Stephen Curry on Warriors being written off: 'Not as long as I'm still breathing'

Curry averaged 31 points on 22.3 shots over the first six games of the series. The Warriors had outscored the Kings by 33 points in his minutes heading into Game 7. Sunday, he had 27 shots through three quarters. By the time he checked out for good with 2:39 remaining, he was plus-25. The same Kings who looked so close to knocking off the defending champions suddenly looked so far from the level the Warriors reached. “At this point, he’s reminding people for no reason,” Jordan Poole said, “He’s got the same edge as any of the other greats. Mamba Mentality, all of that s—. Steph got that s—. That’s what makes him so special. Maybe his approach is a bit different than the other guys, but we know he’s a killer. Everybody in the world knows he’s a killer.” -via The Athletic / May 1, 2023

What makes Curry’s heroics in this series even more impressive is the fact that he surpassed no less than seven Hall-of-Famers to climb to the 13th place for the most playoff points in NBA history. Before the Kings series, Steph was 21st. However, after scoring a whopping 236 points in seven games, the Warriors superstar climbed eight spots in the all-time record books with 3,806 career playoff points. In the process, he surpassed Wilt Chamberlain (3,607), Elgin Baylor (3,623), Scottie Pippen (3,642), Dirk Nowitzki (3,663), Magic Johnson (3,701), Hakeem Olajuwon (3,755), and John Havlicek (3,806), per McShpoochen on Reddit. -via Clutch Points / May 1, 2023

“The way we’ve always operated over the years, if we win a playoff game, we generally stay with it,” Kerr told me. “Last year, we beat Denver three times (in the first round) with Steph coming off the bench (after he missed the last few weeks of the regular season), so we kept doing it. And the players understand that. There’s a rhythm to this stuff, especially come playoff time. If you find something that works, you just stay with it. -via The Athletic / May 1, 2023