It was a big night for Stephen Curry. The Golden State Warriors' superstar set a career-high with 62 points in Golden State's win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday night at the Chase Center in San Francisco.
Curry's 62 points are the most by a Warrior since Rick Barry scored 64 in 1974. Curry is also the second-oldest, at 32 years and 295 days, to score 60. Kobe Bryant did it at age 37.
There are more wild numbers from the game:
Curry is the first player with 62 points (or more) in 36 minutes (or fewer) since Bryant had exactly 62 points in 33 minutes on Dec. 20, 2005, against the Dallas Mavericks.
Curry is the first player to score more than 30 points in each half of a game since "Pistol" Pete Maravich did it for the New Orleans Jazz on Feb. 25, 1977, according to Elias Sports research.
Curry and Klay Thompson are the only Warriors to score 55 or more points in a game in the past 30 years.
This was Curry's seventh 50-point game, breaking a tie with Kevin Durant for the fourth most among active players.
Curry hit eight 3-pointers in the game. It is his 49th career game with eight 3s. That is more than double James Harden, who is second on the list with 21 such games.
However, Curry did miss a free throw, snapping a streak of 80 consecutive makes.
Here's how social media reacted:
STATEMENT MADE.
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 4, 2021
Steph with a career-high 62 points 😉 pic.twitter.com/e6gfrvG2Kz
Sheeeesh @StephenCurry30 🔥!! Welcome to the club big bro #62 🐐
— klay thompson (@KlayThompson) January 4, 2021
You can't dish it out and not be able take it 🤷🏽♂️ #Respect https://t.co/2ydpT0JVHy
— Damian Lillard (@Dame_Lillard) January 4, 2021
🔥🔥🔥 @StephenCurry30 🔥🔥🔥
— Pau Gasol (@paugasol) January 4, 2021
😂
— Seth Curry (@sdotcurry) January 4, 2021
sheesh steph 🥴
— Ja Morant (@JaMorant) January 4, 2021
That's how you feel @StephenCurry30 ?!?! pic.twitter.com/Wp9pwkL4s2
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) January 4, 2021
No Lie🔥🔥💯 https://t.co/QagdaZs4WM
— Trae Young (@TheTraeYoung) January 4, 2021
A career high 62 points for Steph Curry! STILL proving he's the greatest shooter we've ever seen and a MVP candidate along with LeBron, AD, KD, Kyrie, Luka Doncic, Kawhi, and Giannis!
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) January 4, 2021
Steph heard Y'all huh?
— 🏁 Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) January 4, 2021
Bro I better not ever see no more Steph slander on my TL 😂 bro stay shutting people up
— Myles Turner (@Original_Turner) January 4, 2021
Steph Curry is legit shooting into an ocean...... pic.twitter.com/FvX3MSoeIS
— Candace Parker (@Candace_Parker) January 4, 2021
