The king of one-quarter explosions, Stephen Curry was self-motivated
At half time of the match against Spurs, Stephen Curry was 15 points on 6/12 shooting, but just 1/6 on 3-pointers. So during halftime, as his teammates headed back to the locker room, “The Boss” stayed courtside at the Frost Bank Center, talking to himself to get back into the game…
“As a shooter, every time you run out of shots, it kind of messes with you., he explained after the match. “That’s the worst missed shot ever, and I missed three or four of those, so I was just trying to talk to myself, motivate myself a little bit, get my head straight. Sometimes it’s better to feel that way in the gym than in the locker room, because you know you have to get back here and get back to work.”
When he made his first 3-pointer of the second half, Stephen Curry raised his hands to the sky, as if he had just broken the vicious circle in which he was trapped.
Tied with Jamal Murray in the playoffs
The result: another explosion in the third quarter for the leader of Golden State, who finished the period with 22 points on 5/7 shooting, including 3/5 on 3-pointers, in addition to 9 free throws. This is his 43rd regular season game with a quarter with more than 20 points, which is the record since we have this statistic, the 1996/97 season.
We are in second place on the ranking list Kobe Bryant (36), Doc James Harden (31), Devin Booker (28), Damian Lillard (28), LeBron James (26) et Luka Dončić (25) follow.
With five such quarters in the playoffs, Stephen Curry is also the leader for this type of performance in the postseason since 1996-97, but is tied with Jamal Murraywho therefore has almost as many quarters with 20 or more points in the regular season (6) as in the playoffs…
2025-11-13 10:28:00
