On the 14th, in the NBA regular season, both the Warriors and raptors won. In the Warriors' 102-100 narrow away win over the Pacers, Warriors star Curry shot 5-of-15 from three-point range and shot 2,972 career regular-season three-pointers, just one way from the NBA's record of all-time three-pointer Ray Allen; and in the Raptors' 124-101 home win over the Kings, the only player in the Raptors team to win the double-double was not a native U.S. player, but a foreign-backed small forward from Japan, Yuta Watanabe, who had 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Curry is just one goal away from the NBA's all-time three-point king
Curry landed in the NBA in 2009 and became the league's first three-pointer in the 2012-2013 season, when top three-point shooters such as Ray Allen, Korver, Carter, Terry and Crawford had not yet retired. For Curry at that time, the title of "three-point king of history" was too far away. However, as the Warriors' star has pocketed more and more three-point records, the expectations for him have also risen.
Curry
Sure enough, with Curry becoming the league's three-point king for the sixth time last season, he's getting closer to Ray Allen's all-time No. 1 position. Before the start of the season, the gap between Curry and Ray Allen was only 141 three-pointers. Just a third of the regular season, Curry almost ushered in the historical moment of his career. On the 15th, the Warriors will challenge the Knicks back-to-back, and Curry only needs to hit two three-pointers to officially surpass the famous Ray Allen and ascend to the NBA's all-time three-point throne.
At present, Curry maintains a number of historical records such as three-point hits in a single season, three-point hits, 10+ three-point hits, 10+ three-point hits in a single season, three-point hits in a single month, and all-Star three-point contest scores, and has greatly left behind competitors.
Despite being 33 years old, Curry is still in excellent competitive shape, and the feel outside the three-point line continues to be hot. Next, Curry will soon become the first player in NBA history to shoot 3,000+ three-pointers, and the three-point era he pioneered will continue for a long time, and it will be difficult to be surpassed by future generations.
Yuta Watanabe gained a foothold in the Raptors
The Raptors have lost the aura they had when they won the championship three seasons ago, the roster has become unrecognizable, and the current ranking is only on the edge of the Eastern Conference's bid for playoff playoff qualification, but that doesn't stop them from shining occasionally. In this game against the Kings, the Raptors played a wonderful team basketball game. The Raptors don't have superstars, and the only one with some weight was that year's championship member Siakam, who scored 16 points and eight rebounds in this game. But Siakam's data is not prominent, because the Raptors' other players who have 8 other players have also scored double digits, and everyone's scores are in the range of 10 to 17 points, which can be said to be very average, and two substitute players who have played many 10 minutes have scored 4 and 2 points respectively, and all the members have scoring records.
Yuta Watanabe
Among the 9 Raptors who scored in double figures, only Yuta Watanabe also grabbed 10 rebounds, becoming the only player on the team to achieve a double-double statistic, which is very difficult to do in the american professional basketball game, which is dominated by american players, mainly American players, and black players with excellent physical fitness. In this game, Yuta Watanabe scored 2 of 4 from 3 points, scored 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting, and also delivered 2 assists and 1 steal, and there were no mistakes, and the performance was very impressive. In the statistics so far this season, Yuta Watanabe's points, assists, and steals have improved compared with last season, and he has basically gained a foothold in the team. In order not to interrupt the NBA, he did not return to Japan, participated in the recent World Cup Asian qualifiers against the Chinese men's basketball team, and concentrated on his NBA career.
(Source: Purple Cow News)