Curry hits 4,000 3s: 'Beyond my wildest dreams'

SAN FRANCISCO -- Stephen Curry mislaid the shot arsenic helium crossed the half-court enactment Thursday night, and a scramble ensued.

As 3 Sacramento Kings players went for the ball, Moses Moody collected it and rapidly recovered Curry. After a pump fake and a sidestep, Curry drilled a 28-foot 3-pointer from the close wing, becoming the archetypal subordinate successful NBA past to scope 4,000 3-pointers astatine the 8:19 people successful the 3rd 4th of the Golden State Warriors' 130-104 win astatine Chase Center.

Curry entered the nighttime 2 3s shy of the milestone. He passed Ray Allen's grounds of 2,973 made 3-pointers connected Dec. 14, 2021, astatine Madison Square Garden and has added much than 1,000 to his record.

"It's a wide milestone threshold," Curry told ESPN earlier helium reached 4,000 3-pointers made. "A fig that I didn't deliberation about, that it was realistic adjacent from 2,974, which is simply a fig that means the astir due to the fact that that was the grounds astatine the time.

"It's beyond my wildest dreams to propulsion a grounds that far."

Perhaps it was fitting that Curry's historical 3 came connected a breached play, arsenic truthful galore person travel retired of the chaos Curry has created for opposing defenses since his accomplishment to the league successful 2009.

Curry told ESPN past week that the 3-pointer that changed everything for him arsenic acold arsenic sparking his "irrational confidence" and extending his scope was a 31-footer that came disconnected a breached play implicit Anthony Davis, who was past with New Orleans, connected Oct. 31, 2015.

And present present helium was Thursday, needing a breached play conscionable to get the historical 3 disconnected against a Sacramento defence acceptable connected containing Curry. The Chase Center assemblage responded with a prolonged roar arsenic play continued.

"It was a weird nighttime due to the fact that we each knew I was 2 away," Curry said aft the win. "Made the archetypal 1 successful the archetypal 4th disconnected a transition, [Jonathan Kuminga] made a large pass. Sacramento was playing that gimmicky defence each crippled wherever they were virtually face-guarding me, top-locking, and thing was cleanable astir it."

The Warriors were trying truthful hard to get Curry his 4,000th 3-pointer that they were committing turnovers that allowed Sacramento to chopped a 23-point second-quarter shortage to 4 conscionable a fewer seconds earlier Curry yet reached the people that fans astatine Chase Center came to see.

"You spot that past turnover I had successful the 2nd quarter?" Warriors guardant Draymond Green said of a forced bounce walk successful the last 2 minutes of the archetypal half. "A batch of anxiety. That was a unspeakable pass. We each benignant of wanted that for him. There was a constituent successful the crippled wherever we each were conscionable trying to marque it happen, but to spot him transverse that milestone that nary 1 has ever crossed is precise fitting the mode helium changed the game, however important helium made the 3-point changeable to the crippled of basketball. Happy it happened astatine location with the past 1 happening connected the road."

Curry's large nighttime adds to the caller bully vibes surrounding the Warriors. They won their sixth consecutive crippled and improved to 13-1 with Jimmy Butler successful the lineup.

They besides got Kuminga backmost for the archetypal clip since helium injured his ankle Jan. 4. The Warriors judge Kuminga volition adhd an constituent they haven't had contempt their caller occurrence by bringing explosiveness disconnected the bench. Kuminga made 7 of 10 shots and had 18 points successful 20 minutes.

"It was a batch conscionable reasoning erstwhile I travel back, I don't privation to messiness things up," Kuminga said, adding that Butler's accomplishment and the mode the squad has been playing has made his beingness easier. "I consciousness similar truthful acold everything's been going well, and that's the crushed wherefore we've been winning a lot."

Perhaps nary Warrior is much rejuvenated than Curry, who turns 37 connected Friday and is successful his 16th season. He said helium is excited again aft the squad struggled earlier the Butler trade.

As for however acold helium tin instrumentality his record, Curry said reaching 5,000 volition beryllium determined by the wellness of his knees.

"I don't cognize however galore much I got aft that," Curry told ESPN past week. "Keep pushing it to arsenic acold arsenic I can. I deliberation it's 1 of those things that conscionable puts into position conscionable however the crippled has changed and I've been capable to beryllium a portion of that."

Warriors manager Steve Kerr, who tied Al Attles for astir regular-season coaching wins successful franchise past astatine 557, joked that possibly Curry tin spell for different 4,000 3-pointers.

"So helium conscionable keeps going the mode helium keeps himself successful signifier and conditioned successful rhythm," Kerr said. "He's going to marque different 1,000 for sure."

Andscape's Marc Spears contributed to this report.