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<p>MIAMI &#8212; Ray Allen won championships in Boston and Miami, made one of the most memorable shots in NBA Finals history and has more 3-pointers than anyone who ever played in the league.</p><p>More than two years after his last game, he&#8217;s decided that was enough.</p><p>Allen announced his retirement on Tuesday in a post on The Players&#8217; Tribune website. Allen spent 18 seasons in the league with Milwaukee, Seattle, the Celtics and the Heat, averaging 18.9 points in 1,300 career regular-season games and appearing in 10 All-Star Games.</p><p>&#8220;I write this to you today as a 41-year-old man who is retiring from the game,&#8221; Allen said in his post, which was in the form of a letter to his younger self. &#8220;I write to you as a man who is completely at peace with himself.&#8221;</p><p>Allen entertained thoughts about a comeback over the last two years and had plenty of opportunities from title-contending teams. But nothing ever lured him back, although the door always remained a tiny bit open &#8212; until now.</p><p>&#8220;Basketball will take you far away from that school yard,&#8221; Allen wrote. &#8220;You will become far more than just a basketball player. You&#8217;ll get to act in movies. You&#8217;ll travel the world. You will become a husband, and the father of five amazing children.&#8221;</p><p>Allen, who played for UConn from 1993 to 1996, starred in the 1998 Spike Lee film &#8220;He Got Game,&#8221; portraying Jesus Shuttlesworth, a top-ranked basketball prospect, whose father (played by Denzel Washington) is in prison for killing his wife.</p><p>On the court, teammates and coaches raved about Allen&#8217;s famed work ethic and commitment to fitness &#8212; which now takes a different form, after he and his wife, Shannon, recently opened an organic fast-casual restaurant in Miami. Allen was almost always on the floor for a workout three hours before games, shooting on some occasions before the arena lights were even turned on.</p><p>Allen had the record for 3-pointers in a season for seven years, his mark of 269 standing until Stephen Curry of Golden State made 272 in 2012-13 &#8212; a record Curry has topped twice.</p><p>In all, Allen made 2,973 3-pointers in regular-season games, which doesn&#8217;t even count the one that was his most unforgettable.</p><p>His 3-pointer from the right corner with 5.2 seconds left in Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals for Miami sent the Heat to overtime against the Spurs in a win-or-else game, and helped them go on to win the title in seven games. Chris Bosh got an offensive rebound and passed to Allen, who was backtracking toward the corner.</p><p>Allen, without even needing to look down to ensure that he was behind the line, elevated over Tony Parker and connected to tie the game &#8212; even as arena workers kneeled around the court, holding the rope that they presumed they would soon be called upon to cordon things off for the Spurs&#8217; championship celebration.</p><p>On his way back to the bench to prepare for overtime, Allen gestured to those workers, shouting to put the rope away.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s going to be a shot that I&#8217;m going to remember for a long time,&#8221; Allen said that night. &#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of shots that I&#8217;ve made in my career, but this will go high up in the ranks.&#8221;</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Ray Allen announced his retirement from the NBA on Tuesday, ending a career that saw him make more 3-pointers than any player in league history and win championships with Boston and Miami. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/web1_113312931-a68a3a41f0a34d3285679db9f12e785e.jpg</photo0><caption0>Ray Allen announced his retirement from the NBA on Tuesday, ending a career that saw him make more 3-pointers than any player in league history and win championships with Boston and Miami. </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Tim Reynolds</p><p>AP Basketball Writer</p></bylineMeta></div>

NBA great Ray Allen retires