A long 3-pointer with a lot of time on the shot clock is a terrible shot for almost every basketball player on Earth—except Stephen Curry.

There were 17 seconds left on the shot clock in a Golden State Warriors game this month when Curry pulled up from 31 feet. His heave from the Detroit Pistons’ halfcourt logo ended up looking like a layup. But the most remarkable thing about it was that Curry’s swish wasn’t all that surprising.

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