‘Ridiculous’ Curry does it again for playoff-bound Warriors
The Thunder team was ahead by 12 in the fourth quarter, but the Warriors rallied.
Meanwhile, the San Antonio Spurs have joined the Warriors as the league’s only 50-win teams.
However, Curry drained a 3-pointer from the top of the key.
Perhaps this latest shot will quiet Oscar Robertson and some of the old-timers trying to discredit the Warriors superstar.
Curry at this point in his life and career appears to have it all. He broke his own record for most three-pointers in a season (now currently standing at 288) and also equalled the record for the most three-pointers in a single game, nailing 12 out of 16 attempts. Then Curry cooked, OKC danced with the ghost of Scott Brooks’ stagnant prevent offense and Golden State made the most of a few fortunate bounces.
Steph scored 31 points after returning from the locker room, and sealed the win in OT with this 39-foot, game-winning overtime bucket.
Isiah Thomas and Stephen Jackson also recently downplayed the achievements of Curry and the Warriors.
This is who Curry is now: A revolutionary figure in basketball, re-drawing the strategies and lines and angles every time he’s on the court.
Johnson was waived by the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday and cleared waivers during Saturday’s game.
Stephen Curry hits an insane 3-point bomb to put the icing on the cake as the Warriors beat the Thunder by 3. He’s ridiculous man!!’ LeBron James tweeted Saturday night. That article was written BEFORE Curry’s recent four-game stretch, in which he’s averaged 43 points on 62-percent shooting FROM THREE. It’s more a matter of when. You have me messed up right now. “Just literally, you’ve got a sense of – I’ve shot the shot plenty of times, you’re coming across halfcourt and timing up your dribbles, and you want to shoot before the defense goes in”. That was pretty much my only thought.
The Bulls got a triple-double from Pau Gasol, but came up short with Derrick Rose (sore right hamstring) missing his third straight game.
Curry has attempted 14 shots between 30 and 40 feet away from the basket this season, according to data collected by basketball-reference.com. Green asked. “That’s absurd”. This greatness is something unlike any we’ve seen before.
“When I got the ball, I knew coach had said if we got a stop and a clean rebound, push it. I looked up….”
Golden State, with the best 58-game record in National Basketball Association history at 53-5, became the first team this season to clinch a playoff berth. “But at the end of the day, I never let my shot dictate what I do on the floor”, he said. Russell Westbrook had 26 points and 13 assists, but he made just 10 of his 29 shots and turned the ball over seven times. “That is the most fantastic thing I have probably ever seen”.
Of all his shots Saturday, his final 3-pointer was the most dramatic, because it was a 32-footer that won the game with 0.6 seconds left in overtime to give the Warriors the win.
Curry’s status is comparable to the way Wayne Gretzky changed hockey, the West Coast Offense and Joe Montana re-set football and Muhammad Ali made everything before him in boxing seem outdated.