Brook Lopez unleashed a barrage of deep-range artillery on a very good Denver Nuggets team, leading all scorers with 28 points after going 8-of-13 from three during Sunday's rousing win. The new member of the Milwaukee Bucks is now in line to surpass forward Dirk Nowitzki for most threes in a season by a player 7 feet or taller, according to ESPN's Kevin Pelton.

Despite being a capable but average 3-point shooter, Lopez has impressed through the early get-go. He is shooting the deep ball at a rousing 41.9 percent clip and becoming a full-fledged stretch five, forgoing his offensive rebounding duties and exchanging them for open looks beyond the arc.

Lopez's masterpiece against the Nuggets was a complete different Brook that eagerly jacked up 3-point jumpers for the last two seasons with the Brooklyn Nets and the Los Angeles Lakers, now extra-confident and more dangerous than ever.

“It was just a lot of reps in the offseason, honestly,” Lopez told Alex Kennedy of HoopsHype in August. “I was getting in the gym every single day and getting shots up. I also have to attribute some of that success to head coach Kenny Atkinson in Brooklyn because he really gave me the confidence to just go out there and shoot it. … Regardless of whether I was missing every three-pointer I attempted or making every three-pointer I attempted in games, Coach Atkinson kept telling me, ‘Just keep shooting.’ He made it clear that they needed me out there shooting and spacing the floor, so he instilled a lot of confidence in me and just gave me the opportunity to [add that to my game]. I’m very thankful he allowed me to do that.”

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Lopez, the lone 7-footer in the Bucks' roster besides the 7-foot-1 Thon Maker, is snaring only 3.2 rebounds per game as the starter — trading boards for trifectas — true to the evolution of the sport.

The 30-year-old has connected on 39 deep balls through 13 games and is currently well underway to smash past Dirk Nowitzki's record of 151 3-pointers in a season. If he keeps up his current pace, he will surpass the previous record for a 7-footer by the All-Star break.