Wardell Stephen "Steph" Curry II is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association. He looked like an MVP as he put up 34 points on 22 shots to lead Golden State to a Game 1 win Tuesday night.
Everything was falling for him — he was 6-of-9 on contested shots. The bigger concern for the Rockets should be that Curry had 13 uncontested looks (hitting seven) — they can’t give him that many open looks, they’re lucky he didn’t put up more points.From his high school days through the pre-draft process — "... it is notable how far apart Curry’s role in the NCAA was from the role he is likely to play in the NBA" — there have been questions about just how big an impact Stephen Curry's likely to have. Seven games into his pro career, answers seemed tough to come by.season 2-5, with three of those losses coming by double-digits. Despite the presence of capable veteran scorers like Monta Ellis,Stephen Jackson and Corey Maggette in head coach Don Nelson's uptempo system, the Warriors were struggling to score, ranking down around the bottom third of the league in points per possession. On a more expected note, they couldn't defend anybody, giving up 108 or more points in five of their seven outings.
Curry was slowly finding his way, averaging just less than nine points in 30 minutes per game, and had come off the bench for the first time in a 14-point loss to the Indiana Pacers. It was a sputtering start to his career, one that didn't necessarily seem to portend greatness ahead ... and yet, he was determined to find a way forward.
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