stephen curry has the most 3-pointers in one game.
stephen curry has the most 3-pointers in one game.
who has the most 3-pointers in one game?
stephen curry
despite curry's 27 points in his return to the line-up on december 1, the warriors were defeated 111–102 by the detroit pistons. on december 17, he scored 20 points in a 110–93 win over the memphis grizzlies, becoming just the fifth player in warriors history to score 15,000 points during the regular season, joining wilt chamberlain (17,783), rick barry (16,447), paul arizin (16,266) and chris mullin (16,235). on december 23, he scored 42 points and made a layup with 0.5 seconds left to lift the warriors to a 129–127 win over the los angeles clippers. on january 5, he had 10 3-pointers and scored 20 of his 42 points in the fourth quarter of the warriors' 127–123 win over the sacramento kings. on january 11, in a 146–109 win over the chicago bulls, curry made five 3-pointers to surpass jason terry (2,282) and move into third place all-time in nba history behind ray allen (2,973) and reggie miller (2,560). two days later, he scored 48 points and hit a season high-tying 11 3-pointers in a 119–114 win over the dallas mavericks. on january 16, he scored 41 points with nine 3-pointers to become the first player in nba history to make eight or more 3s in three straight games, as the warriors defeated the new orleans pelicans 147–140. on january 31, he scored 41 points with 10 3-pointers in a 113–104 loss to the philadelphia 76ers. on february 21, he scored 36 points with 10 3-pointers in a 125–123 win over the kings. on march 16 against the oklahoma city thunder, curry reached 16,000 career points. on march 29, he made 11 3-pointers and scored 37 points in a 131–130 overtime loss to the minnesota timberwolves. on april 2, in a 116–102 win over the nuggets, curry made five or more 3-pointers in a career-best nine straight games and moved past mullin for fourth place on the warriors all-time points list. on april 5, he scored 40 points in a 120–114 win over the cleveland cavaliers, thus moving past arizin for third place on the warriors all-time points list.
stephen curry
over the first seven games of 2018–19, thompson shot 5 for 36 from behind the arc and failed to have a 20-point game. he did not make multiple three-pointers in any of the contests, a career-worst seven-game drought for him. on october 29, 2018, against the chicago bulls, he hit an nba-record 14 threes to break curry's former mark of 13. thompson scored 52 points in 27 minutes while making 14-for-24 of his threes and shooting 18-for-29 overall from the field. his 10 three-pointers in the first half tied chandler parsons' league record set in 2014, and golden state made 17 threes in the first half to set the nba record for a half. on november 24, he scored 31 points with five 3-pointers in a 117–116 win over the sacramento kings. thompson moved into 21st place on the nba's career 3-pointers list when he hit his 1,609th in the first quarter, moving past jason richardson. on december 29, he had his second-highest scoring game of the season with 32 points in a 115–105 win over the portland trail blazers. he shot his way out of a slump by hitting 12 of 21 from the field and 4 of 5 from 3-point range. on january 8, he scored 43 points with seven 3-pointers in a 122–95 win over the new york knicks. on january 21, he tied an nba record by making his first 10 attempts from 3-point range on his way to scoring 44 points in a 130–111 win over the los angeles lakers. he finished 10 of 11 from beyond the arc and 17 of 20 from the floor overall. on march 8, he scored 39 points and made nine 3-pointers in a 122–105 win over the denver nuggets. on march 13, he scored 30 points in a 106–104 win over the houston rockets. he made five 3-pointers to give him 203 for the season, joining curry as the only players in nba history to have seven straight seasons with 200 3-pointers. praised for his defense throughout his career, thompson was named to the nba all-defensive team for the first time, earning second team honors. for game 3 of the 2019 nba finals against the toronto raptors, thompson missed his first career playoff game after straining his left hamstring late in game 2. he returned in game 4 and scored 28 points with six 3-pointers in a 105–92 loss, as the warriors went down 3–1 in the series. in game 5, he helped the warriors stave off elimination with 26 points in a 106–105 win, thus cutting the raptors' series lead to 3–2. however, in game 6, thompson suffered a torn acl in his left knee and departed with 30 points midway through the third quarter, as the warriors went on to lose the game and the series with a 114–110 defeat. he finished the playoffs in third for career postseason 3-pointers (374), trailing only curry (470) and ray allen (385).
klay thompson