When Stephen Curry began his career, no player in the history of the NBA had never made 3,000 3,000 points during a career. This threshold is now officially picturesque.
The star of the Golden State Warriors became the first player to reach 4,000 3 points in his career on Thursday against the Sacramento Kings, adding another line to the curriculum vitae in the largest shooting basketball.
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Curry struck the historic shot in the third quarter, with a false and a feeling that he posted throughout his 16 seasons with the Warriors.
Much more was not necessary to curry in the rout of the Warriors 130-104 as a 11-time star which led the league in 3 points eight times with 11 points on 4 shots out of 9, reaching 2 out of 6 long-term and distributing five assists. The victory pushed the Warriors to 13-1 in the matches that Jimmy Butler has been playing since Golden State acquired the six times All-Star on the deadline.
The list of ways that Curry is in a class as a shooter feels unlimited. He is the leader of all time in 3 points manufactured. He ranks 13th of all time in percentage of 3 points, while massively taking more shots than each player in front of him.
He is responsible for 26 of the 104 NBA games with at least 10 3 points. He is responsible for five of the seven seasons of the League with at least 300,300 points. He is short of the NBA 3 -point record in a single match of 14 (which belongs to former teammate Klay Thompson), but is well represented on the rest of the ranking.
As Dan de guess of Yahoo Sports before Thursday’s matchCurry has been in tears since the Warriors trade for Butler and currently leads the League in 3 points per game for the fifth consecutive season and for the 12th time in the past 13 years.
With all this, the question was not so Curry hit 4,000 3 points. This has been inevitable for years, except a catastrophic injury. What we should really ask is if a player could possibly come to correspond to this list of achievements, not to mention the impact.
NBA of all time the 3 -point leaders
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Stephen Curry, 4,000
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James Harden, 3,124
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Ray Allen, 2,974
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Damian Lillard, 2,794
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Klay Thompson, 2,667
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Reggie Miller, 2,560
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LeBron James, 2,542
