In the game of basketball, one thing is clear: shooters shoot. This especially holds true in the NBA.
Almost all of the league's greatest shooters have played in the NBA Finals, making for some incredible performances on the game's greatest stage. Some performances, of course, have stood the test of time.
Which shooters have turned in the best performances when the NBA championship is on the line? The Sporting News looks back at the greatest 3-point shooting performances in the NBA Finals.
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NBA Finals record for 3-pointers in a game
Stephen Curry holds the NBA Finals record for 3-pointers in a game with nine. Curry set the record during a 33-point performance in Game 2 of the 2018 NBA Finals.
Curry's name is peppered throughout the NBA Finals 3-point record book. While Ray Allen has the second-best shooting performance in Finals history with eight 3-pointers, Curry has knocked down seven triples in the Finals on six different occasions.
| Rank | Player(s) | 3-pointers |
| 1 | Stephen Curry | 9 |
| 2 | Ray Allen | 8 |
| 3 | Stephen Curry (6), Ray Allen, Devin Booker, Danny Green, Kyrie Irving, Mike Miller, Scottie Pippen, Duncan Robinson, J.R. Smith, Kenny Smith, Klay Thompson | 7 |
NBA Finals all-time 3-point leaders
Given Curry's place in the single-game record book, it should come as no surprise that he is atop the leaderboard for most 3-pointers in the Finals.
Curry is one of just three players to have made over 100 3-pointers in Finals history.
| Rank | Player | 3-pointers |
| 1 | Stephen Curry | 152 |
| 2 | Klay Thompson | 106 |
| 3 | LeBron James | 101 |
| 4 | Danny Green | 59 |
| J.R. Smith | 59 | |
| 6 | Robert Horry | 56 |
| 7 | Ray Allen | 55 |
| 8 | Kobe Bryant | 48 |
| Derek Fisher | 48 | |
| 10 | Kevin Durant | 43 |
