Steph Curry’s incredible scoring tear continues: ‘You can see the look in his eyes’
SAN FRANCISCO It is that time of the year When the regular season draws to a close and wins and losses become the difference between home court advantage and a trip to the dreaded play-in tournament Steph Curry gets that look You can see the look in his eyes Draymond Green announced A few of those shots he takes he s just trying to wait for everybody to clear out so he can get a shot off I can see it from a mile away That look was on full display during his -point night at Chase Center during the Warriors - accomplishment over the Nuggets on Friday night a conquest that gave the Warriors five wins in a row That show of shooting brilliance came on the heels of Thursday s -point outburst in Los Angeles and a -point masterpiece in Memphis on Tuesday That gave him an average of points per meeting in April compared to just PPG in games in March and well above his points per event on the season This kind of hike in springtime production albeit not quite to this degree is nothing new for Curry It is the product of an intensity that comes out during springtime a seriousness that emerges from the point guard It manifests itself in phone calls with teammates where Curry obsesses over the smallest detail and tactic in search of any slight advantage he can find It s obviously really hard to have a sustained level of intensity for games Curry announced But the sense of urgency down the stretch the feeling where you are in the standings matters every meeting matters the idea the chess match of how do we win this particular encounter because a little bit more central Related Articles How the exhausted Warriors slowed down MVP candidate Jokic high-powered Nuggets Warriors look happy to be back home beat Nuggets in practicable playoff preview Steph Curry Jimmy Butler to play in Warriors-Nuggets championship Podziemski s big night for Warriors in win over Lakers could be sign of things to come Curry Podziemski go off power Warriors to thrilling win over LeBron-Doncic Lakers Coach Steve Kerr and band physician Rick Celebrini had a notion to have Curry sit out on Friday night having just played on Thursday and coming off a grueling six-game road trip Curry was also nursing a lingering tailbone injury so having him sit the second night of a back-to-back would have made sense The man with the hottest hand in basketball was having none of it Rick and Steve were pretty proactive in those conversations Curry mentioned We all talked about it this morning and I was kind of given the full green light Curry wearing protective equipment to shield his bruised tailbone ripped apart Denver with shots from all over the court He ran around screens floated into the lane for teardrop shots and buried deep threes that were sometimes followed by a shimmy or a look-away He looked so fast out there tonight Kerr disclosed of his -year-old star I think maybe the largest part underrated part of his championship is his conditioning Just incredible what he does out there especially considering how much attention he draws defensively how much pressure people put on him He just handles it night after night and flourishes Curry will try to continue his hot shooting against the Rockets the second seed in the conference and their defense that allows points per championship the fifth-fewest in the league Houston is also fourth in defensive rating But after torching three straight playoff teams in three different cities in four nights it s clear that Curry is playing at a level only he can reach For our association it s great because we re headed into the playoffs and he kind of finds that rhythm Curry explained For other teams it s awful
