Stephen Curry to ‘maintain capturing’ as NBA-best run of 233 video games with made Three ends in Golden State Warriors’ Recreation 5 win

SAN FRANCISCO — One sport after an epic 43-point and 10-rebound efficiency, Stephen Curry watched his all-time streak of 233 consecutive video games with a made 3-pointer come to a shocking finish in Recreation 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday evening.

Curry went 0-for-9 from 3, however the Golden State Warriors picked up their star and secured a pivotal 104-94 win over the Boston Celtics at Chase Middle.

Curry, who completed the evening with 16 factors and eight assists, amassed his all-time streak of 233 video games with a 3-pointer remodeled the common season and playoffs. Now he returns to Boston for Thursday’s Recreation 6, seeking to clinch one other world championship and begin a brand new 3-pointer streak.

“Whether or not Steph will get 43, 10, 4, or whether or not he finishes with 16-for-22 capturing — a win is a win,” teammate Draymond Green mentioned.

“… He was 0-for-9 from 3. He will be furious going into Recreation 6, and that is precisely what we want.”

Since 2013, Curry has had solely 9 video games through which he didn’t hit a 3-pointer. However his observe document has been to bounce again huge time from uncommon outings like these. Probably the most prolific 3-point shooter in NBA historical past has averaged 4.Four 3-pointers per sport and 46% 3-point capturing within the subsequent sport after not making a 3, in keeping with ESPN Stats & Info analysis. That features a then-NBA-record 13 3-pointers in November 2016 in opposition to the New Orleans Pelicans.

The final time Curry didn’t make a Three in a sport was on Nov. 8, 2018, in opposition to the Milwaukee Bucks.

“Preserve capturing,” Curry mentioned of his mentality when he comes off video games like this one. “Quite simple. Like there’s by no means — I am not afraid to go 0-for-whatever as a result of I will maintain capturing and taking pictures that you simply usually really feel like you can also make. And I’ve responded properly after I’ve had video games like that from the 3-point line.

“However I’ve by no means — I do not assume I’ve ever been happier after a 0-for-whatever kind of evening, simply figuring out the context of the sport, the opposite methods you tried to affect the sport and the truth that you had 4 guys step up in significant methods to assist us win offensively.”

Curry will commerce the streak for a win within the NBA Finals that places the Warriors one victory from their fourth title in eight seasons.

He was thrilled to look at Andrew Wiggins produce a important double-double for the second straight sport, ending with 26 factors and 13 rebounds. And Klay Thompson picked up the 3-point capturing slack by making 5 and ending with 21 factors.

“We’re by no means pressured or apprehensive about No. 30,” Thompson mentioned. “He has completed a lot and elevated this franchise to a spot the place it was exhausting to even think about that he has leeway, and he can have a foul evening. I simply know he’ll reply. He is one of many best opponents I’ve ever been round. And he is a perfectionist, like myself. I do know he’ll be fascinated by the pictures he missed. And that is factor, as a result of Thursday, hopefully, more often than not, he regresses to the imply, and it is scary when he does.”

Curry owns the 2 longest streaks of consecutive video games with a made 3-pointer within the common season and playoffs at 233 (2018-22) and 196 (2014-16). Jordan Clarkson is third all time with 101 consecutive video games (2020-21).

“The person is a magician with the ball in his fingers,” Thompson mentioned. “He simply redefined what the purpose guard place is able to … he actually is a transcendent expertise that we’ll by no means see once more.”

Regardless that Curry’s streak was snapped, he was nonetheless sending a message in his postgame information convention when he arrived to the rostrum in a T-shirt that learn “Ayesha Curry CAN Cook dinner.” That was in response to a Boston institution that had written the message “AYESHA CURRY CAN’T COOK” on a board outdoors its doorways.

What Boston actually does not wish to see in Recreation 6 is Chef Curry cooking once more. Curry mentioned “there is a fireplace burning” after Recreation 5.

“After all it bothers me as a shooter,” Curry mentioned. “You wish to affect the sport that manner. However fortunately that is not the one factor that you simply do on the market on the court docket.

“Clearly, observe document says I shoot the ball higher the following sport. Trying ahead to that bounce-back.”