Mavs' Daniel Gafford Passes Wilt Chamberlain for 2nd on Consecutive Field Goals Made List

NBA legend Wilt Chamberlain held the first and second-place records for most consecutive field goals made going into Wednesday night, but now Dallas Mavericks big man Daniel Gafford has taken over the second-place record.

Dalton Trigg | Mar 14, 2024

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Dallas Mavericks big man Daniel Gafford might just mess around and never miss a shot again with how he's playing around the basket lately.

In a 109-99 win over the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday, Gafford finished with 10 points, six rebounds, two steals and seven blocks while shooting 5-5 from the field in 26 minutes as a starter. With another perfect shooting game under his belt, Gafford ran his streak of consecutive made field goals to 33, passing NBA legend Wilt Chamberlain's all-time second-place record of 32 set in 1967.

Chamberlain also holds the overall all-time record of 35 consecutive field goals made, which was also set back in 1967. So if Gafford can manage to start the Mavs' matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday by making his first three baskets, he will be the new all-time leader for consecutive made field goals.

“If I do it, that’s good. I’m gonna celebrate it of course, but at the end of the day I just want to come out and win games," Gafford said.

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Published Mar 14, 2024

DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.