![]() And he had Draymond Green at the peak of his offensive powers, averaging 14 points and shooting 38.8 percent from 3. Usage rate: 30.7.Įxcept in 2015-16, he had Klay Thompson by his side. During this 18-game stretch this season? True shooting: 66.7. That season, his true shooting percentage was 66.9 and his usage rate was 31.4. The season he won the unanimous league MVP, Curry averaged 30.1 points on 50.4 percent shooting (including 45.4 percent from 3) with 6.7 assists and 5.4 rebounds. If these numbers ring a bit familiar, it’s because they are reminiscent of his 2015-16 stats. “I don’t know if there’s a harder guy to play in basketball right now than Steph Curry,” Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said, “because of all the different ways he affects the game and just his uncanny ability to make shots from anywhere on the floor.” He’s given a whole new meaning to #StephBetter. He has raised his game to new heights in harder circumstances. 3 and now 57 against Dallas, one of his favorite franchises to light up. He’s already put up the two highest-scoring games of his career this season, first with 62 against Portland on Jan. But not even the loss could dim the magnificence of Curry. Some mistakes down the stretch, the clutchness of Dallas star Luka Dončić - and a back-breaking 3-pointer by Maxi Kleber - were too much to overcome. ![]() Saturday, Dallas opted not to swarm Curry with bodies and he exploded for 57 points, nearly carrying the Warriors to a series sweep of the Mavericks in an eventual 134-132 loss. And when defenses aren’t covering him with three players and forcing the ball out of his hand, he is torching them. The defense ends up getting the business regardless. Off the ball, on the ball, he’s finding ways to leave his fingerprints all over everything and put up the kind of numbers many thought were behind him. ![]() “No matter what the fuck Kerr does,” the member of the brain trust said, “Steph is gonna score efficiently.”Ĭurry is playing at such an insane level, it doesn’t matter. It prompted this emphatic conclusion to the discussion: ![]() Then the Warriors got some updated data after the 20-game mark.
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