SAN FRANCISCO — Steph Curry made only one basket during Golden State’s 106-96 loss to the visiting Houston Rockets on Sunday night, but it was a spectacular bucket for more than one reason.
The fadeaway jumper, taken and made 30 feet from the basket with one second left in the first half, was the kind of jaw-dropping shooting display that has helped Curry score 25,281 points in his illustrious career.
That basket also helped him surpass a pair of basketball icons on the all-time scoring list.
Reggie Miller, arguably the original 3-point marksman and whose off-ball shooting wizardry created the modern blueprint for Curry’s style, scored all 25,279 of his points in the NBA for the Indiana Pacers in a career that spanned from 1987 until 2005.
“Congratulations, unbelievable,” Miller said in a prerecorded statement that played after the basket. “Keep moving, my friend.”
Curry also moved past Rick Barry, who scored 25,279 in a career that saw him play in both the American Basketball Association in a stint that included a year with the Oakland Oaks, and the NBA.
Barry, who sat in the Chase Center crowd on Sunday night, led the franchise to its first NBA title in 1975. Barry’s career lasted from 1965 until 1980.
Up next on the combined and NBA-only leaderboard is Alex English, the leading scorer of the 1980s who who totalled 25,613 points.
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