Stephen Curry broke the NBA single season record for three pointer made. Curry broke the record on Wednesday on the last day of the regular season vs. the Trail Blazers. Curry made 272 three pointers this season. Ray Allen had the record before Curry with 269 threes in 2005-06. Curry needed just one three pointer to tie the record and made 4 in the the final game of the regular season to break by the record held by Allen by 3 threes. Curry also ended the season in 10th in most three point attempt in a season. George McCloud holds the record at 678 in 1995-96. Allen is 2nd in attempts at 653. Curry also had a much better percent than Allen. Curry shot 45.3% compared to Allen who shot just 41.2% in 2005-06. Curry also had the best season of his young career. He averaged a career high with 22.9 PPG which was 7th in the NBA. He also averaged a career high with 6.9 APG which was tied for 14th in the NBA. This is a great season since Curry missed a lot of last season with injuries and only played 26 games last year. He was snubbed of his 1st of his first All-Star game this season but should definitely make it next season. He also made a very strong case to win the NBA Most Improved Player of the Year award. Curry is one of the best young players in the NBA. For awards so far in his career he has only won a gold medal in the FIBA World Championship in 2010 and was All-Rookie 1st team in 2010. It will be fun to see how Curry builds upon this great season next year as well. It will be fun seeing him in the playoffs for the first time also. He helped the Warriors win 47 games this season and earned the #6 seed in the Western Conference. If Curry keeps going at this pace he could break Allen's career three point record. Through 4 seasons Curry has 644 three pointers made. Allen had just 497 three pointers made through 4 seasons, 147 less than Curry.
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