For almost anyone else, 34 points on 31 shots in an overtime win is, though inefficient, heroic. For Steph Curry, it feels rather mundane, even a little disappointing. Logic tells us that even the best and most efficient shooters are prone to off nights, but Curry so often defies logic that him having an off night seems illogical.
Yet even though Curry’s shot wasn’t falling at its normal rate, he still came up big when the Warriors, surprisingly trailing the Nets for most of the game, needed him the most.
With 4:36 remaining in the fourth and the Warriors trailing by one, Steph raced into the lane, drawing what looked like the entire Nets roster. Despite all the attention, none of the Nets really did anything to stop him. They just stood there, barely jumping or contesting, and it was the easiest thing in the world for Curry to lay the ball in and take the lead.
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He then sealed the game in overtime in a very un-Curry like manner, streaking down the baseline and unloading a dunk that sapped the Nets of whatever morale might have remained.
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The best part of the night, though, had nothing to do with the comeback and everything to do with a personal milestone in Curry’s career.
While Curry was only 5-16 from deep (dropping his three-point percentage to a pedestrian 45.2), those five threes were enough for him to pass his father, Dell, in career three-pointers made. Steph now has 1,246 threes in 427 career games. It took his dad 1,083 games to make one fewer.
