Stephen Curry

Stephen Curry has been a menace off the ball against the Celtics. Ezra Shaw / Getty Images. At 12th on the list of NBA Finals scoring, Stephen Curry is one of ...

Draymond Green set five of the 15 off-ball screens for Curry in Game 1 — most of any player — and didn’t set any in Game 2. In Game 5, the Celtics defended a pindown well, trailing to dissuade a jumper without opening holes elsewhere. They have adapted their defense for Curry off the ball, playing a step behind him both literally and figuratively. A pindown screen sees the screener face the rim, and the cutter curls behind the screen to the arc, often for a 3-pointer. Golden State didn’t commit to that setup in Game 3, going back to off-ball screens for Curry from Green (who set six of the 14 total). And then in Game 4, Green again set only one. Per Second Spectrum, since the start of the player tracking era in 2013-14, Curry is one of 10 players with at least 10,000 cuts and is the only player with at least 6,000 cuts whose team averages at least 1 point per chance. The screener faces toward the rim in both screen types, but wide pindowns start from the corner and often see the cutter curling toward the rim instead of popping behind the arc. Curry may be one of the best players in the league with the ball in his hands, largely due to the pull-up shooting that casts a wide shadow on the style of the league. Yet they won Game 5, in which Curry didn’t make a triple — for the first time in his playoff career. He’s carried that cutting excellence into the Finals, leading the series in scoring efficiency off of cuts among players with at least 10 cuts. With his array of cuts across the court, Curry is used to spending time without the ball. He started Game 1 by hitting six triples in the first quarter, tied for the most in playoff history since 1996-97, and he finished with 34 points.

Missing out in 2015 when Andre Iguodala won the award and in 2017 and 2018 when Kevin Durant won the award, Curry won the 2022 Finals MVP hands down.

You know, it just says a lot about his toughness and his competitive nature and what it truly means to be a winner." When Curry wasn’t scoring at such a prolific rate – just 16 points in Game 5 – he had eight assists and two steals. He scored at least 30 points in five games, including a series-high 43 points in Game 4, the second-highest scoring output in his Finals career. "I remember where I started and just the whole journey," Curry said earlier in the series. The fact that from high school to your first All-Star Game, like it's a journey, and everything that had to go right in your life and on the court for that to happen. "He's our engine offensively," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said earlier in the playoffs.

Underneath Boston's historic championship banners and on the Celtics' hallowed parquet floor, Curry didn't just put another ring on it but he cemented his ...

After Memphis blew out Golden State in Game 5, Curry had 29 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists to eliminate the Grizzlies in Game 6. "This is an era of play that will be defined by LeBron James, Steph Curry, Kevin Durant," Thomas said. If he doesn't, wherever he is at, he's been great." If he gets to the top 10, God bless him. "As [Boston's] Cedric Maxwell said to me the other night, he goes, 'There's [32 NBA Finals MVPs]. I'm one of them.' Then, you can make the argument that there's some other people who should be in the top 10, top 15. What I do know, and I do want people to realize, is the Chamberlains, the Russells, the Kareems, the Shaqs, that's four right there. All eleven voters from a national media panel chose Curry as the MVP of the 2022 Finals. Curry finished with 34 points, 7 assists and 7 rebounds in the series clincher. Game 6 was also a legacy game for the point guard. "To me, this is his crowning achievement in what's already been an incredible career." And he let opponents hear it from him too during this championship run. In six games against the Celtics, Curry averaged 31.2 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

He showed why again during Game 6 of the NBA Finals on the road against the Celtics (-4.5) on Thursday night. As the Warriors stretched out a massive second- ...

Here's how NBA Twitter digested Curry's bold ring finger gesture during Game 6 of the NBA Finals He gestured toward his right ring finger, signaling that he wanted his fourth NBA title hardware … halfway through the third quarter. While he’s extremely talented and the arguable best shooter of all time, one of the things that has helped Steph Curry along to a future Hall of Fame career is his incredible confidence.

The Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry won his first-ever Finals MVP award, but it wasn't his main goal. During the post-game press conference, ...

"It's special. We champs!" "Injuries, the changing of the guard, rosters, the young guys.

Indiana Pacers legend Reggie Miller, part of the NBA's 75-year team, didn't put himself among the 10 best players.

What does a fourth title and first Finals MVP mean for Stephen Curry's standing among the NBA's all-time greats?

He’s aged very well and his game and conditioning should allow him to continue that trend, but if he plays at an All-Star level for a few more years, it’ll be tough to contest that he’s the greatest point guard of all time. Rob Peterson: If you’re close to the top 10 or in some people’s top 10, I think you’re already in the GOAT convo. But as a top-10 player (in my opinion) all time, he’s already in the discussion. Damon Sayles: Michael Jordan is the GOAT, in my opinion, and it will take a TON for me to change my mind. Also, I think Luka Doncić should probably be in the 75 based on talent alone and his ability to affect games. I had Giannis Antetokounmpo in my top 20 (at No. 20), and he’s No. 24 on our list. He is the omission from our list and from the NBA’s list. I’d love to place Giannis Antetokounmpo higher, but it’s really hard to jump him above Elgin Baylor considering the way the latter was the original version of many of the future high-flyers on the list – Giannis included. Jon Greenberg: Man, it wasn’t a great season for a lot of the active members of the top 75 list, was it? Curry is the greatest shooter in NBA history, one of the greatest players in terms of gravity and one of the few in history (George Mikan, Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar, Elgin Baylor, Dr. J and Magic Johnson) who can lay claim to changing how the game is played. I think he has a stronger argument now than he did a year ago, but the bulk of that argument is from 2015 to 2020 either way. I don’t want to be a prisoner of the moment.

Steph Curry got his crowning accolade, winning Finals MVP after leading the Warriors to their 4th title in 8 seasons, being improbable.

He was never going to overwhelm anyone with vertical athleticism or brute physicality as he bullied his way through multiple defenders for difficult finishes at the rim. And perhaps that’s why he’s held with so much affinity by the level-headed consumer. His career, by itself, has changed the game of basketball forever. Many of the game’s legends took advantage of skill surpluses that mail men masquerading as basketball players couldn’t comprehend. Tagging along to add pressure on the shot was Marcus Smart, the league’s current Defensive Player of the Year. Curry, in the hunt for his first finals MVP and fourth championship ring, was right there to meet the ball after its first bounce.

Stephen Curry's Finals MVP award-winning impact extended deep into the statistical realm. Here are five key numbers to know.

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Steph is dominating NBA like never before... but one 'lazy' tag still undersells him.

The closest star -- and I got this from Steve Kerr -- that compares to Curry, in terms of his selflessness, is Tim Duncan... he’s a great playmaker and a great teammate... the defence has to pay attention to him.” “His ball movement, his ability to move off the screens… This though may be the most unlikely of them all. Curry was confident he could get the job done so why would Poole not feel that way too? “He just doesn’t get enough credit for his level of conditioning and physicality and defence. That makes the most sense.’ That was it. And I think what people don’t talk about, because he’s not longwinded in what he says, is that he’s truly an outstanding leader.” “For him to come out of nowhere and do this… That was all while also attempting the most tightly contested shots of any players in the Finals. “No, he’s one of the greatest players this league has ever seen. When it comes to Steph Curry, we are programmed to expect the unexpected.

"I hear all the narratives," Curry said after the game. "You hear everything about what we [as a team] are and what we aren't, and what I am as a player and ...

The "Ayesha Curry can't cook" comments weren't the only dig that Steph Curry helped to turn around and fire back at Celtics fans. Curry strongly disagreed that the Warriors' victory was a "checkbook win." "Like, yeah, because it starts with the core group of champions and bona fide winners and the belief that we can run it back. Windhorst was discussing the Warriors' choice to keep Andrew Wiggins after acquiring him in the D'Angelo Russell deal and how that impacted the team. "I heard somebody talking about some ... was it, 'checkbook wins' and all this other stuff," Curry said after the game. "The fact that when we started this season, the conversations about who we were as a team and what we were capable of, clearly remember some experts and talking heads putting up the big zero of how many championships we would have going forward because of everything that we went through," Curry said. It matched the symbol held up by two analysts on ESPN's "First Take" to a tee. So too was Ayesha Curry's postgame tweet about "tonight's menu," which featured within it Curry GOAT. After Curry helped lead the Warriors to their fourth championship in the last eight years with a 103-90 Game 6 win over the Celtics, he was overcome with emotion. "And you get goosebumps just thinking about, you know, all those snapshots and episodes that we went through to get back here, individually, collectively. Indeed, Curry proved that he heard the doubters loud and clear. I have a hard time figuring out what they're going to say now, so this is pretty special."

Stephen Curry and the Warriors proved they have deep memory banks after winning their fourth title in eight...

"That's our goal - to compete at this level every year." So to be here again, hold that." "When you look at a guy like Steph Curry, to have the season that he's had, to have the career that he's had, it's absolutely amazing. I had to watch that and I was like, 'This freaking clown'. Sorry, that memory just popped up. as he was doused with champagne inside the visitors' locker room. "Freaking bum.

On the way to the NBA Finals, Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors defeated Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies. The series went 6 games, and it was a ...

That second-round series was one of the best in this year's playoffs, and more games between the two teams in a playoff setting would make for must-watch basketball. They have a lot of energy, a lot of potential in terms of winning at the highest level. It seems as though Ja Morant has recently decided to pay respect to Stephen Curry, claiming that he is a top 5 player of all time.

Ex-NBA champ eats humble pie as Steph reveals the taunt that spurred him on to greatness.

“Stand on your word, brother! You gotta stand on that. That is something you don’t want. “Boston is going to win this game in great fashion because, listen, you think you were mad when Kyrie [Irving] stomped on Lucky. Just imagine if he’s getting drowned in champagne, ok? Boston is winning. The star point guard — who won his first Finals MVP after the Warriors beat the Celtics 103-90 on Thursday night — called out “some talking heads” that said he would win “zero” championships in the next four years.

Stephen Curry once again is the ruler of the NBA after winning the 2022 championship with his Golden State Warriors. It wasn't easy, as they faced many.

Curry played great basketball this postseason, eliminating big rivals on the way to the Finals and taking care of business when things mattered the most. It was a terrific series for the Chef, who isn't stopping now and will be ready to add more silverware to his career. He played great on both ends of the court, taking on Jayson Tatum on the defensive end and clamping him.