Stephen Curry sets new NBA 13 3-point record!
Stephen Curry of Golden State Warriors set new NBA record hitting 13 3-pointers after a lot of missed attempts in long-range first in two years. On Saturday, Warriors lost by 20 and Lakers ended the streak of Curry's league-record of 157 games with at least one 3 but Curry got snapped when he went 0 for 10 3-pointers. Warriors fans have been expecting that Stephen Curry is gonna bounce back.
And he did on Monday night when Golden State Warriors beat the New Orleans Pelicans by 116-106. The star player did a lot of 3s more than any players could do in NBA and break the previous tie record of 12 he had together with Donyell Marshall and Kobe Bryant. Curry unleashed 46 points and the fans chanted 'MVP' after the two-time NBA MVP shot 13 of 17 with double-digit 3s, a .765 percentage, higher than any players who made 12, according to Mail Online.
Curry went 16 for 26 overall. The star guard raised his right arm and pounded his chest when he broke the mark having 2:23 munites to go, he smiled and pumped his fist after the 13th shot and he even took another shot and missed it. It is Curry's first 40-point in this season after he leads 13 games last season in which he made 403 3s, breaking his own record of 286 set the previous season. Now, Curry has four of the top seven 3-point-shooting seasons in the history of NBA, The New York Times has reported.
Kevin Durant added 22 points and Klay Thompson added 24 points as he and Stephen Curry, the splash brothers looked more in sync from long range at last. Anthony Davis leads the New Orleans having 33 point and 13 rebounds, along with the 76ers are the NBA's teams that have still no victory.
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