Stephen Curry
Once again it has been proven that Stephen Curry is still a legendary basketball player. After starting the season cold by his standards, as the Golden State Warriors worked their way to the worst offensive rating in the league, Curry found his strength and gave it everything last Sunday. Going for a career-high 62 points, he became the second-oldest player in history to score at least 60 points. Behind Kobe Bryant, who hung 60 on the Jazz at age 37 in the final game of his career. What's more, Curry did it in just 36 minutes. Kobe was the only player in history to score at least 62 points in 36 minutes or less. Kobe did it in December 2005, when he dropped 62 points on the Dallas Mavericks in just 33 minutes. By the way, Golden State beat the Blazers 137-122 on Sunday to improve their record to 3-3. But hardly anyone cares about that. It was Curry's night. Maybe the release of the Under Armour Curry 8 helped with the great performance.
The game
From the opening tip it was clear that Curry would be aggressive. He finished the first quarter with 21 points, making 7 of 11 from the field. But he didn't just take his chances from beyond the three-point line, as Dub Nation (the team) is used to; instead, the guard cut and drove to the bucket. By the end of the night, Curry's effort had earned him 19 free throws, another career high for the Warrior. The only blemish on Curry's night was the one miss. That ended a streak of 80 made free throws in a row. The win came after a loss to the same Portland Trail Blazers just two nights earlier, a unique feature of the shortened 2020-21 season schedule. Sunday's game was in stark contrast to Friday night. Apart from Curry's scoring outburst, all the other Dubs in the starting lineup had better results than in their Friday night performances. The second overall pick of the 2020 NBA Draft, 19-year-old James Wiseman, finished the game with the first double-double of his career, with 12 points and 11 rebounds. The rookie also added two blocks to his name.
