On May 10, Beijing time, the Warriors defeated the Grizzlies in the G4 of the Western Conference Semifinals with a 101-98 reversal, and after winning the opponent again, the big score has led 3-1, and is only one step away from advancing to the Western Conference Finals again. Stephen Curry, who had a bad hand in the first three quarters, took over the game in the final quarter was the key to the Warriors' victory over the Grizzlies, and Curry also officially completed the surpassing of "Basketball Emperor" Wilt Chamberlain in this game, creating a number of milestones.
Although the Warriors' opponents in this game, the Grizzlies, do not have leader Morant, but this Grizzlies are still not to be underestimated, after all, the Grizzlies have achieved an excellent record of 20 wins and 5 losses without Morant in the regular season this season. Although the Warriors defeated the Grizzlies 142-112 in G3, the Grizzlies still made the Warriors suffer a lot in G4, with the Warriors shooting only 40% of the shots and 24.3% of the three-point shooting rate in the whole game, of which the Warriors only had a 33.3% shooting rate in the first half and only hit 2 of the 20 three-point shots. However, it was in this unfavorable situation that the Warriors still reversed the game.
Curry's timely awakening in the fourth quarter was the key to the Warriors' reversal victory. Curry hit four of his seven shots in the fourth quarter, including 2 of 4 three-pointers, and 8 of nine more free throws than the Grizzlies in a single quarter, including a winning free throw, with 18 points in a single quarter. In this way, Curry still has 32 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists in this game, and is the only player in the game to score more than 21 points.
This is the 95th playoff game of Curry's NBA career with a single 20+ points, and in this data NBA history ranking, Curry officially completed the surpassing of Chamberlain and ranked 16th. Among the NBA active players, only LeBron James and Kevin Durant have scored 20+ games in a single game in the playoffs than Curry.
This is also curry's 44th playoff game in the NBA career to get 25+ points, 5 rebounds and 5 + assists, in this data in the NBA history list Curry officially completed the russell Westbrook surpass and exclusively occupy the fifth place, in the NBA active players only LeBron James this data more than Curry.
This is also the 45th playoff game of Curry's NBA career to score 30+ points per game, and he has again tied James Harden with 12th place in the NBA's all-time playoff 30+ games list, and only LeBron James and Kevin Durant have scored 30+ in a single game in the playoffs than Curry.
Curry has won the regular season MVP unanimously, has 3 championship rings, but he has not yet won the finals MVP, many people question Curry's key game performance is not good, but in the G4 such a "high-end round" Curry took over the game at a critical moment, which can also be regarded as a justification for himself. Do you think Curry will be able to fulfill his FMVP dream this season?