The Warriors' away game against the Knicks has become the most watched game in the league so far this season, although the Warriors are the first in the league, while the Knicks are only 12th in the East, there is a big gap between the two teams, but this game has become very meaningful because curry alone. By the time of this game, Curry's total number of career regular-season hits had reached 2,972, just one three-pointer away from top-place Ray Allen. If nothing else, Curry will have no problem overtaking Allen as the new all-time three-pointer king in this game, so the game has attracted the attention of fans all over the world, and the record has temporarily held Ray Allen and Reggie Miller, who once broke all of Aaron's record, came to the scene to watch this great moment.
Just 1 minute and 05 seconds into the first quarter of the game, Curry hit his first solo three-pointer of the game from a wide range at the top of the arc, tying Ray Allen's record and becoming the all-time three-pointer. And that was just the beginning, after a few minutes, Curry received a teammate's pass and hit a difficult three-pointer at a 45-degree angle on the right side of the defense, officially surpassing Ray Allen to become the three-point king in NBA history. After officially breaking the record, the game called a timeout for Curry, who also hugged and celebrated with coaches, teammates, relatives and former record holder Ray Allen during the suspension. Although before the game, Curry was doomed to be doomed without breaking the record again, when this moment really came, even Curry himself could not help but cry with excitement. In this game, Curry ended up shooting 8 of 19, including 5 of 14 three-pointers, with 22 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, leading the team to win the game and increasing the number of historical regular-season three-point shots to 2977.
Although every three-pointer Curry shoots on the court seems to the outside world to be a very easy thing, it is not easy to finally break the record of his predecessors and become the three-point king in NBA history. On the one hand, due to the infinite proximity to the record, the outside world constantly put pressure on Curry, and even expressed the hope that he could break the record by hitting 16 three-pointers in a single game against the Blazers, which undoubtedly put a lot of pressure on Curry. As a result, Curry hasn't been at his best in his first few games against the Knicks, including just 6 of 17 shots against the Blazers, 3 of 14 shots against the 76ers, and 5 of 15 shots against the Pacers, which is very different from how he has performed for most of the season. Curry also said frankly in an interview that similar remarks have caused him some anxiety.
On the other hand, Curry has become the three-point king in history, and it is not easy to reach the first place in any record in the league. While many historical record holders are players who have maintained their super high standards since entering the NBA until retirement, Curry is not like this. Since joining the league in 2009, Curry has been plagued by an ankle injury and has played just 26 games in the 2011-2012 season. In addition, at the beginning of Curry's career, Monta Ellis was the leader of the Warriors, and Curry did not get too many performance opportunities around him. It wasn't until the start of the 2012-2013 season, when Ellis was traded by the Warriors, that the team promoted Curry, who was gradually recovering from an ankle injury, as the team boss, and Curry officially began to create his own three-point legend. In the 2019-2020 season, Curry was also reimbursed for injury seasons, so it is actually quite difficult to become a three-point king at present.
In this game, Curry's two previous three-pointers, Reggie Miller and Ray Allen, both came to the scene to witness this great moment, and the moment of celebration by the three is believed to become a classic moment in NBA history in the future. It's also a great legacy, and before Curry, Ray Allen was the NBA's all-time holder of three-pointer records. On February 10, 2011, during a regular season game between the Celtics and the Lakers, Ray Allen hit a three-pointer late in the first quarter, surpassing Miller as the all-time three-pointer. From the perspective of the three's careers, the three-pointers of the three have their own characteristics. First of all, Miller's three-pointer can be described as "fierce", he can often hit the deadly three-pointers of his teammates at key moments in the game, and in that era of not paying attention to three-pointers, It was not easy for Miller to hit 2560 three-pointers in his entire career.
Second, after Miller, Ray Allen came out. Compared with Miller, Aaron is undoubtedly much calmer and more low-key, and he has not liked the limelight in his entire career, but he has silently created his own greatness. Allen's three-point shot is textbook and can be described as "cold-blooded". Although not on the court, Ray Allen is the most important point on the field at a critical moment, including the 2013 finals, Aaron, who has entered the end of his career, and hit the famous century three-pointer. If Allen can play in the current era of small-ball, the number of three-point shots he hits in his career will undoubtedly rise significantly. In his entire career, Allen hit a total of 2,973 three-pointers.
In the end, Curry is undoubtedly the new synonym for the current three-point shooting in the league, although the career start is not smooth, but he has come to the top through his own anti-natural feel, and has become a new three-point king in NBA history at the current age of 33 years old. Compared to Miller and Allen's predecessors, Curry's three-pointer is even more insoluble. On the one hand, Curry can catch the ball and hit the three-pointer through the infinite running of the non-ball end, and Curry can also shoot the three-pointer directly after the dazzling dribble, which is a point that the two predecessors are not good at, and Allen and Miller are biased to shoot three-pointers after receiving the ball. On the other hand, Curry's three-point range has reached a terrifying level, and after entering the half, Curry can shoot almost anywhere, even at the distance of the whole court Curry can often hit difficult three-pointers. According to statistics, Curry is the player who has used the least number of games to shoot 1,000 three-pointers in history (2,000 are the same), and it is also the player in history who took the shortest time to hit 100 three-pointers in a single season (19 games), it can be said that Curry has completely changed the way modern basketball is played.
All in all, Curry is only 33 years old, and after breaking Allen's record to become the three-point queen of history, it is foreseeable that he will set this record indefinitely. Curry himself also said that he hopes to be able to maintain this record to a height that no one can reach, which is very likely to be done, after all, Curry has become an unprecedented and difficult historical supershoot.