San Antonio Spurs guard Patty Mills made history on Sunday, becoming the first Australian player to knock down 1,000 career 3-pointers in the NBA. Mills achieved the monumental feat in the Spurs' uplifting 107-102 win over the Miami Heat at the AT&T Center.

Patty Mills made 4-out-of-10 triples against the Heat en route an 18-point outing. He also recorded five rebounds and three dimes in 29 minutes.

Now on his 9th season under Gregg Popovich, the 31-year-old sharpshooter has become an integral part of the Spurs system. Selected with the 55th overall pick by the Portland Trail Blazers back in 2009, Mills never found his niche in his first two seasons in Oregon.

After a year playing back in Australia in the National Basketball League, Mills signed with the Spurs in 2012 and blossomed under Popovich's system. The 6-foot guard was instrumental off the bench in San Antonio's title conquest in 2014.

Patty Mills has also developed into a capable floor general over the years, but his bread and butter is still his ability to knock down the long ball.

Mills is a career 39.1 percent shooter from 3-point land and has bailed out San Antonio countless times with his clutch shots. He is averaging 11.9 points this year while continuing to light it up from the field with a 44.4 percent field goal shooting clip and a 40.8 percent success rate from deep.

Now considered as an elder statesman in the Spurs' locker room, Mills has been instrumental to the growth of San Antonio's guards like Dejounte Murray, Bryn Forbes, and Derrick White.