San Francisco-Stephen Curry became the 26th player in the history of the NBA to score 25,000 race points, reaching the milestone during the third quarter of the 115-110 victory of the Golden State Warriors on the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!” Curry shouted as he ran down the hall to the locker room after a quick return to the court game.
And that was a tribute to his teammate Draymond Green, who loves to shout “boom” after making a triple. Green, who hit the Go-Head 3 with 35 seconds, said the game ball for Curry.
“He will keep it for me. I heard that he has a little of KD’s memories,” Curry said about former teammate Kevin Durant.
Curry, who turns 37 next Friday, exceeded 25,000 with a triple at 8:32 of the third quarter, then received a warm ovation when he was recognized for a waiting time with 5:42 for the end.
He finished with 32 points, pushing its total at 25,017, into 8 of 22 shots and turned the 12 free throws when the Warriors moved to 11-1 with Jimmy Butler in the alignment this season.
Curry, who gave the brand in his 1,011º game, said he did not follow up his totals.
“It was a surprise, actually. I knew I was coming, but I didn’t think about that until I heard it in the game,” he said. “There is a list, [broadcaster] Tim Roye told me after the game only 10 boys that I believe or now 10 boys who have done it with a franchise, so that is quite special. And the names that are on that list are synonymous with basketball history, so that is quite good. “
His next remarkable task is to become the first NBA player to make 4,000 triples. Curry made four Saturdays and needs seven more.
“It’s crazy, crazy,” said the Warriors coach Steve Kerr. “He feels like 25,000 3, really. It’s dynamite. Just at night after night, and tonight it was obviously not a great night of shooting for him. But I loved having played through fatigue and a physical defense and reached the line 12 times. It was brilliant on a night when his shot was really not there, he was still brilliant. That is the mark of a great player.”
Associated Press’s information was used in this report.
