Golden State player surpassed the 2,973 mark held by Ray Allen and reached 2,977 3-point shots in his entire career.
The Golden State Warriors (GSW) won on Tuesday night at the Madison Square Garden from New York to Knicks 96-105 in a game that was dominated by two triples from Stephen Curry which allowed him to become the NBA’s leader in 3-pointers by surpassing Ray Allen’s previous record of 2,973.
Curry finished the game with 5 triples of 14 attempts which places him with a total of 2,977 shots of three throughout his career. But the most important came 4.30 minutes after the start of the match when Curry overcame the opposition of Alec Burks from the right side of the line of three.
It was his second triple of the game and with which he finally surpassed the record set by Ray Allen, who retired in 2014. Testimony to Curry’s quality and, above all, how the NBA game has changed in recent years, the Warriors point guard has surpassed Allen’s number by 789 games.
Ray Allen needed 1,300 to hit 2,973 3-pointers Y Reggie Miller, the NBA’s third-highest three-pointer, 1,389 games to make 2,560. Curry scored his first NBA triple on October 30, 2009.
The top scorer of the game was the Knicks power forward, Julius Randle who made 31 points, 25 in the second half, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.
In the Warriors, Curry was the leader in points, with 22, in addition to 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. Curry scored 5 of the 14 3-pointers he tried.
Despite the difference between GSW, leaders of the Western Conference, and the Knicks, in 12th place in the Eastern Conference, and that the New York team has several low players, Obi Toppin y RJ Barrett They’re out of the lineup by the NBA’s covid-19 protocols, New Yorkers didn’t make it easy for Californians.
Historic triple
During the first quarter, the two teams were distracted by Curry’s attempt to break Allen’s record. Curry tried to shake off the load and air the two triples he needed quickly. It took him a few more minutes than expected but with 7.33 minutes to go in the first quarter, the GSW point guard did it.
The triple not only secured the record for Curry but also put the Warriors ahead on the scoreboard 10-12.
Those two triples were Curry’s only points in the first quarter. The Knicks had come to contain the shooter and they had succeeded. When the first 12 minutes ended, the scoreboard indicated a 24-24 tie with 10 points under New York point guard Derrick Rose.
In the second quarter, the Knicks kept up the defensive pressure, leaving the Warriors with just a 28.6% shooting from the 3-point line, an unusually low figure for the team. And at the same time, the Knicks bench showed greater accuracy on 3-pointers.
Immanuel Quickley, Kevin Knox II y Miles McBrideThe latter with 2 triples of 2 attempts, they made a total of 4 triples which left the Knicks’ percentage of success in the second quarter at 50%.
The Warriors recover
Those of New York they got to go 8 points, 46-38, with 4.26 left for the break. But in the final minutes, GSW scored a 2-9 run at the hands of Draymond Green y Kevon Looney, which left the scoreboard at halftime at 48-47.
Just back from the locker room, the Knicks held off the Californians’ push but in the last five minutes of the third quarter, the Warriors hit the gas with Andrew Wiggings and Curry as spearheads.
In the last 2 minutes of the third quarter, GSW imposed a 3-8 partial that put on the scoreboard a 64-71 that was beginning to seem definitive. The Knicks They had only been able to score 16 points in the entire period, 8 less than the Warriors, and 12 of them from Julius Randle.
The fourth quarter was more balanced, thanks again to Randle’s performance for the Knicks, who had 13 points in the final 12 minutes.
But it was not enough and Warriors took the game 96-105 and the title of NBA’s top 3-pointer for Curry. (D)
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