On April 28, Beijing time, Curry finally ushered in his first start game in the first round of G5, aiming to lead the Warriors to end the series at home. Curry ushered in a number of playoff milestones in this game, one of which curry surpassed Dr. J.'s 3088 points in his playoff career to 24th in the NBA's all-time playoff scoring list, ranking 4th in the active season after James, Durant and Harden; curry surpassed Paul and Leonard in playoff goals; and his third Curry also became the fifth player in the playoffs to achieve 400 turnovers in the playoffs.
Curry took consecutive breaks due to injury at the end of the regular season until the playoffs ushered in a comeback. In order to protect Curry, Warriors coach Kerr arranged for Curry to play as a substitute in the first 4 playoff games, but gradually increased Curry's playing time, and the last game allowed Curry to play 37 minutes, which was basically the same as Curry's playing time when he started.
As the sixth man, Curry finally made his debut in the first round of G5, his partners Poole, Tang Shen, Wiggins and Dream Green, the Warriors are finally sent to the new "Death Five" to start the game. Curry hit two three-pointers in the opening stages of the first quarter, leading the team to a seven-point advantage at one point, and chasing a gap of 2 points in a row of back-to-back shots from the Nuggets to continue to break through the layup.
As the Nuggets continued to stubbornly chase points, especially at one point in the second quarter, Curry only hit one goal in the second quarter, and the scoring efficiency declined. However, with the Warriors being suppressed by the Nuggets in the second half, Curry stepped up in the second half to continue scoring, and he has scored at least 13 points in this game, so that the total playoff score has reached 3078 points before the game, which is only 10 points away from the legendary J.J. Dr. Julius Irving's 3088 points, so this game has surpassed Dr. J to rise to the 24th place in the NBA's all-time playoff history score list, the previous being 3-time championship Hall of Famer Dennis Johnson 3116 points.
As for the active players, Curry ranks fourth in the playoff total, behind James with 7631 points, Durant with 4559 points and Harden with 3283 points.
In addition, Curry's playoff athletic goals surpassed the Suns' core Paul with 1,018 goals and Leonard's 1,019 goals to rise to the 30th place in NBA playoff history.
Curry reached at least 400 turnovers in the playoffs, becoming the 22nd man in playoff history, the previous being Big Dream Olajuwon's 424 turnovers. As for active players, Curry ranks fifth in the number of playoff turnovers, behind Westbrook with 441 turnovers, Harden with 488 turnovers, Durant with 501 turnovers and James with 975 turnovers.
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