Stephen Curry could be in contention for a third MVP award if he keeps playing the way he has this week. After scoring 62 points last Sunday, Curry sparked the Warriors to a shocking comeback win over the Clippers Friday night. He hit nine 3-pointers, had 11 assists and went 13-for-24 from the field in the 38-point performance, leaving some teammates in awe, writes Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN.
“He’s making shots that you be like, ‘Whoa!'” Andrew Wiggins said. “There’s not a lot of shots that he can’t make. As soon as he steps over half, he’s a threat, so he causes a lot of attention. So when he gets rolling, you just sit back and watch and let him roll.”
Curry continues to add to his historically great numbers, Youngmisuk notes. Among the 78 players in NBA history with at least 100 30-point games, Curry has a .783 winning percentage, which ranks third all-time behind Larry Bird and Hal Greer.
“There’s not too much you have to say beyond it’s just who Steph is,” coach Steve Kerr said. “He’s been doing this for many, many years and one of the reasons he’s a two-time MVP and he’s a phenomenal basketball player. And usually with Steph when he has a tough game he bounces back [in] the next one. That’s part of his character, part of his competitiveness.”
There’s more from the Pacific Division:
- Clippers star Kawhi Leonard called for the team to change its mindset after letting that game against Golden State slip away, according to Andrew Greif of The Los Angeles Times. L.A. was outscored 64-40 in the second half while taking just 12 shots in the paint. “I don’t feel like we took any, pretty much, good shots in that fourth quarter,” Leonard said. “Some of us didn’t know the play we were running but, yeah, we have to know what we’re running, execute it and then live with the make or misses.”
- The Lakers‘ deep lineup creates a challenge for coach Frank Vogel, who has to find minutes for a variety of players, notes Kyle Goon of The Orange County Register. Wesley Matthews, who is being used as a reserve for the first time in nearly a decade, said Vogel has made that transition easier. “When you know when you’re coming in, when you’re coming out, you can start usually preparing yourself and you can get ready and then you can start watching the game a little bit differently,” Matthews said. “He’s a great communicator so far with me and that really helps my curve here.”
- Kings rookie Tyrese Haliburton made his first career start Saturday with Richaun Holmes sidelined, tweets James Ham of NBC Sports. Coach Luke Walton and his staff have discussed using Haliburton as a starter, but haven’t committed to making the move permanent.
Curry is about to break the league again and this time, yall will have thoroughly deserved it. Should have called him Lebron’s equal when you still had the chance.
5 more finals on deck…
Lol let’s give him props when he plays above average defense and makes his teams better like lebron. Shooting from behind the arc is only one aspect to basketball especially when you’re on a team full of scrubs
He’s played way, way above average defense his ENTIRE CAREER. He has no one right now and you can’t argue this – although you will 3 years from now when Oubre is suddenly “elite” to match your bad faith argument.
In all 4 finals vs lebron in the last 5 mins of each game when moved 1-1 ON Bron, he locked Bron to something like 20% shooting (cant find the exact number). His defense isn’t Kawhi-level, but it’s still WAY ABOVE AVERAGE.
Steph is the best shooter, has the best handle, plays the best off ball, plays the best on ball, best at slashing to the hole, makes all teammates better, name a thing he actually doesnt do other than rebound like a center…
No, he has not. Curry is an average defender, at best.
@Marty McCrae…LeBron’s equal? You’re allowed to be a fanboy. Everyone is, it’s sports. But you can sit here and say stuff like Hakeem Olajuwon is equal to Michael Jordan. Both are amazing and deserve recognition, but while one has by far the most NBA blocks in history the other one has a much more complete and dominate game.
Curry is in the conversation for the GOAT shooter. That’s where it ends. LeBron is in the GOAT conversation in general for his dominance in almost every category.
On top of that, while Curry is a great player, LeBron has brought more teams (sometimes deep) into the playoffs with no help, while Curry always did. LeBron’s 2007 finals roster included Larry Hughes, Drew Gooden, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, and Anderson Varejao. None of them all-stars. Warriors first NBA finals they had Klay Thompson as an all-star, and Draymond would probably made it if his stats reflected his great play.
One final point, LeBron is first in NBA history in playoff win shares. Curry is 30th. Please point out other stats that reflect that Curry is a better overall player other than his shooting brilliance, as I’m sure we’d all love to see them.
*Can’t sit here and say
@brownscavsr4me
Firstly, to call anyone out for fanboyism is ridiculous with that user name, to a GSW fan, come. on. lol. GSW beat your team 3 times for rings, like, no.
Next, yes, in terms of overall stats, obviously Bron has more, but 10 years from now it will be plainly obvious to everyone the top 4 players are:
1/2 – Wilt Chamberlain and Steph Curry. These two players are the only players to literally change how the game is played – all other players have only ever played within the game, but these two were so good all the other players decided their style of play would win games. This is a massive difference that people like you just aren’t acknowledging in that there’s a difference being the goat and being transcendent. Bron is the goat, Curry is transcendent. Warriors were down 85-65 with 3:00 left in the 3rd to the supposed huge favorite Clippers, who were at full strength, but won 115-110, simply because Curry is back after basically not playing since the Raptors in the finals, and Curry is the greatest player of all-time.
3 MJ
4 Lebron
5 Kobe/Shaq
Hey man, I wasn’t calling anyone out for fanboyism, hell I am a fanboy. I was a LeBron fan forever and a Browns and Cavs fan for life. What I was saying it doesn’t make sense for you to say your player is the best without proof. Also, saying my name is ridiculous because it involves my sports team is hilarious.
It’s also hilarious that you say “Bron is the Goat, Curry is transcendent.” Transcendent means exceptional. GOAT is the greatest of all time. You just countered your own argument, as you consistently do.
You also can’t sit here and reference individual games. You have to reference career greatness. LeBron has 4 rings. Curry has 3. LeBron is most likely going to win more. Curry’s future winnings are in question. 10 years from now, LeBron will have won more playoff games, more rings, more points, more assists, more rebounds, more steals, more blocks, and the most complete well-rounded player in history.
And stop saying LeBron needed Davis to win or LeBron needed Wade. Guess what, Michael needed Scottie. Curry needed Thompson (and Green). That argument is old and pointless.
I will say it again, Curry is an amazing player. He’s not better than LeBron.
@brownscavsr4me sorry to correct u but actually in reality, curry has more steals than lebron other than that, lebron has more of da rest of da stats than curry.
@Lebuck how does he not make GSW better? So are you saying they would be the same team without him? Lebron did not make Lakers better until AD came on over. They wasn’t even a playoff contender without AD. These are just facts. Irony is you say they are a team of scrubs when they have a winning record.
The Lakers were in 4th place when Lebron went down the year before AD and playing above EVERYBODIES expectations –
In fact you should know bc they beat yall on Xmas that same year at full strength right before the LBJ inj…..SMH such a terrible falsified statement you really continue to show us you have no clue day in day out….. At least you found Marty, you guys can live up in the clouds all day and talk about the good ole days and sip champagne together
They completely faded away as soon as LeBron went down. They had to bring in AD for them to win a championship. Without AD they would not have won anything last year. That is my point Lebron is no better than Curry without all stars around him. Could AD win with nobody around him? No. Could LeBron? No Could Curry? No Could Jordan? No last time I looked it was a team sport. Even with a bunch of G league players last year with not 1 regular starter in the lineup they almost beat the lakers on Feb 8th. That game was against a fully healthy lakers team.
You claimed already this year that GSW are not a playoff team. So if they make the playoffs does that prove you wrong? Of course it does. I love you warriors haters that claimed at the beginning of the year that Curry was washed up.
Ha ha ha at anyone who isn’t a GSW fan, just relentlessly owning themselves because they never once respected the true greatness presented to them, because NBA media made it impossible for them to think that there can be more than one GOAT at the same time…
It’s always “Steph is too old and injury prone!” from them, but it really means “Steph used the long break to completely heal himself and I’m terrified.” It’s gold, arc89, gold!
Actually ( snob voice ) you said …….
“Lebron did not make Lakers better until AD came on over. They wasn’t even a playoff contender without AD. These are just facts.”
So No please dont lie when the evidence is 3 inches above on the screen Arc
The difference between that and what I said preseason ” I dont think the Warriors are a top 6 team in the league this year, I place them at 9/10 this year. If they get top 6 Kerr will have my respect”
Big difference in our speech there. Seems one person has to overcompensate a tad ;)
Blow, fan, blow
Lol love the comedic replies. The Bigfoot is real too
When I watch Curry play one of the things that amazes me is how he gets to the hole and makes those layups left handed or right handed high off the glass over two guys or the shot blocking Centre. That is really something I can’t figure out because he’s not a tremendously leaper but wow he’s so successful in the paint.
I think one of his MVP years he had more points in the paint than many All-Star centers. I could be wrong on that but I seem to remember a stat like that… 2015 or something. Anyway he’s amazing in the paint. He’s not a one-dimensional player that’s for sure even though his notoriety is the shot from long distance.
It’s amazing how Curry can rebalance after shooting. He can anticipate everything and land just right. Under the rim, after contact, thrown off, but push off sideways so he lands sliding on his back away from opponents. I’ll let that grammar go
Sillivan say Knicks offer 1st round and Randle for Bigfoot. Portland say no. He belong in West.
LOL !!!!!!
If Halliburton starts, another guy will get mad
Kings need to make good trade
What should Kings do if Bagley want 4 year $80 million contract extension?
Is Ayton a max player?
first of all sillivan, i dont think da suns are commited to trading ayton their former first pick. and lastly bagley is very injury prone like issac and exum and is bad at defense
Bagley and Trae Young are the woresest defender in the NBA. Bagleys trade market is problematic. His Rookie contract is to high. 4-6 Mio every year is okey
Sillivan has to be a bot
Sillivan Anton is definitely a max player
Ayton is basically gobert that isn’t as good at defense
I thought Ayton is like Jonas Valenciunas, Grizzlies
JV got $15 million per year
well hes solid at rim protecting
cwr12@, I don’t think Ayton is a max player I agree with Sillivan on that one. He’s pretty good but is he one of the three max guys on the team? Or two is what a team can really afford…
OHM Youngmusik could be a rapper name lmao
(Yes I know it’s Youngmisuk)
Great to see Curry BACK tho, makes the game better tbh, guy is a treat to watch.
Lol that is great hahahaha
This is great!
Curry is having a good yr so far. Yup good to see. The season is still early. Warriors are basically a new team. They will need time to see who they really are. The west is competitive. The playoffs should be tough. Like I said it’s still early. Always said Halliburton was best PG in draft. Kings lucked out with him. Not sure how he and Fox can start. We’ll see I guess.
I too said Haliburton and Avdija should have gone 1-2 on here. Where’s the respect?
The draft was much deeper than the media had you to believe. Almost all top 10 picks are playing well
Curry won’t even be one of the MVP finalists this year, let alone win it.
And? Where is the problem? Curry is a fantastic offense player and every guy like to watching his game
Let me guess Harden is the favorite. Ha ha ha.
Harden > curry
bruh mindless sorry to disturb u but harden can be an excellent scorer but other than that, hes do nothing good so far for his team to contend for a title. he shows off his scoring and ball handling abilities but he doesnt use that to win games. Didnt even had any good chemistry with any point guards who were demmed to be da second star behind harden. From lin to westbrook, harden’s never been able to work well with any pg tbh. idk if wall will play well with harden but still. u dont just say harden is better than curry just cuz he wus averaging over 30 ppg.
How is Harden better than Curry?
yea mindless, tell us how harden is better than curry
The only great curry is the chicken makhani i had last week
You also said Wiseman would barely reach the court this year. We can book it now. Curry MVP
Stephen Curry was the best offensive player in the NBA from 2014 through 2019. Who’s second is debatable (probably LBJ or Harden), and whoever it is, he isn’t that close. He’s a below average defender, although not a horrible one. The only issue with him as a player is whether he can get back to that level. If he does, and his team is near the top of the standings, then he’ll likely be in the MVP discussion.