Curry ties NBA record, now has 3s in 127 consecutive games

Dwyane Wade dropped 32 points two nights after having one of his worst shooting performances of the season.

Curry, the reigning NBA MVP, made a 3-pointer on his first shot of the evening just 78 seconds into the Warriors’ 118-112 win over Miami on Wednesday night.

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Steph Curry drops 42 points against the Heat.

His co Splash Brother, Klay Thompson, was also superb with 33 points and 4 triples as the Warriors improved to 51-5.

Curry now has 266 3-pointers this season, leaving him only 20 shy of the single-season record he set last season.

Curry entered Wednesday with 260 3-pointers this season, 88 more than anyone in the league. We played well. They made some big shots. The Heat also got 21 points and 13 rebounds from centre Hassan Whiteside and a career-high 15 points from guard Josh Richardson. The milestone basket came on his first points of the contest in front of a crowd of 19,900 at Miami’s AmericanAirlines Arena.

His 17 points in the fourth quarter pushed the Warriors late. When they both do it on the same night, that’s when we’re really tough to beat. “He got Klay going (in the fourth quarter Wednesday)”. The Heat, short-handed with only 10 active players, hung in their with an historically great team that doesn’t lose very often.

The same can be said for Thompson, who subbed back in with 8:06 left in the game and the Warriors trailing 90-89.

Anderson Varejao made his debut for Golden State, scoring one point and grabbing three rebounds in 10 minutes.

After a Green offensive foul wiped out a would-be Thompson 3-pointer, Luol Deng tied the score with a 3-pointer, and Whiteside hit a jumper to put the Heat ahead.

Spoelstra altered his lineup to start the second half for the second game in a row, this time opening the third quarter with Whiteside at center in place of Amar’e Stoudemire.

Raptors 114, T-wolves 105: DeMar DeRozan scored 31 points and Kyle Lowry added 21 as Toronto tied a franchise record with its ninth straight home victory.

Doug McDermott scored all 14 of his points during the second half and Chicago outlasted Washington.

Wade and Curry each had 18 points at the break, with Wade 9 of 12 from the field and Curry 7 of 13.

Tobias Harris had 22 points and eight rebounds and Detroit handed Philadelphia its sixth consecutive loss.

The Pistons had six players in double figures while winning their second straight after a season-high five-game losing streak.