The Warriors won back-to-back 102-96 over the Knicks on the road today. Curry played 34 minutes today and shot 8-of-19, including 5-of-14 from three-point range and 1-of-2 from the free throw line, for 22 points, three rebounds and three assists.
After hitting five three-pointers in the last game, Curry is only one step away from the all-time record (2,973) held by Ray Allen. Curry's one three-pointer today will tie Ray Allen, and two hits will complete the overtaking, becoming the player who hits the most three-pointers in history.
For Curry, who has averaged more than five three-pointers per game this season, it's certainly not a difficult task. Curry hit five more three-pointers today, successfully overtaking Ray Allen to make him the all-time first.
It is worth mentioning that Curry only took 789 regular season games to surpass Ray Allen to the first place in history, and Ray Allen took 1300 games to hit 2973 three-pointers. Curry has played 511 fewer games than Ray Allen, which is undoubtedly an epoch-making achievement. If curry averages three three-pointers per game in his career, he has hit more than 4,000 three-pointers if he can play 1,300 games.
In addition, Curry's career three-point shooting rate reached 43.1%, which is also 3 percentage points higher than Ray Allen. Ray Allen was the first scorer in history before, and Curry is now higher than Ray Allen in terms of shooting percentage and production, and the production will be higher and higher. Much more powerful than the former first shooter of all time, and that's what Curry fears.
After surpassing Ray Allen, Curry is about to reach another important milestone, he has now hit 2977 three-pointers, only 23 can reach the 3000 three-point milestone, making history again. At Curry's level of 5 three-pointers per game, Curry is expected to achieve this feat within 5 games.
In addition, after today's game, Curry has hit 152 consecutive three-pointers, just five games away from surpassing his own record of 157 consecutive games. If all goes well, after five games, Curry is expected to reach two important milestones.