Basketball swish sound text tone12/7/2023 "In Chicago the other day, I saw LaVar Ball at the game wearing a hat that said: I Told You So," said Dell, mentioning the bombastic father of LaMelo and Lonzo. Image: Curry hugs his father Dell after breaking the recordĭell Curry, the father who seeded and nurtured this force of basketball, shook his head when asked about his son's road map to 3-point riches. Reasons 1 & 2: His father and the basketball genes and upbringing Those are never easy to forecast for anyone, not even a player who was seemingly built for this. And yet, this mad science required the perfect concoction of a shifting trend, the right genes, pure circumstance and an unquenchable thirst to become a legend. And he has such great character as a person, and you root for people like that. "He's on his own level, one he made for himself," Allen says. He also, prior to that had hit from deep at least once in every one of his NBA Playoff games, 132 games stretching back to 2013. ![]() It ended a streak of 233 postseason and regular-season games in which Curry had made at least one three, a run that lasted three-and-a-half years. When he failed to hit from deep in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, it created a new record span of straight games with a made 3-pointer. The very next game, as if to teach the basketball a lesson, Curry made 13-of-17, his career best. When Curry made a three for 157 straight games, which was then the NBA record in 206, he stumbled and went 0-for-10. Curry does not, as the basketball vernacular goes, chuck them up. The handful of players with higher career percentages than Curry, like Steve Kerr for example, attempted 5,000 or so fewer shots. More astounding is the efficiency for such a volume shooter it's the accomplishment that Curry takes pride in most, because it underscores his talent. He's on his own level, one he made for himself. Curry set new marks for the most three-pointers in an All-Star quarter (6), half (8) and game (16) while also passing James Harden on the midseason classic's total made threes list (39) to move to the top. This season he made 285 as injuries blighted the latter stages of his regular season.but only after a remarkable showing at the All-Star where he blew away all previous records. ![]() Keep in mind that he made only 55 in the regrettable sprained ankle season of 2011-12 when Curry was spooked by the ailment and couldn't play a full schedule, and 12 in 2019-20 because of a broken hand. It is about to become one of those unbreakable sporting records if this trend by Curry continues, entering a domain filled with Wilt Chamberlain herculean feats, and once there it will surely collect dust, never to be approached in our lifetimes.Ĭurry in 2012-13 set the NBA seasonal mark for most 3-pointers with 272, then bested that two years later with 286, then went Uber-level with 402 in 2016. His career 3-point record of 2,973 was topped by Curry back in December and, health permitting, Curry will now stretch it beyond recognition. Allen couldn't prevent the inevitable, not while sitting in his retirement rocker. When it comes to Steph, Ray Allen was helpless, too. ![]() Image: Curry reacts after making the history-making shot at Madison Square Garden which broke the all-time NBA 3-pointers record
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