Warriors: Top five regular season Moments under Steve Kerr
By Calvin Fong
#5: Curry Breaks Record for 3’s in a Game
On November 4, 2016, Steph Curry was truly dismal. Against the Lakers, the sharpshooter went 0-10 from three-point range. A shooting slump seemed imminent.
But three days later, Curry made history by setting the record for the most 3’s made in a single game: 13. Curry had hit 12 3’s in a game twice before. But against the Pelicans on Nov. 7, he let the world know who the 3-point king was, much to the delight of the raucous Oracle crowd.
After his record-breaking 13th triple, Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry called timeout.
Perhaps it was because his team was trailing in the final minutes of a game. But perhaps it was because, as commentator Jim Barnett noted, the former Warriors coach just wanted a “celebration timeout” out of respect for what they were witnessing.
The Oracle crowd rose to their feet, Curry celebrated with his teammates, and the elusive record of most 3’s in a game now belonged to the greatest 3-point shooter of our generation.