Brooklyn Nets guard Egor Demin made a 3-pointer in an NBA rookie-record 34th straight game during Friday night's 106-99 win against the Utah Jazz.
Demin set the record on the first basket for the Nets. He finished with a team-best 25 points and was 6-for-12 from 3-point range, making three in the fourth quarter to help the Nets pull away late.
"There's a reason why we drafted him," Brooklyn coach Jordi Fernandez said. "We believed that [his] shooting was NBA shooting, and he's proven it from the beginning."
Demin entered Friday's win tied with Portland's Rudy Fernandez (2008-09) and Philadelphia's Landry Shamet (2018-19).
"You see the confidence growing on him," Nets center Day'ron Sharpe said. "Who knows what Egor can be in the next couple of years?"
Drafted eighth overall out of BYU last year, Demin said extra hours spent on refining his shooting helped him become a reliable perimeter threat.
He has made 104 3-pointers this season, ranking second behind Charlotte's Kon Knueppel (161) among NBA rookies. Demin made the second-most 3s through 40 career games in NBA history, trailing only Knueppel, and has shot 40.2% from long distance this season.
The milestone represents a major leap forward from Demin's one season at BYU, where he shot 27.3% from the perimeter. While Demin struggled to find his shot at times in Provo, he credited Cougars coach Kevin Young with helping him find success as a rookie.
"He's an NBA coach, so he taught me -- in this one year -- basically whatever I have to know to be able to play at the NBA level," Demin said. "He gave us a lot of knowledge so that I come here and I'm ready to play and I know what we're doing and I have an idea of what it is. He gave me this base of an NBA player to be able to come here and know what's going on around me."
Demin has another record within reach. He has made the second-most 3s for a rookie in Nets' history, trailing only Kerry Kittles' 158 3-pointers in the 1996-97 season. This season, Demin has set Nets rookie records for the most 3-pointers in a game (7) and most games with five or more 3s (7).
The Associated Press contributed to this report.