Since entering December, the Warriors' attention should be only one thing, when Curry will break Ray Allen's all-time three-point record. But if you focus on only one thing, you will inevitably overcorrect.
Since losing to the Spurs on December 5, the Warriors seem to have changed into a team, with poor offensive play and declining defensive efficiency. And in that game, Curry's three-point shots were 5 of 17, although the rhetoric was natural, but everyone could see that Curry still wanted to do as early as possible.
The home game against the Trail Blazers was the last game before the Warriors began their consecutive road trip, and Curry was 16 three-pointers away from breaking the record, so there was a crazy idea of "shooting 16 three-pointers at home to break two records in a row."
Curry said: "In retrospect, I wanted to change that crazy mentality, 'shoot 16 three-pointers at home and break the record,' and I think that thought it caused some extra anxiety — but I wouldn't call it nervousness. ”
So this kind of record anxiety still exists, as long as it is not broken for a day, this anxiety will exist in the heart. Against the Blazers Curry made another 17 three-point shots, only 6 hits, fortunately the Warriors won.
But they weren't so lucky in the next game, against the 76ers against the Curry brothers. Previously, the older brother had to face his younger brother to shoot more than five three-pointers per game, but curry shot 6-of-20 and 3-of-14 three-pointers that day, and the Warriors ushered in their fifth game of the season.
Before the game, the Emperor said to Sable: "We must not let this happen on our home field. So Sable chased Curry all over the pitch and covered two Curry's three-pointers, the first time in history that someone had covered Curry with two three-point shots in a single game.
With at least 20 shots, Curry accounted for four of the worst 10 shooting games of his career this season, and even three since December, the Warriors have lost three times.
In the six games before today, Curry averaged 22.2 points per game, shooting as low as 33.1% and shooting 34.9% from three-point range, which was a significant decline from the fiery state at the beginning of the season.
I believe no team wants to be curry the backdrop for the first three-pointer in history, especially at home. So today in Indiana, the Pacers were still desperate to chase Curry before the whole team, breaking through random, and it was impossible to easily shoot three points.
Although the Warriors won by 2 points, but most of the time they were behind, Curry played hard today can hardly be said to be excellent, 2 passes to the court in the first half, 1 dribble directly hit his foot.
But Curry still grabbed the gap that the Pacers didn't chase out and threw five three-pointers, just one three-pointer away from equalizing Ray Allen's 2973 three-pointer, and will tie and break this damn record tomorrow anyway.
No one thinks of a background board, but someone will always be a background board, so this background board still has to be the basketball mecca "Madison Garden". The Warriors had been calculating this matter for a few games, and now they had finally achieved their wish.
Why does Curry want Madison Gardens to break records? Because this has a special meaning for Curry. Before the draft, the Knicks were very eager to take down Curry, and the Curry family also wanted to play in New York, but they cut the Warriors halfway.
On February 28, 2013, Curry's game at Madison Gardens will surely be one of the top ten games of Curry's career in the future. Curry scored 11 three-pointers in that game and scored 54 points, and 54 points were Curry's career record for a long time.
It was Curry's real battle of fame, he had been plagued by an ankle injury before, and after Madison's battle, Curry jumped into the dragon and began to embark on the path of the three-point king of history.
So tomorrow at Madison Gardens, Knicks, it's up to you! Since you can't hide, enjoy it.