Curry may deserve the highest performance of the season, on the one hand, his team is in second place in the league with a record of 25 wins and 6 losses, far higher than expected before the season. On the other hand, his personal performance was explosive enough that, in addition to being second in the scoring list, he also surpassed Ray Allen in the all-time three-point list to become a veritable king of three points.
When Curry is mentioned, almost everyone thinks of three-pointers, and some veteran fans think of his possession and dexterity, but even Curry's hardcore fans seem to have a hard time thinking about his defense.
Because in the 5-year triple crown period, the Warriors have Green, a brother, Thompson including Durant and other defensive masters, so Curry's role in the defensive end is not prominent, and even because it is the weakest defensive ability on the court, it has been named by the opponent, so that the outside world has always one-sidedly believed that Curry's defensive ability is poor.
But this season, Curry not only continues to explode the performance on the offensive end, but also the performance on the defensive end is also eye-catching, often seeing him sticking to the opponent's ball carrier in the game, making the opponent's dribbling rhythm chaotic, and he can't stand up to the situation, even if he is facing Harden, Booker, and even from time to time, he can cover the opponent's shot.
Warriors reporter Marcus Thompson made a statistic that the league has a total of 187 players defending opponents with at least 200 shots, of which Curry ranks fourth, under his defense, the opponent's shooting rate will be reduced by 7.3%, higher than Gobert's 7.2%, which looks a little incredible. At the top of the list is the 76ers' Sable, who can reduce his opponent's shooting percentage by 8.6 percent, worthy of the man who blocked Curry's three-pointer twice in a single game.
In fact, Curry in the early years on the defensive end mostly suffered from the loss of stature, but in recent years, with the science and hard training, Curry's body has been much stronger, and the flexibility has not decreased, with his excellent ball quotient and prejudgment reaction ability, his defensive skills are also improving year by year, and it is no longer the loophole that can be targeted at will.
When seeing that Curry's defensive skills have been significantly improved, many fan netizens have also said: Is this to impact the rhythm of the double one? Not surprisingly, there will be Curry's place in the best team, and if it can really enter the best defensive team, then Curry's historical status will be on a new level.