J.J. Redick goes up for one of his 19 shot attempts during Monday’s 140-132 overtime victory over the visiting Houston Rockets. Houston’s Terrence Jones defends/Staff photo by Stephen Carr
J.J. Redick scored a career-high 40 points on Monday. He shot 11 of 19 overall. But he was absolutely marvelous from 3-point range, where he made 9 of 12. Afterward, he was asked about the zone he was in with his shot.
“I do not know that it is the best I have felt shooting the ball,” he said. “I feel like I missed a couple mid-range shots I would have normally made. It was one of those games where neither team could get a stop. There were several players that were a beneficiary of that, myself included.”
Although the Rockets did not shot all that well from beyond the arc – 34.4 percent (11 of 32) – they did shoot 50 percent overall. The Clippers shot 51.6 percent overall, an almost-unbelievable 59.5 percent (22 of 37) from long-distance.
The 22 3-pointers were a franchise high and one shy of the NBA record.