Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry hit a game-winning shot to beat the Houston Rockets on Wednesday, but he admits that this is not a good shot and needs improvement.
Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors hit a game-winning shot against the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night. The shot was not perfect, and he admitted that it needed to improve.
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ESPN’s Kendra Andrews
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — With just over five seconds remaining in the Golden State Warriors’ game against the Houston Rockets on Friday night, Steve Kerr had a clear plan for their last offensive possession: “Get the ball to Steph and get out of the way.”
They nailed it, as Stephen Curry blasted the game-winning jumper from 2 feet inside the 3-point line as the buzzer sounded. Curry’s first walk-off bucket came in his professional career.
Golden State defeated Houston 105-103, prompting the celebration. Several Warriors insiders described the scene as a release of emotions that had built up over the previous 24 hours after a devastating defeat to the Indiana Pacers.
Despite the magnificent occasion, the squad, including Curry, is well aware that there is still much work to be done. Despite his valor, he admitted that he still has a long way to go as a person.
“I know I have to improve my shooting,” Curry stated. “I want to improve my shooting, and I’m going to improve my shooting…. Because that’s what I do and what I work on, I obsess over the shooting figures. It’s aggravating when you don’t attain such heights.”
Curry was 0-for-11 from the floor in the first half before nailing a 3-pointer with under two minutes remaining. He scored 22 points on 6-of-21 shooting, including 4-of-13 from 3-point range, on the night.
Friday night’s performance was a continuation of his worst shooting slump in his career.
Curry is shooting 42% from the field, which would be his lowest percentage in a season in his career. He’s shot 37 percent from the floor since Christmas Day and has only scored 30-plus points in one of his last 11 games. He was shooting 44 percent from the field before Christmas, including 40 percent on threes.
Curry said that these figures are important to him. He keeps track of his shooting stats and can pinpoint precisely where his statistics are dropping.
Curry said, “It’s the standard I hold myself to.” “I’m certain that I can do it and do it well. That, I suppose, is the challenge: to be aware of it while being proactive. It’s important to remember that there’s still a lot of season remaining, and it’s all about peaking at the correct moment. But, since it’s your craft, I stress over it.”
Curry said that he does not have a good understanding of why he is shooting so badly. Curry’s slump is said to have started in early December, when he was attempting to break Ray Allen’s all-time 3-point record. But, according to Curry, that’s not all there is to it. What it is, though, is more enigmatic than anything else.
Curry said, “I’m simply missing shots.” “Other than you missing shots, there’s no explanation.”
But it isn’t going to stop him from throwing them up.
Kerr stated, “That’s the deepest level of confidence a player can have.” “Whether it’s going 0-for-10 or hitting the game-winning shot, he lives by the adage, ‘the next one is going in.’ He really believes it.”
“There’s a reason I joked about it previously, but the reason I can go 0-for-11 one day and then come back the following game and have a breakthrough performance is because the effort will show eventually,” Curry said.
“I’m obsessed with it, but I’m not worried about it. I wouldn’t be shooting as much if I didn’t.”
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