He only needed one. A three-point shot to reach the 3,000 career award-winning shots. But like the short defeat conceded by Golden State in its hall against Denver last night in the NBA (86-89), the case will not have been easy. Stephen Curry (23 points, 5 of 14 behind the arc) had to wait more than half time to achieve such a feat.
Like all Warriors, Curry and company fell on the Nuggets and Nikola Jokic (22 points, 18 rebounds, 5 assists) in form, last night at the Chase Center. The visitors got off to a good start, leading 10-0, 31-16 at the end of the first quarter and even 60-36 at the break. The first period was completely missed for Curry, who will have compiled there … 2 points only!
Draymond Green’s absence weighed in, Denver shone
Then the Warriors woke up, in the wake of the US leader or Andrew Wiggins (21 points), Gary Payton II (11 points, 7 rebounds) and Jonathan Kuminga (9 units). Well helped, it must be said, by the Denver address failure.
The absence of Draymond Green will surely have weighed in the defeat of Golden State, as the shadow man, defender and handyman is important in the Dub collective. His aggressiveness would have been very useful at the end of the match, when the two teams were tied a short distance from the end (84-84 1 minute from the final whistle).
Golden State was therefore back, carried by a found Stephen Curry. But Will Barton, lieutenant of Jokic (21 points), managed to tear himself away to register a basket on the rebound, facing two defenders. Curry missed an award-winning long shot, and Barton concluded the game on the free throws.
Golden State remains first in the West Conference ahead of Phoenix (26-7), when Denver goes positive (17-16), in 5th place … Even if everyone will remember the new record for the number of shots from the game. three-point improved by Stephen Curry, with that incredible bar of 3000 shots.
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