Steve Kerr scanned the box score and alerted the room to the figure popping off the page illustrating Stephen Curry\u2019s impact on the game.<\/p>\n
In the aftermath of Curry becoming the NBA\u2019s all-time leader in career 3-pointers Tuesday in a 105-96 victory<\/a>\u00a0over the Knicks at Madison Square Garden, Kerr counted the combined attempts from long distance for both teams.<\/p>\n \u201cThere were 82 3-pointers taken tonight,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, on a night when he broke the record, the sum of both teams\u2019 3-point attempts was kind of a testament to Steph\u2019s impact on the league. It\u2019s a different game [now], obviously. But Steph made it a different game.\u201d<\/p>\n Facts.<\/p>\n Curry nailed a pair of first-quarter triples to move past Ray Allen and seize the top spot on the NBA\u2019s list for all-time made 3-pointers and finished the game with five 3s and a team-high 22 points. The Warriors guard broke the record over the course of 789 games \u2014 511 fewer than it took Allen (1,300) to reach the milestone.<\/p>\n Curry has said that once he breaks the record, everything else would \u201cjust be about how far can you push it.\u201d<\/p>\n Well, Curry now needs to knock down just 23 more 3-pointers to reach 3,000 for his career, a threshold no player in NBA history has reached.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Watch Stephen Curry become the all-time three-point leader, from inside Madison Square Garden \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25 pic.twitter.com\/GUXxYMaABN<\/a><\/p>\n — NBA (@NBA) December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n