Stephen Curry‘s three-point shooting average has made him a player to watch in the NBA for the past five seasons. Now, one of the league’s favorite shooting guards has set a new record by scoring eight or more three-pointers in three straight games.
The well-known Golden State Warrior hit the courts Wednesday night (Jan. 16) to play the New Orleans Pelicans. The NBA champion finished with 41 points, ending with a 147-140 win against the Louisiana-based team.
“Sometimes when you get hot like that, you really don’t see anything but the rim,” Curry said, according to ESPN. “And you just try to stay on balance and get to your spot wherever that is. These are shots I work on. I have confidence in them. I know my teammates do.”
Alongside Curry’s record-breaking performance, the Warriors and Pelicans set a new NBA stat by scoring the most three-pointers in a game. The feat surpassed the Warriors and Sacramento Kings’ game with 43. The Oakland team also happens to be the first to score 140 points back-to-back since 1998.
Wednesday night’s matchup was described as a “pickup game” by Warriors coach Steve Kerr and cemented the team’s legacy, breaking one record after the other in a matter of hours.