Stephen Curry out against Hawks with injured left ankle

Of course, it’s easy to look back and say Curry should have been selected No. 1 in that draft – that honor went to Los Angeles Clippers center Blake Griffin – now that he’s arguably the best player in the league. The Cavaliers already dropped one to Toronto last week, and the Celtics come to town on Saturday hoping to show they really belong. “Confidence is high, so I just launched it”. He finished 12 of 16 from 3-point range.

It’s well known, but Curry is having a season for the ages. “We play all 48 minutes no matter how bad or great we’re playing”.

Meanwhile he’s improved his scoring average from 23.8 per game past year to an NBA-leading 30.7 this season.

“I never would have thought at this point in the season I would be closing in on 300 and all that kind of stuff”, he said. “I am going to go home, enjoy me a nice meal and a nice glass of wine and I’ll be straight”. “When we first started this journey of getting better and getting above”.

If you extrapolate Thompson, Lillard and Harden to full seasons, none would be in the top seven of all-time 3-point seasons.

Iguodala, the team’s sixth man, is experiencing tightness in his left hamstring, according to the team.

The ball floated toward the basket, and long before it splashed through, Oklahoma City center Enes Kanter had already thrown his hands in the air in defeat. He had 51 points in the 130-114 victory and hit 10 of 15 3-pointers.

Some of the carping is logical, because this Warriors team has just the one title (so far); some of it is envy for the current limelight; some is general cantankerousness. When Curry landed, Thunder guard Russell Westbrook inadvertently stepped on Curry’s injured ankle.

The Thunder kept finding ways to answer.

The award marks the 41 time a Warriors player has been named Player of the Week since the National Basketball Association began giving out the award in 1979, including the fifth time this season (Draymond Green earned the other accolade for Golden State). OH, and one of those was a game-winner from 32 feet.

“Well, we’d lose the MVP, so it changes a lot”, he said.

We know he’s committed to having Jahlil Okafor play the power forward spot and Jerami Grant probably will get shuffled more between the small forward and power forward positions. It was a total team effort.

Curry’s coach, Steve Kerr, was a long-time Chicago Bulls teammate of Michael Jordan who won six championships.