Currys insane 4th quarter takeover deserves a thread

[ArbitraryWater]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNZhwEPi6u8

[tontoz]

Yeah 16 pts in the last 7 minutes from "Mr Unclutch".

He did something similar against OKC recently, 20 pts in the last 5 minutes of regulation + OT. He hit a 3 with 19 seconds left in regulation to put them up 3 but Green blew it by fouling a 3 pt shooter. :facepalm

[ArbitraryWater]

Yeah 16 pts in the last 7 minutes from "Mr Unclutch".

He did something similar against OKC recently, 20 pts in the last 5 minutes of regulation + OT. He hit a 3 with 19 seconds left in regulation to put them up 3 but Green blew it by fouling a 3 pt shooter. :facepalm


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skyvHY6346A


Not quite the same but damn, OKC has been sneaking out lucky wins.

[Axe]

Yeah 16 pts in the last 7 minutes from "Mr Unclutch".

He did something similar against OKC recently, 20 pts in the last 5 minutes of regulation + OT. He hit a 3 with 19 seconds left in regulation to put them up 3 but Green blew it by fouling a 3 pt shooter. :facepalm
Yes uncle, we know it's such an impressive performance for his age.

[tontoz]

Yes uncle, we know it's such an impressive performance for his age.

They were impressive performaces for anyone.

[tontoz]

20 pts in 4th + OT including the daggar.


https://youtu.be/7WEZpsUfa2s?si=UkHsO-oe9IjxFV5m

[ArbitraryWater]

I was about to say....


Curry did it again!!!




****ing player

[ArbitraryWater]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVOOyjbqnlQ

[Keno]

curry known to shine and perform well in clutch time in regular season, different story in playoffs tho

[Stephonit]

curry known to shine and perform well in clutch time in regular season, different story in playoffs tho

OT scoring record.
Multiple comebacks in elimination games.
Scored 30+ in second half after scoring zero in the first to eliminate rival.
Toyed with conference finalist by allowing them a 17-point lead in last three games of a sweep.
Did the above despite losing the best teammate he's played with to injury.

[ArbitraryWater]

OT scoring record.
Multiple comebacks in elimination games.
Scored 30+ in second half after scoring zero in the first to eliminate rival.
Toyed with conference finalist by allowing them a 17-point lead in last three games of a sweep.
Did the above despite losing the best teammate he's played with to injury.

these arent exacty noteworthy to be fair

The scoring record could be nice but it was kind of a blowout OT

[Stephonit]

these arent exacty noteworthy to be fair

The scoring record could be nice but it was kind of a blowout OT

Of course they are noteworthy. Why would they not be? When have we seen them done before? They only look like blowouts because when Curry explodes he puts games away decisively while lesser players strain to keep the advantage.

[ArbitraryWater]

Of course they are noteworthy. Why would they not be? When have we seen them done before? They only look like blowouts because when Curry explodes he puts games away decisively while lesser players strain to keep the advantage.

Scoring 30+ in a 2nd half is still just 33 in the game.

Having them in one half doesnt make it more. The 0 point first half or whatever counts as well.

So thats just a 33 points 9/20 shooting game.

Toyed with the conference finalist by allowing them a 17 point lead the last 3 games and won all games? The **** are you even talking about? Thats not an individual achievement nor does it say anything about his play. Curry had some nice games but thats it. In the last 4 minutes of game 4 he went 0/3 and a TO and in OT he went 0/2, scoreless again.

[tontoz]

Scoring 30+ in a 2nd half is still just 33 in the game.

Having them in one half doesnt make it more. The 0 point first half or whatever counts as well.

So thats just a 33 points 9/20 shooting game.




The word irony comes to mind :oldlol:

[ArbitraryWater]

The word irony comes to mind :oldlol:

Its definitely better than vice versa, would you agree? ;)

[tontoz]

Its definitely better than vice versa, would you agree? ;)


Sure. Some guys are scared to take shots with the game on the line.

[ArbitraryWater]

Sure. Some guys are scared to take shots with the game on the line.


Exactly, points are harder to come by in the 4th quarter.

Thats where the surplus comes in + limited time.

[Axe]

curry known to shine and perform well in clutch time in regular season, different story in playoffs tho
Well, he can't be effective that much when he's struggling once opposing players start to double team him during the postseason.

[warriorfan]

Well, he can't be effective that much when he's struggling once opposing players start to double team him during the postseason.

that’s where he’s most effective since he is a master at getting the ball out when the trap is coming and then the ball makes another pass to a wide open shooter

this has been going on for close to 10 years now but you obviously never watch any of the games

[Axe]

Yep, his impact you mean. And he has useful teammates to help him in that kind of adversity. That's one part in how his team became to be stacked.

Thank you for reminding us.

[3ba11]

possibly the goat like shaq said, but i have him #4

[warriorfan]

Yep, his impact you mean. And he has useful teammates to help him in that kind of adversity. That's one part in how his team became to be stacked.

Thank you for reminding us.

Tbh it doesn’t require a very useful teammate when Steph is drawing 2 defenders close to 30 feet away from the basket.

I’ll make it simple for you. If there are 2 defenders on Curry from behind the 3 point line, that leaves 3 defenders left, to cover 4 players. so if you are still following, there will be a player as wide open as you can be in an nba game. so after curry gets the ball out from the trap, the teammate who receives the ball simply needs to make a pass to the wide open player and they can either get an open gym jumper or a free layup.

[Axe]

Yes, it's widely known that other guys who are free or open have the best chances to hit their own shots since at least for some moments, nobody rt would obstruct them at all. And the strategy to rip or jam opposing defenses isn't an exclusive thing that started with him. He just became so prominent on it because of what he usually does when left alone.

[warriorfan]

Yes, we know that other guys who are free or open have the best chances to hit their own shots since nobody rt would obstruct them at all. And the strategy to rip or jam opposing defenses isn't an exclusive thing that started with him. He just became prominent on it because of what he usually does when left alone.

curry took it to another level

i mean an nba team rolled out a box and 1 defense on him lol

[Axe]

Sure but let's not forget that he has other teammates who at times used to be deadly outside the arc as well which also made things easier for him if he can't get things done through by himself.

[ArbitraryWater]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2utVA3AlDk



for completion sake

[Full Court]

Yes, it's widely known that other guys who are free or open have the best chances to hit their own shots since at least for some moments, nobody rt would obstruct them at all. And the strategy to rip or jam opposing defenses isn't an exclusive thing that started with him. He just became so prominent on it because of what he usually does when left alone.

How can one person make so many idiotic posts???

:biggums:

Serious question. Do you swim in raw sewage, or is that your natural body odor?

[Axe]

Redneck jizzrag really just can't stop following me anymore lololol. Truly a homosexual mongoloid. :oldlol:

[Full Court]

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[Axe]

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:roll:

[Full Court]

To what shall we compare

The smell of Axe?

How shall we describe his odor?

It's hard to find

Just a single word

For he smells exactly like

A hot, steaming turd



:yaohappy:

[Axe]

A flaming homosexual who suddenly became obsessed with smelling after creating his garbage Jimmy Rustler dup. What a foolish sore loser lol.

[Full Court]

When you smell a putrid odor

And your nose begins to twitch

The reason is 'cause dopey Axe

Is such a stinky bitch


:roll:

[Axe]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRHQg2pZX8-qF-n4hfPbi1njQGUFde8XrBxRg&usqp=CAU

[hold this L]

20 pts in 4th + OT including the daggar.


https://youtu.be/7WEZpsUfa2s?si=UkHsO-oe9IjxFV5m

This was the most fun by far. Brown did the too small celebration way too early.

[Taurus]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GBkVS77W0AA2C1u?format=jpg&name=large

[Taurus]

Curry and our bench are the only reason our season is still afloat.

Klay seems like he remembered how to play basketball recently and Wiggins is proving Jimmy Butler right.

And can't forget about Draymond trying his best to take the season off.

[tpols]

curry known to shine and perform well in clutch time in regular season, different story in playoffs tho

Curry literally buried the Celtics in the same way against allodds on the road in the Finals.


https://youtu.be/W4TeGGZlJ60?si=w1fWSgsO03S4L0Pm

And has 4 rings with superstar production in the playoffs.

Some of yall don't live in reality.

[tpols]

Yep, his impact you mean. And he has useful teammates to help him in that kind of adversity. That's one part in how his team became to be stacked.

Thank you for reminding us.

Curry won 2 rings with klay and dray shitting the bed in The Finals.

He won with Wiggins and older iggy as his 2nd options.

MJ is probably the only player in league history that would win with that. Maybe peak Hakeem and Shaq and that's it.

[ArbitraryWater]

Curry literally buried the Celtics in the same way against allodds on the road in the Finals.


https://youtu.be/W4TeGGZlJ60?si=w1fWSgsO03S4L0Pm

And has 4 rings with superstar production in the playoffs.

Some of yall don't live in reality.


Curry hit some big shots up 1 and up 3, but in general ran the score up once they led.

Once more, the biggest shot was hit by Thompson, down 2 to give them the lead with 4+ minutes left.

[ArbitraryWater]

Curry won 2 rings with klay and dray shitting the bed in The Finals.

He won with Wiggins and older iggy as his 2nd options.

MJ is probably the only player in league history that would win with that. Maybe peak Hakeem and Shaq and that's it.


How many players in history had 3 teammates averaging 17+ ppg and a handful of elite defenders?


Almost every single top 20-25 player in their prime would win the title with Klay/Wiggins/Poole/Dray/GP when the biggest competition is Doncic/Hardaway and Tatum/Brown/Horford.

How you fail to see this is uncanny.

[warriorfan]

How many players in history had 3 teammates averaging 17+ ppg and a handful of elite defenders?


Almost every single top 20-25 player in their prime would win the title with Klay/Wiggins/Poole/Dray/GP when the biggest competition is Doncic/Hardaway and Tatum/Brown/Horford.

How you fail to see this is uncanny.

lmao

you are a ****ing dork

[tpols]

How many players in history had 3 teammates averaging 17+ ppg and a handful of elite defenders?


Almost every single top 20-25 player in their prime would win the title with Klay/Wiggins/Poole/Dray/GP when the biggest competition is Doncic/Hardaway and Tatum/Brown/Horford.

How you fail to see this is uncanny.

In the 2022 Finals against a loaded Celtics team Klay averaged 17 ppg on 35% shooting. Dray averaged 6 ppg on 33% shooting.

Straight trash.

Jordan Poole?

:roll:

You just played yourself. Most stars lose with that help to a stacked Boston team. Warriors were on the ropes in Game 4 on the road and Curry went nuts and saved them. Bottom line that's what happened.

[ArbitraryWater]

In the 2022 Finals against a loaded Celtics team Klay averaged 17 ppg on 35% shooting. Dray averaged 6 ppg on 33% shooting.

Straight trash.

Jordan Poole?

:roll:

You just played yourself. Most stars lose with that help to a stacked Boston team. Warriors were on the ropes in Game 4 on the road and Curry went nuts and saved them. Bottom line that's what happened.


I didnt play myself at all.

You played yourself by putting a name and a smiley as rebuttal, like the current stock has anything to do with what 2022 Poole offered.

Yeah, that did happen, but you further asserted that MJ might be the only other player in NBA history to win with the 2022 Warriors.


That is insane stupidity that I wont let go unchecked.


Curry had 3 other 17+ ppg scorers, in the regular season and the playoffs. + swiss knife Draymond Green. + elite perimeter defense with GP and other great role players.

Here is how many other championship teams had 4 17+ ppg scorers since the 60s ended:



0




The 1985 Lakers had 4 in the post-season and the 1987 Lakers had 4 in the reguar season.


Almost none even have 3.


Eat on that with your "Curry had weak help" argument. :oldlol:

[3ba11]

I didnt play myself at all.

You played yourself by putting a name and a smiley as rebuttal, like the current stock has anything to do with what 2022 Poole offered.

Yeah, that did happen, but you further asserted that MJ might be the only other player in NBA history to win with the 2022 Warriors.


That is insane stupidity that I wont let go unchecked.


Curry had 3 other 17+ ppg scorers, in the regular season and the playoffs. + swiss knife Draymond Green. + elite perimeter defense with GP and other great role players.

Here is how many other championship teams had 4 17+ ppg scorers since the 60s ended:



0




The 1985 Lakers had 4 in the post-season and the 1987 Lakers had 4 in the reguar season.


Almost none even have 3.


Eat on that with your "Curry had weak help" argument. :oldlol:


you cherry-picked the 17 ppg number so it fit your narrative.. it's completely arbitrary... heck, lebron is the only guy that lost with a 29 ppg sidekick, or had a 27 ppg one.

ultimately, we know curry is superior because it's bball 101... Isn't it bball 101 and confirmed by the historical record that high-scoring ball-dominators aren't capable of high-assist teams? (sga, luka, bron, harden, westbrook, etc..)

Isn't this confirmed by the historical record?

Since they can't have high-assist teams, doesn't this mean they have weaker chemistry and teammate performance in general, since a cast will generally play better with better chemistry and ball movement?

Doesn't this make them a weaker player-type in general, which means the best of this weaker player group are inferior to the best of a superior player group, aka the best ball-dominators (luka, sga, bron) < the best expert jumpshooters (curry, mj, kobe, bird) specifically because they can't have high-assist teams or the best chemistry (and therefore weaker teams in general)?

that's how we know curry is infact a top 5 all-time player.. as one of the best expert jumpshooters ever (a superior player group), he's better than the best players from an inferior player group like centers or ball-dominators.. but carry on

[ArbitraryWater]

you cherry-picked the 17 ppg number so it fit your narrative.. it's completely arbitrary... heck, lebron is the only guy that lost with a 29 ppg sidekick, or had a 27 ppg one.


Its as arbitrary as going by 25+ ppg scorers.

If you wanna paint a picture about a supposed lack of help with the 25+ number, then its just as relevant to bring up that while he didnt have traditional high end scoring help, he had unprecedented help in terms of fringe all star level scorers.

There are almost no teams in NBA history with 4 17+ ppg players.

Its hard to get so much scoring talent. Curry had it AND elite defensive help while providing little of that.

[tpols]

17 ppg is as arbitrary as it gets. You probably made your username after it.

Regardless, 17 ppg on 35%FG is trash especially in today's era of hyper efficiency. Nobody wins with that but a select few.

And Poole is proven to be total trash, he was a g-league 1 dimensional guy who on other teams isn't worth a penny and Wiggins is just mid. Not bad, but he's mid. And Curry took down the Celtics with that.

Yes... you did play yourself.

[ArbitraryWater]

17 ppg is as arbitrary as it gets. You probably made your username after it.

Regardless, 17 ppg on 35%FG is trash especially in today's era of hyper efficiency. Nobody wins with that but a select few.

And Poole is proven to be total trash, he was a g-league 1 dimensional guy who on other teams isn't worth a penny and Wiggins is just mid. Not bad, but he's mid. And Curry took down the Celtics with that.

Yes... you did play yourself.


Wether you like it or not, no team since the 1960s has had 4 17+ ppg scorers.

You can find that arbitrary, but only since its so unusual. It says a lot about quality.

Its not any more arbitrary than putting a mark at 25. You do understand that right?


Then you factor in the trash opposition GSW had, and you have absolutely no point.


Again, every top 20-25 ATG in that situation would take down Doncic/Hardaway and Tatum/Brown/Smart/Horford...

[ArbitraryWater]

And on top, the Celtics quite literally were not ready for the stage... they went through minute-long scoring droughts, bricked important shots, decision making was terrible, it was the same clueless Celtics you saw in 2022 and 2023 only even worse and more green behind the ears.

[warriorfan]

And on top, the Celtics quite literally were not ready for the stage... they went through minute-long scoring droughts, bricked important shots, decision making was terrible, it was the same clueless Celtics you saw in 2022 and 2023 only even worse and more green behind the ears.

yeah that is a great point, that is also why bron’s 2012 ring doesn’t count. OKC’s core was only 23 and 22 years old at the time

[Airupthere]

And on top, the Celtics quite literally were not ready for the stage... they went through minute-long scoring droughts, bricked important shots, decision making was terrible, it was the same clueless Celtics you saw in 2022 and 2023 only even worse and more green behind the ears.

This. They can't seem to figure it out with the main pieces. It's the same mistakes, same excuses for many years now.

[Axe]

Curry won 2 rings with klay and dray shitting the bed in The Finals.

He won with Wiggins and older iggy as his 2nd options.

MJ is probably the only player in league history that would win with that. Maybe peak Hakeem and Shaq and that's it.
You know, there's some belief that he could have won a finals mvp the moment the dynasty started winning a ring if he was a bit more athletic. Perhaps his 'gravity' alone bt wasn't enough to change the tide to his team's favor until iggy became a starter and took responsibility of guarding lebron during the middle of the series.

[Axe]

I didnt play myself at all.

You played yourself by putting a name and a smiley as rebuttal, like the current stock has anything to do with what 2022 Poole offered.

Yeah, that did happen, but you further asserted that MJ might be the only other player in NBA history to win with the 2022 Warriors.


That is insane stupidity that I wont let go unchecked.


Curry had 3 other 17+ ppg scorers, in the regular season and the playoffs. + swiss knife Draymond Green. + elite perimeter defense with GP and other great role players.

Here is how many other championship teams had 4 17+ ppg scorers since the 60s ended:



0




The 1985 Lakers had 4 in the post-season and the 1987 Lakers had 4 in the reguar season.


Almost none even have 3.


Eat on that with your "Curry had weak help" argument. :oldlol:
This. As a matter of fact, he aso thought that the 2015 cavs were a better team than the 2015 warriors ony because of the preseason odds that favored them for the year. Ignoring the fact that the warriors won more than 65 games during that time. That's ike 3ball way of thinking mao.

[ImKobe]

You know, there's some belief that he could have won a finals mvp the moment the dynasty started winning a ring if he was a bit more athletic. Perhaps his 'gravity' alone bt wasn't enough to change the tide to his team's favor until iggy became a starter and took responsibility of guarding lebron during the middle of the series.

Oh cmon. Bran was shooting bricks in that series before Iggy started (40.2%FG in the 1st 3 games, 39.3%FG after Iggy started). Steph had a horrible G2 where Bran basically no-showed in the 2nd half which is why it went 6 games but Games 4-6 Steph was the best player in the series by a comfortable margin (and I'd argue that Green was better than Iggy in those 3 as well), and he was the best player on the team in G1 too. Iggy had some great plays (as a result of Steph's gravity I might add), but if we're being honest he was the 3rd best player on the team in that series (Dray was more impactful IMO) and didn't deserve FMVP because he wasn't the best player on the court in any of the 6 games.

Imagine giving someone FMVP who only had two 20+ pt games in the series.. He had 4 more rebounds and 1 more block than Steph while Steph led the team in pts & ast (while averaging 10+ ppg on about 70%TS in 4th quarters) and put up 10 more ppg on the same efficiency overall. That's a robbery.


Games 4-6

Steph: 28/5/6/2 49/45/86 splits 21.4 GmSc
Dray: 16/9/7/2/1 49/36/62 15.8 GmSc
Iggy: 20/7/4/2 48/41/35 16.2 GmSc

Now mind you that Iguodala averaged 7.7 FTA in those 3 games and shot 35% on them with a ton of misses in the 4th in Games 5 & 6 (1/7 and 2/6 FT respectfully). It was a terrible FMVP pick then and it's only gotten worse historically as time has went on.

[Axe]

https://c.tenor.com/hYiyFMeg8SoAAAAC/tenor.gif

Anyway, with the things you've written about him, we'll just conclude that he's a much more impactful player than your very own hero kobe. If that will make you happy. ;)

[warriorfan]

Oh cmon. Bran was shooting bricks in that series before Iggy started (40.2%FG in the 1st 3 games, 39.3%FG after Iggy started). Steph had a horrible G2 where Bran basically no-showed in the 2nd half which is why it went 6 games but Games 4-6 Steph was the best player in the series by a comfortable margin (and I'd argue that Green was better than Iggy in those 3 as well), and he was the best player on the team in G1 too. Iggy had some great plays (as a result of Steph's gravity I might add), but if we're being honest he was the 3rd best player on the team in that series (Dray was more impactful IMO) and didn't deserve FMVP because he wasn't the best player on the court in any of the 6 games.

Imagine giving someone FMVP who only had two 20+ pt games in the series.. He had 4 more rebounds and 1 more block than Steph while Steph led the team in pts & ast (while averaging 10+ ppg on about 70%TS in 4th quarters) and put up 10 more ppg on the same efficiency overall. That's a robbery.


Games 4-6

Steph: 28/5/6/2 49/45/86 splits 21.4 GmSc
Dray: 16/9/7/2/1 49/36/62 15.8 GmSc
Iggy: 20/7/4/2 48/41/35 16.2 GmSc

Now mind you that Iguodala averaged 7.7 FTA in those 3 games and shot 35% on them with a ton of misses in the 4th in Games 5 & 6 (1/7 and 2/6 FT respectfully). It was a terrible FMVP pick then and it's only gotten worse historically as time has went on.


high iq post. media wanted the narrative to be around lebron and after he started choking they pivoted to making it about the guy guarding lebron.(even if he was choking before it started)

[Axe]

To be fair to kong tho, his team were already missing two key guys after the first game of that finals...

[hold this L]

And on top, the Celtics quite literally were not ready for the stage... they went through minute-long scoring droughts, bricked important shots, decision making was terrible, it was the same clueless Celtics you saw in 2022 and 2023 only even worse and more green behind the ears.
No it isn't. The 22 Celtics were a historically great defensive team. The guy who can't keep his dick in his pants might be one of the best coaches in the league. If he was still a Celtics coach, I'd have them as the favorite for 24 instead of one of the favorites.

[hold this L]

Oh cmon. Bran was shooting bricks in that series before Iggy started (40.2%FG in the 1st 3 games, 39.3%FG after Iggy started). Steph had a horrible G2 where Bran basically no-showed in the 2nd half which is why it went 6 games but Games 4-6 Steph was the best player in the series by a comfortable margin (and I'd argue that Green was better than Iggy in those 3 as well), and he was the best player on the team in G1 too. Iggy had some great plays (as a result of Steph's gravity I might add), but if we're being honest he was the 3rd best player on the team in that series (Dray was more impactful IMO) and didn't deserve FMVP because he wasn't the best player on the court in any of the 6 games.

Imagine giving someone FMVP who only had two 20+ pt games in the series.. He had 4 more rebounds and 1 more block than Steph while Steph led the team in pts & ast (while averaging 10+ ppg on about 70%TS in 4th quarters) and put up 10 more ppg on the same efficiency overall. That's a robbery.


Games 4-6

Steph: 28/5/6/2 49/45/86 splits 21.4 GmSc
Dray: 16/9/7/2/1 49/36/62 15.8 GmSc
Iggy: 20/7/4/2 48/41/35 16.2 GmSc

Now mind you that Iguodala averaged 7.7 FTA in those 3 games and shot 35% on them with a ton of misses in the 4th in Games 5 & 6 (1/7 and 2/6 FT respectfully). It was a terrible FMVP pick then and it's only gotten worse historically as time has went on.

The Iggy starting narrative is legitimately one of the dumbest storylines NBA has ever created. He averaged 3-4 more minutes when he started, people were out there acting like him starting changed the series.

[Nb1]

Amazing game! Crazy that a few games back he had 7 pts and was like 2-12 or sth.