With 7 minutes and 33 seconds left in the first quarter, Steven Curry lifted the right side of the arc from the bottom line, the familiar rhythm, catching the ball, taking off, shooting, and so on! The 2,974th three-pointer of his career surpassed Ray Allen and was the first in history. The title of "NBA All-Time Three-Point King" goes to Curry. Today, we're going to talk about it.
Dreams, seemingly out of reach, the key lies in perseverance. In an interview ten years ago, the young Curry was asked by a reporter: "What kind of player do you want to be in ten years?" He thought for a moment: "Hopefully in ten years I'm still in the league, a player who plays basketball the right way." "No one could have imagined that the story would unfold in this way, that the legend would be born in this way.
"I can do all things..." was Curry's motto, and he would write it on his sneakers to play. Some time ago, we once talked about the "one-armed boy" Zhangjiacheng. In this inspirational story, Curry deliberately sent the warmest blessings from afar: "You don't accept 'no' as the answer, you try to overcome difficulties, stand on the basketball court and try to show everyone the meaning of basketball for you." 」 "The distance across the ocean is shortened because of basketball. The spirit of making the impossible possible is the most powerful charm of competitive sports and the most precious value of sports.
To be impossible is to surpass oneself. This is the reason why Zhangjiacheng practiced his skills hard, and it is also a portrayal of Curry's legendary road. In fact, Curry was repeatedly rejected: "This child may not be able to adapt to the intensity", "his physical condition may be very difficult to face the defense"; he has also struggled, and was called "Glass Man" early in his career, ankle surgery, sprain of the medial collateral ligament of the right knee, fracture of the metacarpal bone, injury to the coccyx... Even in the face of setbacks and difficulties, he still gave everything he had and went all out. He makes basketball lovers with mediocre physical fitness believe more in the value of hard work and dare to insist on their dreams. Running, interspersing, using physical strength and footsteps to shake off defenders, using core strength to control the balance of the body, and finally with the speed of an electric flint, the dream is fiercely thrown into the basket. It's all happening every night.
Basketball is round. Who says basketball is the exclusive sport of the elderly? Who says three-pointers can't be the way to dominate the game? Who says the midfield logo doesn't have a shooting threat? Breaking through the doubts and opening up the imagination, this is perhaps the most direct meaning of Curry's award of "the three points of history". Like him, we can always hear the voices of "you can't do it" and "you can't", and we will also fall into the vortex of "forget it" and "why bother". "The game will not give you time to adjust the action into the shooting comfort zone, the shot is only in a moment", perhaps, life does not give us much time to prepare, the same need for silent cultivation, perseverance in the faith, the ball is thrown far away, the dream is realistically fulfilled.
Of course, the "three-point king of history" is Curry's effort and the team's contribution. Curry did not hesitate to praise his teammates: "Thanks to everyone who has helped me on and off the court, the reason why this is a milestone in my career is because every teammate, blocking for me, passing for me, believing in our offensive system, believing in winning in the process, this is a very special moment." 」 "Curry and his Warriors are leading a new era of basketball. At the same time, a large number of players who are good at shooting from the outside have continued to emerge, and the offensive rules of the basketball world have been completely changed to some extent.
"Unbelievable", "Incredible", "Breathtaking"... Curry hit 2,977 three-pointers in just 789 games, while Ray Allen shot 2,973 in 1,300 games. We have reason to believe that this number will change and that his dream continues.
(Wen | Qingsong)