Beijing time on May 3 news, Stephen Curry's defense has always been underestimated, but to what extent, it is estimated that no one can say clearly.
The data shows that so far in the playoffs, the opposing players have been defended by Curry, a total of 55 shots are only 20, and the shooting rate is only 36%. In terms of horizontal comparison, there are only two players in the league who can limit the opponent's shooting rate in this group of defenders, one is Curry, and the other is the Milwaukee Bucks' Judah Holliday.
And yesterday's game the Warriors were able to win, and they relied on defense, or Curry's defense. After Thompson scored that counter-attacking three-pointer, it was Curry who faced morant's block and withstood the Grizzlies' counterattack.
The defensive data after the game showed that Curry's entire defensive time was 15 minutes and 22 seconds, the second highest on the team, during which the Grizzlies faced his defense with 4 of 13 shots, shooting 30.8% (the team limited the opponent's shooting rate the second lowest), and also caused the opponent to send 1 block with 1 mistake. Curry shot 0-of-2 when defending Morant (during Morant's defense of Curry, Curry scored 7 points and shot 60 percent from the field), while Defending Bane, who was 10 years younger than him, shot 2-of-5.
Interestingly, in yesterday's game, Morant provoked Curry, "You can't stop me." Curry just nodded, and it wasn't long before Curry doused the Grizzlies with a cap at the end of the game, and Curry blocked Morant, and after the cap, Curry shouted to try to get everyone to hear, "I got him."