On January 24, Beijing time, the Golden State Warriors defeated the Utah Jazz 94-92 to win the second straight. The Warriors also won a thrilling game, and were almost overturned by the Jazz in the final quarter. The last two games the Warriors have won close, the last game was Curry's 2-point shootout of the Rockets, and this game was Bojan missing the key ball before the Warriors were able to pass the 2-pointer.
Stephen Curry's performance made many fans bombard, the whole game 35 minutes, 20 of 5, three-point 13 of 1, 2 of 2 free throws, 13 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds and 1 turnover, shooting 28.6%, three-point shooting rate of 7.7%, Curry once again played a game with extremely low efficiency, if the Warriors lose Curry must be the sinner of losing.
After this game, Curry averaged 25.8 points per game, shooting 41.5% from the field and 37.5% from three-point range, both of which are career-lows, except for the season in which Curry played five injuries in the 19-20 season, when Curry did not shoot 40% of the three-point range and did not shoot 45%.
Russell Westbrook has shot 43.7 percent from the field this season while Curry has only 41.5 percent. After this campaign, Curry once again swallowed the humiliating record: 1 of 13 three-pointers, a new season low of 7.7% from three-point range; 4 of 26 three-pointers in two games, shooting 15.3% from three-point range, the lowest three-point shooting rate in Curry's career.
According to statistics, Curry has five of the six games with the lowest shooting rate of 20+ shots in a single game in his career this season, and 1 of 13 three-pointers is the first time of his career. Curry, what the hell is going on with that?
But the Warriors felt curry was playing well, with only six turnovers in the last four games with 34 assists, and he did Draymond Green's work together, and the last four games had a good record of 3 wins and 1 loss. Curry is leading the team to win in a different way.
Warriors head coach Kerr thinks: Curry is in great physical condition, he played his best performance outside of shooting, he looks like no problem, I don't think Curry is in a hurry. Curry has taken on the role of point guard in the last few games, he's done a great job of protecting the ball, he's good defensively, I don't know how many assists and how many turnovers he's made but I think it's pretty good.
I think it's unrealistic that everyone expects Curry to be hot all season, it seems that everyone has been treating him as a human being for too long, he is also a human, and I believe that his feel will come back.
Text/Yan Xiaobai