House Call: Boston Celtics' Eddie House Sets Three-Point Record

Eddie House went into the record books on Wednesday night and he did it in dramatic fashion—with an assist from Celtics longtime ace media relations vice president Jeff Twiss.

The three-point sharpshooter needed to get red-hot in the fourth and final quarter of the regular season to break Danny Ainge’s single-season three-point percentage mark.

With his three-pointer with 4:19 remaining in the fourth quarter, House broke Ainge’s record with a .444 percentage.

The amazing part is that he was just 1-for-3 through three quarters and needed to catch fire. He went 5-for-6 in the final 12 minutes.

“I did the math on the way,” House recalled. “I was thinking 3-for-3 ties it, 4-for-5 I’ll have it, 5-for-6 I’ll have it. When I was 4-for-7, I was like I’ve got to make two more, out of two, and did it. It was good. Then I asked Mr. Twiss on the sideline, ‘Where am I at?’ And he said, ‘Don’t shoot any more!’”

House came out to a wild celebration just over a minute later. Teammates were congratulating him.

In 1986-'87, Ainge drilled 85 of his 192 attempts from beyond the arc, for a .443 percentage. House finished this season 151-for-340 from three-point range.

“That’s what means the most to me, that I had the Celtics uniform on,” House said. “If I set it for the Bobcats or the Clippers, it wouldn’t be that big a deal to me. But to do it here, with all the history and everybody who has come through here, Larry, D.A., all the great players, even Ray (Allen), for my name to be at the top of that list, feels good.”

In an ironic twist, Ainge was at home watching his record fall as he was sidelined with the flu.

But it was Celtics coach Doc Rivers who may have made the biggest sacrifice of the night by giving House a chance at history.

“I was thinking there, if I let Danny keep the record, then I get another two- or three-year extension,” Rivers said, tongue firmly in cheek. “And I let Eddie get it, then I might be gone. But I took the gamble. I let Eddie get it.”