The Golden State Warriors have been one of the bottom-feeders in the NBA for quite some time, having won their last NBA championship all the way back in 1975. This season they are headed to the playoffs for just the second time in 19 years, and in large part due to the sweet shooting of their star guard Stephen Curry. He is just two 3-pointers away from setting the record for 3-point field goals made in a season.

Curry first gained national attention when he first led unknown Davidson's Cinderella run in the NCAA tournament. His scoring prowess and sweet touch were instantly recognizable, and it wasn't long before he would see the bright lights of the NBA call his name.

This year Curry has been the star player on a Golden State team that many believe has all the tools to make a deep run in this year's playoffs. Curry is currently averaging 23 points, 6.9 assists and 4.1 rebounds a game, and has had one of the most remarkable 3-point shooting years in league history.

"I don't know who second place is for the best shooter in the world," Warriors coach Mark Jackson said. "But he certainly has first place tied up."

If Curry can sink two 3-pointers during the Warrior's final game of the season at Portland tonight, he will break the previous record held by likely future Hall of Famer Ray Allen, who sunk 269 in the 2005-06 season. Allen had to shoot 13 3-pointers (making 7) in the last game of the season to hold the record.

"You just hope it happens. Obviously, I know about it," Curry said. "You just try to play your game, and obviously shooting the ball is a part of it. I'm not going to force it. But it'd be nice to do it."

Will the Warriors give Curry free reign to take as many 3-point shots as he wishes to break the record? Coach Jackson certainly didn't indicate that was in the plans, stating that they did not give the record any extraordinary treatment during the game on Monday, when he went 7-13 from behind the arc.

"We didn't do anything out of character," Jackson said of Monday's game. "We ran plays, we ran sets, he got it going in transition, guys set screens and got him open, and he got great looks. We're not going to chase a record. He's just a shot maker. An incredible shot maker."