Stephen Curry, the Warriors and the struggle to stay superhuman
Curry insists he is not affected by the sprained knee that caused him to miss four games of the playoffs even as Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical quoted a source close to Curry as saying “he is playing at 70% at best.”
The greatest three-point shooter in the game hit just two of 10 of them in Game 3 and three of 11 in Game 4.
Given the way he has turned the ball over and looked sluggish against the Thunder it is easy to wonder if something is wrong.
No matter how physical Oklahoma City have been with Curry, knocking him around on screens and blocking off his drives to the basket, he does not seem himself.
(Around the team they talk about Curry as “a machine”.)
The Warriors cannot afford the human Curry if they are to keep their season alive. The player who skipped across the floor all season flipping long, arcing shots from impossible angles needs to return if Golden State are to have any shot at another finals.
Now Curry’s brilliant 2015-16 is on the verge of coming to an end. The baskets that piled up all year for him have not been here in the Conference finals. You wonder if they will again this year. You wonder if he is healthy enough or if the Thunder have found a way to keep Curry from being Curry this May.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2016/may/26/stephen-curry-golden-state-warriors-injury-nba-playoffs
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