Stephen Curry Breaks NBA 3 Point Record
18 Apr, 2013
Curry broke the NBA single-season mark for 3-pointers with 272 and the Golden State Warriors defeated thePortland Trail Blazers 99-88 on Wednesday in the regular season finale for both teams.
Curry surpassed Ray Allen’s 3-point total of 269 set in 2005-06. Needing two for the record, Curry opened the game with two straight misses from beyond the arc, but hit his first midway through the first quarter before making the record-breaker with 6:49 to go in the second.
”I was nervous to be honest with you. I had butterflies,” Curry said. ”It was like the elephant in the room.”
The feat accomplished, Curry was able to help the Warriors get the win and secure the sixth seed in the Western Conference. Golden State will face the Nuggets in a first-round game Saturday in Denver.
”I was just so happy to get it out of the way so I could focus on the game,” he said. ”It’s hard to do both, to be honest with you.” His backcourt teammate Klay Thompson led the Warriors (47-35) with 24 points.
Curry hit his fourth 3-pointer of the game with 5:56 to go, putting Golden State up 91-77. He finished with 15 points.
‘That’s a lot of 3s,” Warriors coach Mark Jackson said about Curry’s record. ”Just unbelievable. An unbelievable season, and a great accomplishment for him.”
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