Stephen Curry’s run is over.
The Golden State Warriors star, who has already proven himself as one of the best shooters in the league, finally missed. Curry went 0-of-8 from the 3-point line in the Warriors’ 118-114 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday night, which marked his first regular season game without a made 3-pointer since 2018.
The last time Curry had a game without a made 3-pointer in the regular season was on November 8, 2018, when he went 0-of-4 from behind the arc in a loss to the Milwaukee Bucks. He then went 268 games while making at least one bucket from the 3-point line, which was the longest such streak in NBA history.
Including the playoffs, his last game without a made 3-pointer was in Game 5 of the 2022 NBA Finals — a game the Warriors, surprisingly, still won despite Curry going 0-of-9 from behind the arc. In total, Curry has had just 10 games dating back to 2013 without a made 3-pointer.
Curry already held the all-time record before this latest run. He went 157 games with a made 3-pointer from 2014-2016, which snapped Kyle Korver’s previous record of 127 games. Curry was getting close to doubling up his own record this time around. Curry is the all-time leader with 3,505 3-pointers made in his career.
With Curry’s streak broken, Milwaukee Bucks guard Damian Lillard is now the active leader with 101 games with a made 3-pointer. Cameron Johnson is the next-closest with 50 games.
Stephen Curry's streak of consecutive regular-season games with a made 3-pointer snapped tonight in Portland at 268. You could stack the next five shooters on top of each other and Steph's streak was longer lol pic.twitter.com/o5gFk9lvte
— Tom Haberstroh (@tomhaberstroh) December 18, 2023
Curry finished with just seven points after shooting 2-of-12 from the field in Sunday night’s win at the Moda Center. He had eight assists and two rebounds, too. Klay Thompson led the Warriors, who are now 12-14 on the season, with 28 points. Andrew Wiggins added 25 points off the bench. Thompson and Wiggins accounted for nine of the Warriors’ 13 3-pointers in the win, too.
Curry, 35, is averaging 29 points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game this season, his 15th in the league. He’s averaging five made 3-pointers a game this season, which is just shy of his career-high.
The Warriors will host the Boston Celtics next on Tuesday night, which marks the beginning of a three game homestand at the Chase Center.
