Former NBA player Donyell Marshall, who was tied with Kobe Bryant and Steph Curry for the most 3-pointers made in an NBA game, with 12, congratulates Curry on making 13 and setting a new mark Monday. (0:27)

Until Tuesday afternoon, Donyell Marshall hadn't watched Stephen Curry's Monday night tornado of 3-pointers that broke his shared record for the most 3-pointers made in a single NBA game.

But he definitely heard about it.

"My son texted me when he saw Steph had 10 [3s] at the end of the third," Marshall said from the gym at Central Connecticut State, where he coaches the men's basketball team. "And I thought, OK, yeah, he's gonna get it. I got up to go to the bathroom at about 2 a.m. and looked at my phone and saw he had it."

Waking up to the news of @StephenCurry30 breaking record with 13 three's. Congrats. Knew it was only a matter of time. #itwasagreat11yearrun — Donyell Marshall (@Dmarsh42) November 8, 2016

It was an off day for Marshall's Blue Devils, but Curry's heroics brought media calling on the 15-year NBA veteran, who tied Kobe Bryant's record 11 years ago when he hit 12 3-pointers as a member of the Toronto Raptors against the Philadelphia 76ers. Last season, Curry brought himself even with Bryant and Marshall when he made 12 3-pointers against the Thunder on Feb. 27.

Marshall sat down with ESPN on Tuesday to watch highlights from Curry's game and lend perspective on that kind of prolific shooting performance.

"I see a player in an amazing zone," Marshall said. "He almost looks like he's playing a playground pick-up game. A lot of these shots are 'heat check' shots. They look almost wild, but he's able to hit them because he works on them."

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Marshall staked his share of the record on March 13, 2005, against the Philadelphia 76ers, led by Allen Iverson and Curry's now-teammate Andre Iguodala. That performance bears little resemblance to Curry's.

For starters, Marshall came off the bench and needed only 28 minutes of game action to shoot 12-for-19 from deep. Curry needed 35 minutes of work Monday to shoot 13-for-17, and Bryant needed 37 minutes to shoot 12-of-18 on Jan. 7, 2003, when he set the mark against the Seattle SuperSonics.

Marshall's shots came in the corners, where he camped out and stung the 76ers repeatedly.

"During my run, the point guard had to get me the ball," the 6-foot-9 Marshall said with a laugh. "Curry doesn't have to worry about that. As soon as he steps over half court, he's a threat."

When Curry's on, he looks perpetually on the verge of losing control. He twists, careens, tumbles. All of that translates to shots that look amazing -- or lucky -- to the average fan. But Marshall says anyone who dismisses shots such as Curry's is missing one thing.

"When a fan sees Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant or Steph Curry hit these amazing, oh-my-god shots, what they don't see is that they work on these oh-my-god shots in practice. People can say, 'Oh, lucky shot,' but that's not lucky. That's work.

"The other thing here: Steph did a great job of reading the defense, and that feeds into a run like this. 'How did they play me last time?' 'Where did they force me?' It's based on reads."

Asked if he was at all melancholy about losing his share of the record, Marshall shook his head.

"It would be one thing if it was somebody you didn't expect. But this dude? The way he shoots, the freedom he has? It's not surprising."

Still, Marshall appreciates that the years have been kind to his record.

"I got more publicity from Steph breaking my record than I did when I set it."