(Los Angeles) We already knew he was the best pitcher of all time in the NBA, but Stephen Curry formalized it for the history books on Tuesday by breaking the record for the number of 3-point baskets made in regular seasons, until then the property of Ray Allen.
It took the Warriors star to score two long-range shots to achieve this feat. What he applied to do against the New York Knicks, from the first quarter, in less than five minutes and in three attempts, under the eyes of his glorious elder, as well as Reggie Miller, now 3e of this prestigious ranking.
These two legends then took him in his arms, just like his father Dell Curry, formidable long-distance gunner between 1986 and 2002, who transmitted the shooter’s DNA to him, offering him moments of intense emotion within the legendary Madison Square Garden, which gave him a huge ovation. So much so that the match stopped for five minutes.
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Stephen Curry (30) hugs his dad Dell Curry
“I just landed in Dallas to watch Stephen Curry break the record and, even better, do it in the GARDEN! ! WOW CONGRATULATIONS BROTHER! ! INCREDIBLE ! ! Enthusiastically LeBron James, the Lakers superstar, on Twitter.
“It’s exciting to watch Steph break the NBA three-point shootout record. He revolutionized the way basketball is played and continues to leave fans in awe with his amazing artistry and extraordinary ability to shoot. Well done for this historic feat, ”responded league boss Adam Silver.
Tightrope walking gestures
More perhaps than having erased from the shelves Allen, former champion of the NBA with Boston (2008) then Miami (2013), it is the speed with which Curry succeeded that amazes. Where the first scored 2,973 three-point baskets in 1,300 games, his hunter took 789 games to overtake him. Unbelievable.
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Ray Allen congratulates Stephen Curry
The two-time MVP, in 2015 and 2016, also at the top of the standings for the most three-pointers scored, regular seasons and playoffs combined, has only one record that escapes him to fill all the boxes. That of 14 shots scored in a single match by his teammate Klay Thompson.
The latter is also on the verge of making his comeback on the floors, after two and a half years of absence due to two serious injuries. Finally reunited soon, this should further strengthen the Warriors, who are already having a great start to the season.
Curry, around which a rejuvenated and successful team was rebuilt by Steve Kerr – former three-point shooting specialist – after the departure of Kevin Durant to Brooklyn, is the primary reason for this resurrection of Golden State.
After breaking his left hand at the end of October 2019, the leader came back even stronger, finishing top scorer of the regular season last with 32 points of best average, the best of his career, beating his record of pawns registered in the process. only one meeting (62).
Child’s play
Currently 2e The league’s leading scorer, Curry puts on an ongoing big show in the NBA. Able to succeed in tightrope walking and magic tricks in any position, he has made a specialty of unsheathed shots far behind the arc.
There is not a corner of the floor where it has not hit the mark in its 13-year career, the images regularly circulating the world. Because his exploits, he commits them repeatedly, when others arrive only very occasionally.
As such, Stephen Curry revolutionized the game.
A very occasional weapon fifteen years ago, reserved for a minority of specialists, shooting behind the arch ended up becoming the offensive option favored by most teams in the NBA in its era. And a lot of players want to “make Curry”, without their recipe being as well spicy, even if some like Damian Lillard (Portland) know how to do it.
But it will be almost impossible to beat the record he will set when his career comes to an end. Because at 33, he still has many good years ahead of him.
Finally, Curry is also the incarnation of happy basketball, a sport that we practice with a smile like child’s play. You just have to see him before games have fun tossing the ball into the basket, from unlikely places, such as recently, when he made a success of his attempt by shooting from the stands of the Warriors’ amphitheater.
That too, he is the only one to do it.