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Steph Curry is an unfair matchup for everyone else in the NBA. Give him an inch of breathing room, and he’ll jack a three in your eye, no matter how far away he is. Play him too close, and he will embarrass you off the dribble. There’s simply no good way to defend him, and the problem compounds itself when he runs a pick-and-roll with Draymond Green, one of the best screeners in the game and quite possibly the best passing big man, as well.
Teams with quicker bigs often have to resort to switching those pick-and-rolls so that Curry doesn’t have time to launch while his defender fights through some of the toughest picks in the game. Of course, that leads to a classic “out of the frying pan, into the fire” moment, as the switch then results in a big having to guard this guy. Just look at poor Ed Davis, who’s an impressively quick lateral mover for his size — Steph eats him for a light snack, putting him on his heels with a crossover before nailing a three.
To describe how that feels to the Inside the NBA crew, Steph borrowed a Shaq-ism.
“Barbecue chicken” is right. The Warriors have made it into the Conference Finals appearance that seemed to be their birthright this season, and whether they face the Warriors or the Spurs, Curry will likely see a big, tall shot blocker in his face once or twice — and whoever it is won’t stand a chance.
