Steph Curry just spent the third quarter reminding everybody why he’s the MVP. It’s not just because of the incredible shots. The highlights. That moment when he doesn’t even look at the shot cause he know it went in. No, it’s when all of that takes place at once in a giant flurry of points that buries their opponent. The poor Oklahoma City Thunder didn’t know what hit them.
Curry’s done the whole look away before the shot goes in thing before. It’s almost his signature move at this point, but during the conference finals? Against the team that beat them in Game 1? With Serge Ibaka right there? Just nasty. Then, the Warriors really started to pile it on and demoralize the Thunder.
(H/t Bballbreakdown)
This is ball movement at its finest. Everybody always praises teams for moving the ball a whole lot, but a lot of those same teams fall into the habit of overpassing. They’ll pass up on open looks just to make an unnecessary pass, and sometimes it’ll result in a bad shot or a turnover. The Warriors just moved the ball until they got so close to the rim that it was impossible to miss. Then, Curry threw the haymaker.
Yep. That’s just what Curry does. The Thunder have a quarter left to try and bounce back from this, but if they just wave the white flag and collect their losses nobody will blame them. It’s hard to get up after someone has a quarter like that on you.