Curry, the first brother of the NBA Warriors, scored 12 three-pointers and scored 52 points in a single game against the Grizzlies on the 2nd, leading the team to an important victory. Even though he failed to rewrite the record for the most three-pointers in a single game, he became the first guard to score 1,500 points in a single season at the age of more than 36 years after the "God of Basketball" Jordan.
NBA Warriors brother Curry
Curry has a number of three-point shooting records in his career, but the record for the most three-pointers in a single game in league history is 14 three-pointers in a single game written by K. Thompson in a 2018 game against the Bulls. Curry's most three-pointers in a single game in the past was against the Pelicans in 2016, when he made 13 three-pointers, just one short of Thompson's record.
Curry is in quite good shape today, he was on fire in the first quarter, one person scored 19 points in a single quarter, helping the team take the lead, in the second quarter his condition was still hot, and he also soared into a super-sized three-pointer, 8 of 10 three-pointers in the first half, scored 32 points, and continued to accumulate three-pointers after Yi Basket, but unfortunately he was constrained by the Grizzlies' strong defense, and finally closed with 12 three-pointers, which failed to rewrite the record.
However, the 37-year-old Curry still set a different record today, and he has scored 1,507 points this season, becoming the only guard in history after Jordan to score more than 1,500 points in a single season after he is over 36 years old.
In addition, this is the 15th time in Curry's career that he has scored at least 50 points in a single game, second only to Chamberlain and ranked second in team history; At the same time, 15 career 50+ times is tied with Lillard for second among active players, second only to Harden's 24.
As for the career accumulation points, after Curry scored 52 points today, the career cumulative points came to 25,205 points, surpassing the "Logo Master" West (Jerry West) (25,192 points) and becoming the 25th in NBA history.