If the season ends today and the Golden State Warriors are still at the top of the Western Conference, in all likelihood, the Most Valuable Player prize would end up in the hands of Steph Curry for the third time. And not only for his performances on the pitch or for those of his team, but also for the “narrative” that accompanies his candidacy, bringing the Warriors back to the top of the conference after two years of lean cows. Yet even in a season in which he became the best three-point scorer in NBA history, surpassed 3,000 career triples and stretched to 160 consecutive games in which he scored at least one triple, there is one aspect that looks like. almost unbelievable: this, numbers in hand, is the worst shooting season of Steph Curry’s career. Even before the last two games in which he only scored 8 baskets out of 41 attempted (including 2/19 from three, barely managing to keep his record streak open: it had never happened to him in his career), Curry is at an all-time low in terms of percentages: removing from the calculation the 2019-20 season in which he played only 5 games due to a hand injury, Curry had never dropped below the three-point 41% threshold, while it is currently at 38.8%. Of course, the volume of archery shots (13.3 per game) has never been higher, but even moving into the zone from two points the situation does not improve: Curry is shooting 49.2% from two (his worst season since 2012-13), the overall percentage from the field is 42.7% (worst figure in career) and its actual percentage is 55.6% (he had only done worse in his first two years in the league). Only the accuracy of the free allows him to avoid that even the “real” percentage is at an all-time low (it is however the fourth worst year of his career), particularly struggling near the iron (58% vs 64% in career) and in the long 2s (36% against 46% in career) compared to normality.
Thigh Injury Against Dallas: Next Game In doubt
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Another record for Curry: 158 races with a triple
Nothing that a couple of weeks “of hers” can’t fix, given that only around Christmas he had struck a series of games of 30, 46 and 33 points with 17 triples scored overall, even if there is a physical problem ruining his plans: As admitted after the game, Curry got one against the Dallas Mavericks bruised thigh that prevented him from moving normally, e his presence for the next game against New Orleans is in strong doubt. “He’s taken a bad hit and generally gets worse overnight. With the trip and a game back-to-back tomorrow, there’s a good chance he won’t play,” said coach Steve Kerr. The rise in percentages will have to wait some time yet.
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