CURRY’S 4,000TH THREE CHANGES THE GAME AGAIN

Another Chapter in the Book of Steph

Stephen Cur­ry, the man who rede­fined shoot­ing in the NBA, has just hit anoth­er mind-blow­ing mile­stone: 4,000 career three-point­ers. The Gold­en State War­riors’ super­star is now the first play­er in league his­to­ry to reach this num­ber, a feat that once seemed like pure sci­ence fic­tion.

How It Hap­pened
Head­ing into Thurs­day night’s game against the Sacra­men­to Kings, Cur­ry need­ed just two more deep shots to cement his place in his­to­ry once again. The first came in the first quar­ter, a wide-open look cour­tesy of Jonathan Kumin­ga. Easy mon­ey. One to go.

Less than a minute lat­er, he launched anoth­er. Miss. The Chase Cen­ter crowd held its breath. Anoth­er attempt in the sec­ond quar­ter? No dice.

Then, final­ly, with just over eight min­utes left in the third quar­ter, Cur­ry pulled off his sig­na­ture move: side-step, release, splash. The are­na explod­ed. Chants of “MVP” rang through the build­ing as War­riors fans salut­ed their hero. A trib­ute video played, cel­e­brat­ing the moment.

A Night of Mile­stones
The War­riors made quick work of the Kings, cruis­ing to a 130–104 vic­to­ry. Cur­ry fin­ished with 11 points, but the night was all about that one shot.

“It was a weird game, I didn’t get many attempts,” Cur­ry admit­ted postgame. “But to final­ly get it, I felt the ener­gy. It was spe­cial.”

Spe­cial, indeed. He broke the all-time three-point record in 2021, sur­pass­ing Ray Allen. Now, he has lapped the com­pe­ti­tion. James Hard­en sits in sec­ond place. Ray Allen? Third. The game has changed, and Cur­ry is the rea­son why.

Think­ing About 5,000? Not Yet
When asked if he’s eye­ing 5,000 threes next, Cur­ry laughed it off.

“Man, I’m just liv­ing in the moment,” he said. “2,974 felt like for­ev­er ago. Who knows? But I’m stay­ing present.”

War­riors Heat­ing Up
Cur­ry isn’t the only War­rior mak­ing noise. Since trad­ing for six-time All-Star Jim­my But­ler, Gold­en State has been on a tear, win­ning 12 of its last 13 games. The team has climbed from 10th to 6th in the West­ern Con­fer­ence stand­ings, and Cur­ry has thrived along­side But­ler, aver­ag­ing near­ly 31 points per game since the trade.

A Play­off Push and Anoth­er Ring?
With the reg­u­lar sea­son wind­ing down, the War­riors have their eyes on a big­ger prize.

“We know we can beat any­body on any giv­en night,” Cur­ry said. “That’s why we’re excit­ed about this stretch.”

Oh, and did we men­tion he turns 37 this week? The man just keeps going. In the past few months alone, he has hit 25,000 career points, won All-Star Game MVP in the Bay Area, and grabbed his first Olympic gold medal.

4,000 threes is just anoth­er day in the life of Stephen Cur­ry. And if his­to­ry has taught us any­thing, he is not done yet.