Fiery Curry drops 49 as Warriors stun Sixers
Fiery Curry drops 49 as Warriors stun Sixers
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Steph Curry extended his scoring streak with an electrifying 49point display as the Golden State Warriors upset the Philadelphia 76ers, 107-96, on Monday.
Curry, who scored 47 points in a defeat to Boston on Saturday, bagged his 11th straight game with 30 points or more to give the Warriors a crucial victory in their fight for a playoff berth.
It was another spellbinding performance from the Warriors talisman, who is fast becoming the frontrunner for this season’s NBA Most Valuable Player award with an average of 31.4 points per game.
Curry’s 49 points included 10 three-pointers five of them coming during a 20-point blast of scoring in the final quarter.
It marked the 21st time in the Golden State star’s career that he has bagged 10 or more threepointers in a single game.
The next highest ranked player on the list is teammate Klay Thompson, who has five games with 10 three-pointers.
Curry’s latest masterpiece le Golden State coach Steve Kerr struggling to find adequate superlatives.
“I don’t know what else to say,” Kerr said of Curry. “When you guys ask me a er every game what I think of Steph and his performance, well, whatever I said a er the last game -- just use that.
“Because it’s the same thing a er every game -- utter amazement at this guy’s skill level, heart, mind and focus. Just amazing to watch.”
Kerr described Curry’s record of three-point scoring as “mind-boggling stuff” that put the 33-year-old in a league of his own in NBA history as far as shooting was concerned.
“Kobe Bryant earlier in his career had a stretch, and obviously Michael Jordan had some stretches where he scored like crazy,” Kerr said.
“But nobody’s ever shot the ball like this in the history of the game. And even by Steph’s own lo y standards, this is above and beyond.”
The win saw the Warriors improve to 29-29 as they chase a playoff place from the Western Conference.
The Eastern Conferenceleading Sixers, meanwhile, slipped to 39-18 as their fourgame winning streak came to an abrupt halt.
Elsewhere Monday, Devin Booker’s free throw with 0.3 seconds of overtime remaining helped the Phoenix Suns squeeze a 128-127 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks at the Fiserv Forum.