Curry reaches 4,000 threes, and counting

MANILA, Philippines — Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry became the first NBA player ever to score 4,000 three-pointers Thursday, extending his runaway lead as the greatest long-range shooter in basketball history in a blowout victory over the Sacramento Kings.

Curry went into the game needing just two threes to reach the unprecedented 4,000 mark, just days after reaching 25,000 career points last Saturday.

Curry, who turns 37 on Friday, took his time before completing the final few steps of his journey towards a scoring milestone which would have been regarded as unthinkable before the four-time NBA champion revolutionized the art of three-point shooting.

The Warriors ace drained his first three-pointer of the night late in the first quarter, coolly finding the bucket from 26 feet to move to 3,999 career threes.

But he then had San Francisco’s Chase Center crowd roaring its appreciation and giving a standing ovation in the third quarter as he finally reached the 4,000 mark, dropping in a bucket from 27 feet with eight minutes 19 seconds remaining in the period to make it 72-63.

“It was a special moment, obviously to do it at home,” Curry told TNT television after the Warriors’ 130-104 victory.

“The guy’s amazing,” coach Steve Kerr said.