20

3-point field goal attempts, career: 64

3-point field goal attempts, game: 11 (2005)

3-point field goal attempts, half: 7, second half (2005)

Milwaukee Bucks franchise records[link]

Consecutive games played: 400, from 11/1/96 to 12/20/01

3-point field goals made, career: 1,051

3-point field goals made, season: 229 (2001–02)

3-point field goals made, game: 10, vs. Charlotte Hornets, April 14, 2002

3-point field goals made, half: 8, second half, vs. Charlotte Hornets, April 14, 2002

• Tied with Tim Thomas (second half, at Portland Trail Blazers, (January 5, 2001) and Michael Redd (second half, vs. Houston Rockets, February 20, 2002)

3-point field goal attempts, career: 2,587

• Broken by Michael Redd on December 30, 2009

3-point field goal attempts, season: 528 (2001–02)

3-point field goal attempts, game: 17, at Cleveland Cavaliers, December 9, 2002 (2 OT)

3-point field goal attempts, game (regulation): 14, four times

• 14, vs. Utah Jazz, April 12, 2001
• 14, vs. New York Knicks, December 4, 2001
• 14, vs. Charlotte Hornets, February 18, 2002
• 14, vs. Charlotte Hornets, April 14, 2002
• Tied by Michael Redd

Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder franchise records[link]

3-point field goals made, season: 269 (2005–06)

3-point field goal attempts, season: 653 (2005–06)

Boston Celtics franchise records[link]

Highest free throw percentage, season: .952 (237/249) (2008–09)

Consecutive free throws made: 72, from December 25, 2008 to February 23, 2009

Highest 3-point field goal percentage, 2010-11 season: .444 (168/378), eclipsing the record set by Eddie House in the 2008-09 season

See also[link]

• List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders
• List of National Basketball Association career 3-point scoring leaders
• List of National Basketball Association players with 1000 games played
• List of National Basketball Association players with 50 or more points in a playoff game

References[link]

External links[link]

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Doc Rivers

Boston Celtics
Head Coach
Personal information
Born	(1961-10-13) October 13, 1961 (age 50) Chicago, Illinois
Nationality	American
High school	Proviso East
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
College	Marquette (1980–1983)
NBA Draft	1983 / Round: 2 / Pick: 31st overall
Selected by the Atlanta Hawks
Pro career	1983–1996
League	NBA
Career history
As player:
1983–1991	Atlanta Hawks
1991–1992	Los Angeles Clippers
1992–1994	New York Knicks
1994–1996	San Antonio Spurs
As coach:
1999–2003	Orlando Magic
2004–present	Boston Celtics
Career highlights and awards
As player: NBA All-Star (1988) J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (1990) FIBA World Championship MVP (1982) As coach: NBA Champion (2008) NBA Coach of the Year (2000) 2× NBA All-Star Game head coach (2008, 2011)
Career NBA statistics
Points	9,377 (10.9 ppg)
Assists	4,889 (5.7 apg)
Steals	1,563 (1.8 spg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Competitor for  United States Basketball FIBA World Championship Silver 1982 Colombia National team

Rivers (center) sits on the sidelines with assistant coaches Tom Thibodeau (right) and Armond Hill (left) in Game 4 of the 2008 NBA Playoffs against the Atlanta Hawks.

Glenn Anton "Doc" Rivers (born October 13, 1961) is a former professional basketball player and the current head coach of the NBA's Boston Celtics. Rivers was known for his defense while playing in the NBA. His skills as floor general and point guard helped him transition into a coach following his playing career.

Playing career[link]

Rivers was a McDonald's All-American for Proviso East High School in the Chicago metropolitan area.^[1] Rivers represented the United States with the national team in the 1982 FIBA World Championship, in which he was selected as the tournament MVP, despite missing the last shot in the final which could have given the title to his team. After graduating from Marquette University, Rivers was drafted in the second round (31st overall^[2]) of the 1983 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks. He spent the next seven seasons as a starter in Atlanta, assisting star Dominique Wilkins as the team found great regular-season success. He averaged a double-double for the 1986–87 season with 12.8 points and 10.0 assists per game. Rivers later spent one year as a starter for the Los Angeles Clippers and two more for the New York Knicks, before finishing his career as a bench player for the San Antonio Spurs.

Coaching career[link]

Orlando Magic (1999–2003)[link]

Rivers began his coaching career with the Orlando Magic in 1999, where he coached for more than four NBA seasons. Rivers won the Coach of the Year award in 2000 after his first year with the Magic. That season, he led the team that was picked to finish last in the league to a near playoff berth. He made the post-season in his next three years as coach, but was fired in 2003 after a disastrous start to the season.

Boston Celtics (2004–present)[link]

After spending a year working as a commentator for the NBA on ABC (calling the 2004 Finals with Al Michaels), he took over the Boston Celtics coaching position in 2004. During his first years with the Celtics, he was criticized by many in the media for his coaching style, most vociferously by ESPN's Bill Simmons, who in 2006 publicly called for Rivers to be fired in his columns.

As a result of the Celtics' 109–93 victory over the New York Knicks on January 21, 2008, Rivers, as the coach of the team with the best winning percentage in the Eastern Conference, earned the honor to coach the East for the 2008 NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans.^[3] On June 17, 2008, Rivers won his first NBA Championship as a head coach,^[4] although the Celtics needed an NBA record 26 post-season games to win it. By a strange twist of fate, Rivers played for the team that held the previous record for most games played in a single post-season: the 1994 New York Knicks played 25 post-season games.

After deliberating between leaving the job and returning to spend more time with his family in Orlando, Rivers finally decided that he would honor the last year of his contract and return for the 2010–11 season.^[5]

On May 13, 2011, after months of rumors that he would retire, ESPN reported that the Celtics and Rivers agreed upon a 5-year contract extension worth $35 million.^[6][7]

Personal[link]

Rivers is the nephew of former NBA player Jim Brewer. He lives in Orlando, Florida with his wife Kristen and their four children.^[2] His oldest son Jeremiah played basketball for Georgetown University before transferring to play for Indiana University,^[8] while his daughter Callie played volleyball for the University of Florida.^[9] Rivers also has a younger son, Austin Rivers, who played one year at guard for Duke University before declaring for the 2012 NBA Draft. Doc Rivers is the cousin of former NBA guard Byron Irvin and former MLB outfielder Ken Singleton.^[10]