The emphasis was rightly placed on the immediate.
Stephen Curry scored 52 points on Tuesday in a 134-125 victory against Memphis’ grizzly greeks who made the Golden State Warriors vibrate in fifth place in the Western Conference classification. He made 12 three -point shots, two timids from the NBA record in a match by former teammate Klay Thompson.
Curry’s performance has been if from another world that Gilbert Arenas stopped watching his son, USC, commit Alijah, playing in the All-American game of McDonald’s to follow the Star Guard score dam at 10 times 37 years.
However, given a moment to think, Curry became emotional because he exceeded the late Jerry West for the 25th row on the NBA career score list. West, of course, has played his entire 14 -year -old career with Lakers and is best known in the world to be inspiration behind the NBA logo.
But he was also a special warriors consultant from 2011 to 2017, during which Curry led the team at two NBA championships. West’s son Jonnie is the main director of professional staff.
“It is special, obviously in our memory and what he meant for the League, in the world of basketball, to our organization when he worked here,” said Curry about West, who died in June. “And my relationship with Jonnie. I was able to talk to him after the match, just to share a moment of what it meant for me, my family, the whole West family.
“So, it’s special. To just understand what his career was is the logo, so special. I will keep this ball and put it in the right place.”
Cracking the Top 25 in career – Curry has 25 205 points – is a Curry darling feat because it has overshadowed west. Otherwise, it’s just another level in a scale that he will continue to climb at the speed of the chain.
During its 16th season, Curry’s game only decreased only a tick. After the performance of 52 points, 10 rebounds, eight assistants and six yards, he has an average of 24.4 points, 6.1 assists and 4.1 rebounds per game this season.
Middle careers? 24.7 points, 6.4 assists and 4.7 rebounds.
Projecting that he will produce near these figures for three more seasons – when he is 40 years old – Curry would approach 30,000 points, a number reached by only eight players: from the top, LeBron James, Kareem Abdul -Jabbar, Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Dirk Nowitzki, Wilt Chamberlain and Kevin during.
James Harden des Clippers, currently 11th with 27,527 points, probably Batra Curry at 30,000, and Demar derozan is on curry heels at 25,159.
Curry, however, was recalled in the fourth quarter on Tuesday not to continue the records when he missed three -point attempts with the Thompson brand in his mind. He hit the chest and apologized to the teammates after the second wandering blow.
“The first two shots I took in the fourth quarter were a reflection,” said Curry. “First of all, it shoots him in transition. Then I went to ISO left.
The Warriors coach Steve Kerr apologized for the momentary period of time.
“The guy is 37,” he said. “Incredible. Fifty-two points with people draped everywhere on him the whole game. Conditioning. The skill. The audacia. Belief. It is simply incredible to look Steph at work.”
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