“Wait, did you say fifth?” »asked Stephen Curry, very surprised to know that Reggie Miller was “fifth now” in the ranking of the best 3-point shooters in NBA history. A few days later, as expected, here he is sixth, Klay Thompson having taken charge of doubling it…
The Dallas guard needed three game-winning baskets to get past the old Pacers trigger. He scored four in the defeat against the Wolves, and the shot that made the difference came at the start of the last quarter. The former Warriors scored a total of 2,562 3-pointers, compared to Reggie Miller's 2,560.
“To surpass it is a dream come true,” book Klay Thompson. “I'm going to celebrate, just thinking about all the hours I've spent shooting, all the shots I've taken in my life. Overtaking an icon like Miller is surreal for me. Being a child of the 90s, I watched him score so many game-winning baskets, go up against the best player of all time and give it his all on the floor. »
“I couldn’t ask for a better Christmas present”
What special memories does he have of the man who retired in 2005, then being the best 3-point shooter in NBA history, to be, almost twenty years later, the sixth?
“I remember his battles with Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, seeing him take a small market like the Pacers to the Finals, or regularly being in the Eastern Conference Finals,” specifies the four-time NBA champion. “He was the standard of a shooting guard. As a teenager, I studied his game without the ball. He had a huge impact on my game. I remember training with the Knicks in 2011, Donnie Walsh (then GM of the New York franchise before the Draft) told me I reminded him of Reggie. »
Here he is now in a four-way duel with Stephen Curry, James Harden and Damian Lillard, since Ray Allen is retired. His former Warriors teammate imagines him at the end of his career on the 3-point podium with him and James Harden. How does he see the future?
“How many shoot for 40% career success? “, he says to journalists before bursting out laughing. “It’s an honor to be with them, it’s crazy. I defended Harden and Lillard for a decade and in the moments with the most pressure, in the playoffs. Now I'm doing it with Curry and it's pretty special too. What a time. The game is evolving and I am certain that, in I don't know how many years, we will all be doubled. This is awesome, I couldn't ask for a better Christmas present. »
— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) December 25, 2024
| Klay Thompson | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Party | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2011-12 | GOS | 66 | 24 | 44.3 | 41.4 | 86.8 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 12.5 |
| 2012-13 | GOS | 82 | 36 | 42.2 | 40.1 | 84.1 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 16.6 |
| 2013-14 | GOS | 81 | 35 | 44.4 | 41.7 | 79.5 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 18.4 |
| 2014-15 | GOS | 77 | 32 | 46.3 | 43.9 | 87.9 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 21.7 |
| 2015-16 | GOS | 80 | 33 | 47.0 | 42.5 | 87.3 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 22.1 |
| 2016-17 | GOS | 78 | 34 | 46.8 | 41.4 | 85.3 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 22.3 |
| 2017-18 | GOS | 73 | 34 | 48.8 | 44.0 | 83.7 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 20.0 |
| 2018-19 | GOS | 78 | 34 | 46.7 | 40.2 | 81.6 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 21.5 |
| 2021-22 | GOS | 32 | 29 | 42.9 | 38.5 | 90.2 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 20.4 |
| 2022-23 | GOS | 69 | 33 | 43.6 | 41.2 | 87.9 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 21.9 |
| 2023-24 | GOS | 77 | 30 | 43.2 | 38.7 | 92.7 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 17.9 |
| 2024-25 | DAL | 25 | 27 | 42.6 | 39.1 | 88.9 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 14.4 |
| Total | 818 | 32 | 45.3 | 41.2 | 85.8 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 19.4 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; Pts = Points.
