NBA Star Power Index: Stephen Curry hunting Ray Allen's record by launching 3-pointers at historic rate

Also, the Damian Lillard heat might be reaching a boiling point in Portland

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Stephen Curry is just 16 made 3-pointers away from breaking Ray Allen's career NBA record. When it happens, Curry will have hit the 2,974 mark in more than 500 fewer games, 500 fewer attempts and almost 20,000 fewer minutes that Allen required. 

Curry is not ruling out the possibility of breaking the record Wednesday night against the Blazers, who have the worst defense in the league and are particularly soulless defending the 3-point line. To do so, Curry would also need to break teammate Klay Thompson's single-game record of 14 3-pointers. The most 3s Curry has ever made in a game is 13.