Curry's career fame battle! Madison Gardens cut 54 points
On December 15, Beijing time, in the Warriors' away game with the Knicks, Stephen Curry surpassed Ray Allen and became the all-time three-point king. Once again, Madison Square Garden Arena became the birthplace of miracles.
Now opened in 1968, the Madison Square Garden Arena is one of the oldest arenas in the NBA and is known as the "Basketball Mecca." In the minds of many players and fans, this stadium is a basketball mecca. Because of this, many players will perform harder when playing in this stadium, and madison Square Garden Arena has witnessed the great performance of superstars many times over the years, which can be called "the strongest background board for superstars".
At one time, Ray Allen's 2,973 three-point record was considered an unbreakable record, but he didn't expect Curry to surpass Allen with such a fast speed. When Curry surpassed Allen, the near Knicks fans of Madison Square Garden Arena had joy and sorrow, happy to witness the arrival of miracles, sad that Curry would have been the owner of Madison Square Garden Arena. When Curry participated in the draft, his father made it clear to the Warriors that he hoped that the Warriors would not cut off the beard, curry only wanted to join the Knicks, but the Warriors refused.
This isn't the first time Curry has performed magically at Madison Square Garden Arena, where on February 28, 2013, Curry hit 11 three-pointers and scored 54 points, and his crazy performance fascinated Knicks fans.
In addition to Curry, several superstars have played popular performances when they visited the Madison Square Garden Arena.
Madison Square Garden Arena visitors' scoring record holders are Kobe Bryant and James Harden, both of whom scored 61 points here and led the team to take the victory.
On February 3, 2009, in the Lakers' game against the Knicks, Bryant scored 61 points on 19-of-31 shooting, setting a record for an away player at Madison Square Garden Arena.
On January 24, 2019, in the Rockets' game with the Knicks, Harden shot 17 of 38 from the field, shot 22 of 25 free throws and tied Kobe's record with 61 points, while he also grabbed 15 rebounds, delivered four assists and five steals.
Before Bryant, the scoring record for an away player at Madison Square Garden Arena was 55 points, set by Michael Jordan. On March 29, 1995, jordan scored 55 points on 21-of-37 shooting against the Knicks. It is worth mentioning that in Jordan's career, he scored at least 50 points at the stadium twice, another time on November 2, 1986, when he scored 50 points on 15-of-31 shooting and 20-of-22 free throws.
Since 1968, there have been only two visiting players who have scored at least 50 points at least twice at madison Square Garden Arena, with the exception of Jordan and LeBron James.
On March 6, 2008, in the Cavaliers' game against the Knicks, James slashed 50 points, 8 rebounds, 10 assists, and only 2 rebounds away from getting a triple-double.
On February 5, 2009, in the Cavaliers' game against the Knicks, James slashed 52 points, plus 9 rebounds and 11 assists. The interesting part of this game is: First, as mentioned earlier, on February 3, Kobe Bryant just scored 61 points here, and James seemed to be stimulated by Kobe, and on February 5, he bombarded the super luxury data in this stadium. Second, James's stats at the end of the game were 52 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, and the media report also mentioned that James cut 50+ triple-doubles, but after the game, the league found that James was counted with 1 rebound, and deducted this rebound and triple-double.
In the playoffs, no player has scored 50+ points in this arena, and the current record holder is Jordan, who on May 12, 1996, in the third game of the Eastern Conference semifinals, Jordan scored 46 points in this arena, but the Bulls still lost by 3 points.
Pacers star Reggie Miller once made Knicks fans hate it, and in the eyes of Knicks fans, Miller was like the devil when he visited madison Square Garden Arena.
On June 2, 1994, in the fifth game of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Pacers entered the fourth quarter with a 12-point deficit. In the final quarter of the game, Miller Tenjin blasted down a single quarter of 25 points, leading the team to complete the reversal to win 93-86. During the game, Knicks die-hard fan Spike Lee has been spewing trash at Miller on the sidelines, and Miller made the famous throat locking gesture against Lee after the outbreak.
On May 8, 1995, Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, the Pacers challenged the Knicks away. When the Pacers trailed by 6 points, Miller scored 8.9 seconds to lead the team to reverse, known as the "Miller Moment".
Madison Square Garden Arena has become a superstar backdrop time and time again, which can be very sad from the perspective of Knicks fans. But for fans who only focus on excitement and topicality, the great performance of the superstar is linked to the NBA's most famous stadium, which is the best result.