The NBA floods us with stats each evening, and some are perfectly useless, but others are more than funny. Like the performances achieved on February 27 by Stephen Curry.
Three occasions, in his career, the “Splash Brother” scored 45 points and more on February 27, and he is only the 3rd player in history to exceed this brand three times one day. The other two are called Elgin Baylor (February 25) and Wilt Chamberlain, and the latter is in another dimension since he made three matches at 45 points and more during 16 different days!
The anecdote aside, Stephen Curry signed last night in Orlando, one of his greatest career performances with 56 points at 12 out of 19 to 3-points. It is his 26th match with 10 awarded and more baskets.
“I think the fans present this evening, even those of the Magic, know that they were in the presence of the best shooter of all time and one of the greatest players of all time”,, reacted Steve Kerr. “It's not just the shots that come in, there is also the fluidity, the beauty of its movements, its audacity, the shots that it is ready to take. He's an incredible player and he gave a hell of a show tonight ”.
Jimmy Butler's unusual stat
A show that took shape at the end of the first half with a basket from his camp so that the Warriors returned to the locker room with “only” 14 points behind (66-52). The rest? The “curry show” with 22 points alone in the 3rd quarter. It is one more than all the players of the Magic gathered (21 points).
“I felt good all night, and I tried to keep juice in attack and stick to the game plan in defense”explains Stephen Curry. “Once I started to see the 3-point shots go into transition, in all the places on the ground, I knew that I was going to have a good evening. »»
An evening that ends with a 5th victory immediately, and for lovers of “useless” stats, know that this is the first time that Jimmy Butler has been on the field when a teammate scored 50 points and more!
“Once, Derrick Rose had scored 50 points when we were in Minnesota, but I had not played” remembered the lucky charm of the Warriors. “But in a way, it was rather expected …”
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