Not impossible that this one does not remain in the annals. Last night, Stephen Curry isolated himself in the defeat of his people on the Clippers floor: 50 points from the Chief at 20/28 in shooting, his partners gave him back in their own way (that is to say not at all ). The impression of a lion among suckling pigs. Shouldn’t have said it twice to Kawhi and Paulo.
The pretty homemade boxscore is HERE!
We haven’t done so embarrassingly since Devin Booker’s 70 points in Boston.
How, by simply reading the game sheet of this Warriors – Clippers, not to spread the idea of a Stephen Curry abandoned in his quest for better? On his own, the nine-time All-Star challenges – and crushes – all his statistical opponents of the night: 50 points at 20/28 shooting including 8/14 from 3-pointers, only 4 free throws attempted, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 2 loose balls. Her plus/minus of -11 unfortunately copied those of his teammates. Depressing performance of the Chef’s entourage. A Klay Thompson too erased at 15 points at 6/16 shooting. Draymond Green guilty of his sixteenth technical foul of the season – synonymous with suspension for the next game. Donte DiVincenzo at 2/7 from the parking lot, Kevon Looney too “square hands” under the circle, Jordan Poole correct but not transcendent. Nothing substantial enough to prevent a fourth straight win for the Clippers.
Hey, it’s the Warriors though. Last night – as too often since the start of this 2022-23 financial year – Stephen Curry looked like a franchise player of a bottom team. We watch him write the story but we forget to hold the inkwell. Result, Kawhi Leonard (30 points at 11/19 shooting), Paul George (24 points), Russell Westbrook (15/9/7) and Ivica Zubac (19 points and 16 rebounds) burst the five major of the Warriors, by the sheer force of a collective. Premature curtain pull on a night that should have been one we remember many years later. Instead, Golden State misses the three-game winning streak and “falls” to the 6th place West. The most worrying thing is not the accounting plan: 29 days before the Playoffs, the mentality displayed by the Warriors is that of a team that exited in the first round. When a historic Stephen Curry match no longer guarantees victory, it doesn’t matter.
Victory without trembling for the Clippers who perfectly resisted the solitary assaults of Stéphane Courrie. To console – quickly – Warriors fans, Stephen Curry is the only player in history to have slammed seven games to at least 50 points « since turning 30 ». Since he was thirty years old, for the enemies of Shakespeare.
