![]() ![]() ![]() Compare that to 68.3% as a rookie and 56.7% as a sophomore - despite shooting twos more regularly - and it’s a bit of a troubling trend.ĭiVincenzo is a superb athlete, and there’s no reason why he shouldn’t be putting that athleticism on display cutting to the rim for easy looks like Gary Payton II did. Except he only shot 37.3% on twos last year, and 47.5% the year before. DiVincenzo is making just 46.7% of his two-pointers, which should be easy to dismiss as small sample silliness, since he’s taken just 15 such shots this year. I have a lot of faith in DiVincenzo’s ability to excel in the Warriors offensive system, and his performance in Sunday’s win was a big step in the right direction.īut something odd has happened to him lately: he’s lost the ability to score from inside the arc. Donte DiVincenzo - 46.4% two-point shooting His offensive rebounding rate is actually significantly below his career average, but his defensive rebounding rate is unlike anything he’s ever done before: he’s grabbing 19.4% of available defensive rebounds, after entering the season with a career rate of 12.3%. Interestingly, he’s doing it entirely on the defensive end. Discounting his five-game season in 2019-20, Curry has never had a rebounding rate higher than 9% in his career, but he’s all the way up to 10.9% this year. The Chef is gobbling up boards like never before. One area where it’s very easy to make that case is on the glass. ![]() In his 14th NBA season, you can make the claim that Curry is playing better than ever in many areas. If you don’t think that’s impressive, skip ahead to the Ryan Rollins section. ![]() Still, rookies are notorious for making mistakes both big and small, and it’s rather remarkable that in the first 24 minutes of Baldwin’s career, he’s avoided fouling anyone, and only committed a single turnover. This stat comes with a serious caveat: Baldwin has only played 24 minutes. And some aren’t particularly meaningful because the players have played so few minutes.īut all of them are - to me, at least - interesting. So I decided to comb through individual stats for every Golden State Warriors player, with a mission: find one unique stat for each player. The Warriors outscored Sacramento by 22 in the second half – including a big third quarter – which, according to ESPN, was tied for the fifth-largest point differential in the second half of a Game 7 in NBA playoff history.īut it was Curry’s overall performance, through his combination of shooting, finishing variety and dynamism, which thrilled fans and amazed those on the court with him.We’re deep enough into the NBA season that trends are starting to emerge. Curry had scored 20 points, but his second-half burst helped propel Golden State to victory. The Warriors trailed the Kings by two points at halftime, with both Thompson and Jordan Poole struggling to score. This is a Game 7 I will forever remember as the Steph Curry game.” He added: “When he’s in the zone like that, you try to just get him in his spots, get him the ball and get out of the way. 50 pieces,” 13-time All-Star Durant wrote, while Trae Young called it an “unreal performance.”Ĭurry’s longtime teammate Klay Thompson, who has witnessed many of Curry’s masterful displays, told reporters: “There is a reason he is a two-time MVP, a Finals MVP, because he pushes us over the top in moments like this.” “Steph Curry you filthy animal lol… he just packed up a very good team … in a very tough building,” Portland Trail Blazers point guard and seven-time All-Star Damian Lillard said.Ĭurry shoots a three-point basket during the game against the Kings. His explosion of points, which came off 20-of-38 shooting, including 7-18 from three-point range, once again demonstrated Curry’s legendary marksmanship.Īnd his performance had many of his peers on social media gushing with praise. He set the record for the most points in a Game 7 in NBA history, surpassing the 48 points scored by his former teammate Kevin Durant for the Brooklyn Nets against the Milwaukee Bucks in 2021.Ĭurry also became the first player in Warriors history with 40-plus points in a Game 7, according to ESPN. Sunday was another one.Ĭurry scored a playoff career-high 50 points in Golden State’s 120-100 Game 7 victory against the Sacramento Kings, securing a 4-3 best-of-seven NBA playoff series win for the Warriors. There have been plenty of games in which Steph Curry’s basketball greatness has been evident. ![]()
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