Steph Curry 3-point Tracker: Could fall short of 400 unless he catches fire
Stephen Curry has looked ordinary the last three games shooting the ball. Well, he's looked as ordinary as he possibly can be. The Golden State Warriors' star has gone 10-of-35 (28.6 percent) over his past three games, as he closes in on 400 3-point makes for the season. Sometimes shooters go through this. They miss a lot of the shots they'd normally hit and it just leaves you scratching your head. That's how I've felt with Curry the last couple games, and especially after his last game against the Memphis Grizzlies.
He went 7-of-22 from the field and 3-of-14 from 3-point range. The NBA defines an "open shot" by 4-6 feet of room between the shooter and the defender. A "wide-open shot" is six feet or more of space. In that game against Memphis, Curry was 3-of-10 (30 percent) on open and wide-open shots combined. On the season, he's shooting 48 percent on those shots. How do those misses in Memphis even happen with him? It doesn't make any sense.
It's now put him in danger of not hitting 400 made 3-pointers on the season. He's on pace for 398.
Now it wouldn't be some grand failure if he can't get to 400. He's already shattered his own
NBA record (286) for 3-pointers in a season. He's 102 over that number. Being the first player to end up with 398 (if that ends up being his final total after all) is still absurd and something no other player has ever approached. His partner in crime, Klay Thompson, has hit 270 3-pointers this season. That's the most in a single season by anybody not named Steph Curry (Ray Allen had previous record with 269).
And yet, nobody will care all that much because of what Curry has done. Four hundred just sounded like a cool, round number for him to get to. He's even said if he gets to 399 then he'll start chucking. He needs just 12 in the final two games against the San Antonio Spurs and Grizzlies to get there. He's hit 10 in three games against both teams respectively. It doesn't look like he'll get it, but we probably shouldn't be surprised if he gets going and knocks down the 12 he needs.
It's always more of a shock when he misses anyway.
Stephen Curry has looked ordinary the last three games shooting the ball. Well, he's looked as ordinary as he possibly can be. The Golden State Warriors' star has gone 10-of-35 (28.6 percent) over his past three games, as he closes in on 400 3-point makes for the season. Sometimes shooters go through this. They miss a lot of the shots they'd normally hit and it just leaves you scratching your head. That's how I've felt with Curry the last couple games, and especially after his last game against the Memphis Grizzlies.
He went 7-of-22 from the field and 3-of-14 from 3-point range. The NBA defines an "open shot" by 4-6 feet of room between the shooter and the defender. A "wide-open shot" is six feet or more of space. In that game against Memphis, Curry was 3-of-10 (30 percent) on open and wide-open shots combined. On the season, he's shooting 48 percent on those shots. How do those misses in Memphis even happen with him? It doesn't make any sense.
It's now put him in danger of not hitting 400 made 3-pointers on the season. He's on pace for 398.
Now it wouldn't be some grand failure if he can't get to 400. He's already shattered his own
NBA record (286) for 3-pointers in a season. He's 102 over that number. Being the first player to end up with 398 (if that ends up being his final total after all) is still absurd and something no other player has ever approached. His partner in crime, Klay Thompson, has hit 270 3-pointers this season. That's the most in a single season by anybody not named Steph Curry (Ray Allen had previous record with 269).
And yet, nobody will care all that much because of what Curry has done. Four hundred just sounded like a cool, round number for him to get to. He's even said if he gets to 399 then he'll start chucking. He needs just 12 in the final two games against the San Antonio Spurs and Grizzlies to get there. He's hit 10 in three games against both teams respectively. It doesn't look like he'll get it, but we probably shouldn't be surprised if he gets going and knocks down the 12 he needs.
It's always more of a shock when he misses anyway.
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