Stephen Curry set to develop into first participant to achieve 4,000 profession 3-pointers made

Steph Curry enters Saturday’s sport towards the Pistons 11 3-pointers shy of changing into the primary participant with 4,000.

The NBA’s all-time chief in 3-pointers made enters Saturday simply 7 triples shy of the milestone.

When the Warriors host the Path Blazers on Monday (10 p.m. ET, NBA League Go), Stephen Curry’s newest capturing milestone can be inside attain – needing 7 3-pointers to develop into the primary participant in NBA historical past to achieve 4,000 profession 3-pointers made.

Curry grew to become the all-time chief in 3-pointers made on Dec. 14, 2021, when he splashed his 2,974th profession triple to interrupt the mark beforehand held by Ray Allen.

It’s been 1,180 days since that evening at Madison Sq. Backyard. Curry has performed 221 video games and made one other 1,012 3-pointers throughout that point, placing him on the precipice of as soon as once more beginning his personal capturing membership.

Curry was the primary participant to achieve 3,000 profession 3-pointers made and has since been joined by James Harden (3,117). Whereas Damian Lillard (2,785) and former teammate Klay Thompson (2,657) are approaching 3K, Curry is on the doorstep of 4K.

The street to this milestone second started in 2009 when the Warriors chosen Curry with the seventh total decide within the draft. As a rookie, Curry completed tenth in 3-pointers made with 166. It could be his lowest rating in all however two seasons in his 16-year profession – and each of these have been lower quick as a result of accidents.

Curry has led the NBA in complete 3-pointers made in eight of his 16 seasons, together with hitting a document 402 triples in 2015-16, when he was named the first-ever unanimous Kia MVP. Curry has extra seasons with 300+ 3-pointers made (5) than all different gamers within the NBA mixed (James Harden and Thompson have the one different two).

Harden and Thompson additionally rank second to Curry in video games with no less than 5 and 10 3-pointers made, respectively.

Curry’s 388 video games with 5+ 3-pointers made is yet another than second and third place mixed (387 by Harden and Damian Lillard). In the meantime, Curry’s 26 video games with 10+ 3-pointers made is greater than the following 5 gamers mixed.

Coming into tonight’s sport, Curry doesn’t want 5 or 10 triples, he wants 11 to achieve 4,000. Curry has 14 such video games in his profession – together with one lower than two weeks in the past when he splashed a dozen 3s in a win at Orlando on Feb. 27. Can he discover that magic once more tonight at dwelling and set a brand new benchmark for future shooters to chase?

Throughout that sport towards the Magic, Curry hit his longest shot of the season – a 51-footer from past half court docket to beat the halftime buzzer. The shot gave Curry 21 factors on the half, which he adopted with a 35-point second half to complete with 56 factors – the fourth-highest scoring sport of his profession.

Because the shot chart above illustrates, Curry just isn’t afraid of taking pictures from past half court docket and risking harm to his capturing share. Over his profession, Curry has hit six backcourt pictures in 113 makes an attempt (5.3%), whereas nonetheless rating fourth in profession 3-point share (42.4%) amongst 161 gamers with no less than 1,000 3-pointers made.

“He was due for a type of,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr stated. “One of many many issues I like about Steph, he all the time shoots the half-court pictures, he doesn’t care about his share. He’s had so many the final couple years that have been proper there and as quickly as he let it go I stated that’s in. I simply felt it.”

Consistency is a key consider Curry’s street to 4,000 profession made 3-pointers. Whereas all shooters undergo slumps, Curry has by no means performed three consecutive video games with out making no less than one 3-pointer.

In truth, Curry has made no less than one 3-pointer in 967 of his 1,010 profession video games. That 95.7% charge ranks first all-time amongst gamers which have performed no less than 50 video games. Have in mind, solely 186 gamers in NBA historical past have ever performed in 967 video games, not to mention have that many video games with a 3-pointer.

Curry not solely holds the document for many consecutive video games with no less than one 3-pointer made (268 video games over 5 seasons from 2018-2023), he additionally owns the second-longest streak (157 video games, 2014-2016).

All of this provides as much as a capturing resume in contrast to any the sport has ever seen. And with 11 extra 3s, Curry will add one other accolade to the listing.