On April 13, Beijing time, the Golden State Warriors were reversed by the New Orleans Pelicans 109-114, the Warriors once led by 11 points in the first quarter, and were suppressed by the Pelicans in the second quarter.
I don't think so, if it weren't for Curry's outburst at the last minute, the Pelicans would have won by more than 5 points, and the Warriors wouldn't have even had a chance to tie.
4:23 before the end of the game, Zion's breakthrough helped the Pelicans pull away to 9 points, Curry then stepped up and hit a three-pointer in 4:10, a layup in 2:58, a three-point shot in 2:34, a layup in 1:58, a three-point shot in 56 seconds, and Curry scored 13 points in just 194 seconds, which made the Warriors narrow to only 3 points on a 13-7 run.
Curry played 7 minutes in the entire final quarter, 6-of-8, 4-of-6 three-pointers, scored 16 points and 2 rebounds, and his true shooting rate was 100%, and he really did his best.
Curry played 32 minutes, 12-of-23, 7-of-13 three-pointers, 2-of-2 free throws, 33 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 7 turnovers, shooting 52.2% from the field and 53.8% from three-point range.
This season, Curry scored 189 points in 140 minutes at critical moments, ranked first in the league, 59 athletic battles + 32 three-pointers + 39 free throws + 70% true shooting rate + 4% effective shooting rate, he is already the key king of the 2023-2024 season. How can this be blamed.
Curry only ranks 53rd in the league in playing time in key moments, but his scoring, three-point shooting, and 10-second comeback/kill shot are all the league's first, which means he doesn't have enough time to play in critical moments.
Curry is averaging 32.7 points per game this season (45th in the league) and ranks 95th in the league in 7.6 minutes per game in the final quarter, and it's clear that Kerr has been too conservative in his use of him, averaging 3.3 minutes per game in crunch time (124th in the league if you don't count total minutes).
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream