On February 1, Beijing time, the NBA regular season, the Rockets played at home against the Warriors. Today's Fire Warriors are a lot less interesting than a few years ago, and the Warriors are back to the top, but the Rockets have entered the rebuilding process. But in this game, the Warriors did not win very easily, forcing out the full strength of Curry to win. In the end, the Warriors beat the Rockets 122-108 to complete three kills this season and win six straight.
For the Rockets, this old opponent, Curry is still very familiar, in the previous confrontation, Curry hit the first whistle of his career and successfully won the victory. This time, Curry ushered in a big explosion, shooting 13 of 23 from the field, 7 of 14 from three-point range, and cutting a comprehensive statistic of 40 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists. Under curry's outbreak, it also made the Rockets 7 people score double without success, although the score difference was narrowed several times in the last quarter, but Curry's performance was too crazy, directly making the fans of the Toyota Center shout MVP for it. It was also Curry's 6th 40+ of the season, tying embiid and tying for first place in the league.
After the third quarter of the game, the Rockets trailed by 9 points, the game still had suspense, but in the last quarter Curry to find the feel, 7 of 10 shots in the single quarter, 4 of 7 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, 21 points were scored, such a hot state also made the Rockets lose the opportunity to fight back in the end. The final quarter scored 21 points, a new scoring high in the fourth quarter of Curry's career regular season, after a previous 20 points.
In addition, this is also the 37th time in Curry's career to shoot 20+ in a single quarter, officially surpassing Bryant and coming to the first place in NBA history. Such a Curry also completely convinced rocket fans, and it was understandable that he did not beat him in the first place. In the final moments of the game, Curry walked up to the free throw line, only to see a loud "MVP" shout erupted in the Rocket Toyota Center. After a long absence of the away MVP call, Curry finally found his own touch.
After the game, the Rockets players, Wood and Porter Jr., also praised Curry, saying: "Overall, I think we caused a lot of trouble for Curry, but he's an amazing player. Little Potter, who also spewed trash with Curry during the game, also said bluntly after the game: "Competing with the best players is to show your best skills!" But Curry is Curry. ”