With the way he's connecting from rainbow country, Steph Curry could well establish himself as the three-point king in the years to come.
Curry edged Paul Pierce from the all-time list at their game against Denver, which escaped with a victory against the reigning champions Golden State, 100-98.
The Warriors starting guard is only two three-pointers away from tying current 5th placer Jamal Crawford, the 38-year-old veteran playing for the Phoenix Suns, which lost to Golden State, 123-103, on Oct. 22.
Crawford, who has yet to make a triple this season has made 2,153 three-point field goals in his entire career. Curry is within striking distance with 2,151 three-point makes.
Aside from Crawford, only two active players remain in the top 10 list, according to the basketball statistics website basketball-reference.com. Cleveland Cavaliers' Kyle Korver is fourth (2,214), while Vince Carter of the Atlanta Hawks is at the eighth spot (2,111).
Joe Johnson completes the top 10 list with 1,978 three-point field goals made, but the veteran has yet to be picked up by any team, nor announced plans to hang up his sneakers and head to retirement.
His hot shooting could be a portent to things to come. Since the 2015-2016 season when he set an NBA record of 402 three-point field goals made, Curry has managed to hit at least four triples per game. He has likewise maintained a shooting clip of at least 40 percent, indicating that he's on track to break the all-time three-point made record currently held by Hall of Famer Ray Allen (2,973).
Curry is likewise on his prime, and the Warriors hotshot still has a good six to seven years before his game declines, though as Ray Allen's career would show, shooters don't just fade well into the night.
Against the Suns, Curry led the charge as he rallied Golden State back to the win column. The Warriors got off the gates from the opening tip, wresting command of the game midway into the first quarter and never looked back.
It was a great shooting night for the Warriors, a stark contrast from the way they played against Denver when their shooters just could not find the mark.
Golden State zoomed to a 70-point first half, then buckled down on defense in the second half.
Curry led all scorers with 29 points, Kevin Durant chipped in 22, and Klay Thompson scored 16.
The one-half of the touted Splash Brothers tandem had to leave the game in the third quarter for a mild sprain, but Warriors coach Steve Kerr allayed fears of any serious injury, although team doctors advised him from bringing Thompson back into the game as a necessary precaution.
Devin Booker led the Suns with 28 points, followed by TJ Warren with 27 and Deandre Ayton with 20.
