In a rare off-shooting game for Stephen Curry, the baby-faced assassin still made NBA history.
In the Warriors' 89-86 home loss to the Nuggets on Tuesday, the former two-time league MVP became the first-ever NBA player to reach the 3,000 career regular-season 3-pointers milestone with his first bomb from long range.
Yet another milestone for @StephenCurry30 🙌
— NBA TV (@NBATV) December 29, 2021
He hits his 3,000th career three-pointer pic.twitter.com/VFxnhxwME9
That 3-pointer also extended his current streak of games with at least one 3-pointer to 157, matching his own NBA record streak that he recorded from Nov. 13, 2014, to Nov. 3, 2016.
No. 3,000 ✅
— NBA (@NBA) December 29, 2021
157-straight games with a triple ✅
Steph's historic season rolls on. #PhantomCam pic.twitter.com/vvWPDtxz4d
"It was cool to reach that milestone. It's a pretty awesome accomplishment," Curry said postgame. "It's kind of a weird thought to think for the rest of my career, for the most part, I'm pretty sure every three I make will be a new record so I'm just going to enjoy it."
"The same thing when I hit 400 in a season, you don't really put limits on what can happen, you just hoop and enjoy yourself and see what happens when it's all said and done."
These achievements come just over a fortnight after Curry went past Ray Allen's NBA record tally of 2,973 3-pointers in regular-season history.
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Curry finished this Nuggets game with 23 points (6-16 FGs, 5-14 3Ps), 21 (5-10 FGs, 5-9 3Ps) of which came in the second half as part of the Warriors' fightback from a 24-point first-half deficit.
Golden State, owners of the league's best defence, held the Nuggets to just 29 second-half points after allowing 60 prior to the intermission. However, even Curry's 15-point fourth-quarter couldn't help them complete the comeback.
When it rains, it pours ☔️#StephenCurry || #NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/KaW1Rvg78v
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) December 29, 2021
The loss was only the third for the Warriors at Chase Center in 19 home games and is bound to be just a bump in the road given that the Warriors, owners of the best record in the league at 27-7, suited up without key players in Draymond Green, Jordan Poole and Damion Lee.
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