Stephen Curry Golden State Warriors on October 30, 2012. That day was the start of the 2012–13 NBA regular season. Curry was never named to an NBA All Star or to the All-NBA Team at the time. The Warriors made the playoffs for the first time since the We Believe team of Stephen Jackson and Baron Davis. As the No. 6 seed, he upset a strong denver nuggets squad – without donorTake Gallinari.
That was May 2, 2013. Nearly 10 years later, on April 30, 2023, the sixth seeded Warriors take on young and hungry players. sacramento kings It’s his second in the NBA after he finished the 2022-23 regular season with his worst winning percentage in a healthy Curry season since 2010-11.
Warriors – Still Here
The Warriors beat the Kings 120-100 on Sunday to advance to the second round. Curry scored a career-high 50 points in the playoffs on 52.6 percent shooting. However, it was more than just Curry’s offense that lifted the Warriors to victory and home-court advantage against the Los Angeles Lakers.
For the afternoon the Warriors had 18 offensive rebounds. He grabbed 16 of them in the second half. Kevon Looney had 20-plus rebounds for the third time in this series. He grabbed nine offensive rebounds in the second half. The Warriors attempted nine more field goals in the second half than the Kings.
For all of Curry’s excellence, this was not a glamorous victory for the Warriors. The team that is the face of the modern NBA offense shot 63.3 percent from the free-throw line. Neither Andrew Wiggins, Klay Thompson, or Jordan Poole shot even 35 percent from the field. No other Warriors scored 20 points in the game.
Where he excelled with the Kings was on the boards and on defense. The Kings shot 37.5 percent from the field for the game — 32.6 percent in the second half. Drummond was kicking the basketball away from players at the top of the Green Keys, and Gary Payton II recorded four blocked shots in 15 minutes of action.
matters more than shooting
For all of Curry’s 30-plus foot shots, competitive fire and defense have led to the Warriors winning four NBA championships in seven seasons. when the warriors beat memphis grizzlies During his first championship season, Curry shot better than 44 percent from the field only once, when they were down 2–1 in the series.
Game 6 is a idiom of Klay epiphany that began with his 41-point performance when the Warriors were in danger of being eliminated on the road against the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2016. Yes, he hit 11 3-pointers, but what really sealed the game for the Warriors was Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook combining for five turnovers in the final three minutes of the game — including one in succession from Westbrook. The Terrible Three were involved.
Even last season, when he had a tour de force against Stephen Curry Boston Celtics In the NBA Finals, he had a tough Game 5. After that great Game 4 performance, he shot 31.8 percent from the field and went 0-9 from the 3-point line. The Warriors still won that game 104–94. They pulled off that win as the Celtics turned the ball over 18 times.
courage counts too
With Curry and Thompson being able to make 10 3-pointers in an NBA game like they are shooting in practice, it’s easy to forget the terrific efforts this team is capable of producing. Even on the night that Curry had the first 50-point Game 7 in NBA history, Looney’s performance was eye-catching.
Green is certainly the team’s most performant player, but he is far from the only tough player on the Warriors. just like head coach steve kerr Together Chicago Bulls, The rest of the warriors have resilience that has been molded by fire. The only players left from 2012–13 are Green, Thompson, and Curry. Yet this team is still as feisty as the one that pushed San Antonio Spurs six games into the second round that season.
Absolutely credit Curry for another stellar performance as one of the best players in the history of professional sports. That being said, it took him 50-plus points, or any of his good shooting, to win a seven-game series against the freshman Kings. The Warriors played very sloppy basketball in this series.
What got them into the next round as a 44-win team with a terrible road record was the real heart of a champion stuff. The’s brought a championship hammer to the Golden 1 Center on Sunday afternoon, and with it defeated the Kings in elimination.