The Warriors traveled today to challenge the Pacers on the road, and they narrowly beat the Pacers by two points. The score of the whole game was fixed at 102:100, although the Pacers targeted Curry, but Curry still shot 5 three-pointers, the whole game had 26 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists. Curry failed to break Ray Allen's record at home today for the Pacers. But Curry helped the team win through his last-minute personal ability to avoid a losing streak.
The Pacers' defense was strictly successful in this game, forcing Curry to shoot just five-of-15 from beyond the three-point line. They've done a great job of defending to this extent, and the reason the Pacers were able to play the Warriors to the final moments today was in large part because they scored so many more points on the free throw line. The Warriors made just 14 free throws as a team today, while the Pacers made 31 free throws. The two are in stark contrast in terms of the number of free throws. Today, the referee is still controversial in blowing penalties.
It was clear that Curry didn't want the team to suffer a losing streak. So today, when there was more than a minute left in the end, Curry gave up playing without the ball, but chose to attack with the ball himself, and the other three Warriors silently pulled away. The Warriors trailed the Pacers by five points with more than a minute left in the game. Curry scored five consecutive points in the next round to help the team tie the score. He first blocked and shot a three-pointer at forty-five degrees on the right side, and then chose to break through to the inside to score two points after facing a square pinch. The Warriors narrowly defeated the Pacers on the road by defending tenaciously on the road after equalizing the scoreline.
Many fans have been questioning Curry's lack of offensive ability, which is actually their biggest misunderstanding of Curry. Curry is not without strong offensive ability, but in the Warriors' system, Cole let Curry play more without the ball, and wants to use Curry's restraint to create opportunities for the whole team to achieve the Warriors' system. So after Kerr coached the Warriors, Curry had a lot less personal offensive style of play.
Back in the Time of Mark Jackson, Curry was mostly ball-carrying. Perhaps the more senior Warriors fans should remember the scene of the game. Curry has a lot of balls are single block after the direct shot, 13 years of semi-finals to play the Spurs game you may wish to review, Curry against the Spurs personally cut 44 points, that game is Curry's most representative game of Curry ball, Curry's ball and no ball ability are very strong. And he also has a very strong ability to key balls, which today is a strong proof.