Stephen Curry hit 12 three-pointers in a sport for the third time because the Golden State Warriors beat Orlando Magic 121-115.
The 36-year-old went for a season-best 56 factors because the Warriors made it 5 wins in a row.
Curry was in an impressed temper, outscoring the Magic within the third-quarter with 22 factors to their 21.
The choose of the two-time most useful participant’s three-pointers got here on the finish of the second quarter, when he hit a buzzer-beater from nicely inside his personal half of the courtroom.
Curry’s haul got here from simply 25 photographs, which is the second-fewest in NBA historical past in a 55-point sport behind the 24 photographs James Harden wanted with the Rockets in 2019.
“I feel the followers right here tonight, even the Magic followers, they know they’re witnessing the best shooter ever, and one of many best performers ever,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr stated.
“It isn’t simply the photographs entering into, it is simply the fluidity, the great thing about his motion and movement and his audacity, the photographs that he is keen to take.
“He is an unbelievable performer and he placed on fairly a present tonight.”
Curry’s career-high single sport rating got here in opposition to the Portland Path Blazers in 2021, when he hit 62 factors.
He has hit 12 or extra three-pointers in a single sport 3 times in his profession, along with his haul of 13 coming in opposition to the New Orleans Pelicans in 2016.
