{"id":393983,"date":"2026-01-07T13:43:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T13:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/393983\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T13:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T13:43:12","slug":"timberwolves-anthony-edwards-is-tied-with-warriors-legend-steph-curry-in-amazing-3-point-stat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/393983\/","title":{"rendered":"Timberwolves&#8217; Anthony Edwards is tied with Warriors legend Steph Curry in amazing 3-point stat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Edwards may not have been a prolific 3-point shooter when he entered the NBA.<\/p>\n<p>But now? The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/minnesota-timberwolves\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a>&#8216; superstar is among the best, even hanging out in one realm with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/golden-state-warriors\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Golden State Warriors<\/a> legend Stephen Curry.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday night, Edwards was 5-for-8 from 3-point range as part of a 26-point night in the Wolves&#8217; blowout win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/miami-heat\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami Heat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That marked Edwards&#8217; 41st game with at least five made 3-pointers since the start of the 2024-25 season.<\/p>\n<p>And those 41 such games are tied for the most in the NBA in that span with Curry, according to Timberwolves PR.<\/p>\n<p>Wolves beat writer Jon Krawczynski summed it up with this post on X:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tied with Stephen Curry. TIED with STEPHEN CURRY. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6QdA0bV8eQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/6QdA0bV8eQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Krawczynski (@JonKrawczynski) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonKrawczynski\/status\/2008779016631898606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">January 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/san-antonio-spurs\/news\/spurs-victor-wembanyama-defied-gravity-absurd-kick-rim\/e61c85b40ba3bab3e20f0dee\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wemby is defying gravity with his kicks, too<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Edwards&#8217; shooting rise has been impressive.<\/p>\n<p>This is his made 3-pointers per game average by season in his career, in chronological order:<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, he began raising his aim last season.<\/p>\n<p>And even with increased attempts the last two years has come increased efficiency. In 2024-25, Edwards shot 39.5% from deep, which was a career best. This season, he&#8217;s doing even better at 40.7% from downtown.<\/p>\n<p>At this rate, it won&#8217;t be long at all before Edwards has another game with a handful of triples.<\/p>\n<p>More NBA news:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony Edwards may not have been a prolific 3-point shooter when he entered the NBA. But now? The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-393983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}