Curry scored all 22 points in the final 6:22 of the quarter, showing the kind of range that helped him make 272 3-pointers in the regular season three more than Ray Allen's record set in 2005-06 with Seattle.

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They cleared enough salary cap space during the losing years to acquire veteran stars Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen for the 2007-08 season.

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Another basket by Andersen off a pass from Ray Allen made it 77-65, and James found Norris Cole for a 3-pointer that capped the flurry and made it 80-65.

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But neither Ray Allen nor Kevin Garnett held one-hour television specials announcing what team they were going to in July 2007.

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He wound up with the third-most three-pointers in NBA history, after Ray Allen and Reggie Miller.

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Ray Allen added 11 for Miami (47-14), which now has a victory over every NBA team this season.

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After the 2006-07 season, the Boston Celtics acquired Ray Allen from Seattle and Kevin Garnett from Minnesota.

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The Heat also received outsized efforts from Mike Miller and Ray Allen, a pair of older reserves whose games are heavily predicated on spot-up shooting these days.

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Mike Miller scored 18, Ray Allen finished with 16 and Norris Cole had 14 for the Heat, whose 17-game home winning streak was snapped.

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James had 22 points and 12 rebounds for his career-best 32nd double-double of the season, Dwyane Wade had 24 points and nine assists, and Ray Allen scored 16 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter for the defending NBA champions.

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