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Steph Curry’s shooting woes becoming an issue

By Trent Richardet

Mar 10, 2017; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) looks on from the bench in the second half against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center. The Timberwolves won 103-102. Mandatory Credit: Jesse Johnson-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 10, 2017; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) looks on from the bench in the second half against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center. The Timberwolves won 103-102. Mandatory Credit: Jesse Johnson-USA TODAY Sports /
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Over the past seven games, the Golden State Warriors have struggled, posting a 2-5 record, and Stephen Curry’s poor shooting has been a big factor.

The Warriors have had a hard time creating good offense ever since former league MVP Kevin Durant went down with a leg injury on February 28. Obviously, losing your leading scorer is going to hurt your team’s chances of putting up points, but if you look at the rest of Golden State’s talented roster it is easy to assume that other players will pick up the slack. Steph Curry is supposed to be one of those players, but the two-time defending league MVP has hit a shooting slump.

In his past seven games, Curry has attempted 76 three-point shots, only converting on 23 percent of them — very unlike the all-time great shooter that we have seen over the past few seasons. However, Steph doesn’t like to look at his cold streak as a “slump”, saying this to The Mercury news: “ I never really use that word. Slump to me almost (sounds) like you’re losing confidence. Obviously, I’d like to shoot better, make shots, make more shots. But I woke up this morning not worrying about what’s happening the past four or five games.”

Whatever he prefers to call it, he isn’t playing well. However, he isn’t putting his lack of production on not having Durant on the court with him. When asked if he felt like he hasn’t gotten as many good looks without KD on the floor, he responded to The Mercury News: “Not really. He obviously provides a huge magnet when he’s on the floor, but for the most part, we’ve created really good shots … Besides the fourth quarter in Boston where we turned the ball over too much, we’ve been able to do some good things. As long as we keep doing that, you can pretty much have faith we can find a way to put the ball in the basket.”

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Curry’s optimism does sound encouraging, but it doesn’t look like Durant will be back anytime soon. With the San Antonio Spurs catching up with them in the standings, they’re going to need to get the ball rolling in the right direction sooner than later.

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