He has cooked a few great defensive players in the past, so it does not matter who is covering Curry, he will get his points and create for his other players.
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Stephen Curry scored 53 points, taking over the game with a 28-point third quarter, as the unbeaten Warriors defeated the winless Pelicans, 134-120, in New Orleans’ home opener Saturday night.
Curry was sixth in the league last season with 23.8 points per game, third in 3-point shooting at 44.3 percent and first in foul shooting at 91.4 percent, yet somehow the seventh-year pro has been even better through the first three games. “I have big confidence right now”.
“I’m blessed to be healthy”. “I’m playing free, just having fun”.
If he had played more than 36 minutes, he might have shattered his current game career-high of 54 points. Gasol, who re-signed with the team in the offseason, is usually an asset to that defense but notched only one blocked shot in the first three games and is averaging 5.7 rebounds. That total included 25 in a victory in Houston on Friday.
Next up on the Stephen Curry World Tour: Mike Conley and the Memphis Grizzlies, followed by old friend Chris Paul and the Los Angeles Clippers.
On Saturday, Harden admitted that the Rockets need to get their act together and do so quickly. He shot 13 of 19 from the field, had five rebounds and four assists in 34 minutes. He also caused New Orleans problems with creative, weaving dribbles into the heart of the defense for driving layups.
“He’s getting to the hole a lot better, picking and choosing his spots when to go. He’s turning the corner like insane”, Green said of Curry.
Two of the Western Conference’s elite teams square off for the first time in the new National Basketball Association season as the Golden State Warriors face the Houston Rockets at the Toyota Center.
Anthony Davis led the Pelicans with 26 points and 15 rebounds while Ryan Anderson added 19 points off the bench.
Golden State continued to dominate the fourth quarter outscoring Houston 31-27, before sending the Rockets home with their second loss to start the season. “Hopefully we get everybody back eventually and we’re not going to panic. I thought we were very stagnant offensively”, Gentry said. Warriors center Andrew Bogut is coming of a 12-point game where he went 6 for 6 from the field along with five rebounds.
Emmanuel Mudiay scored 15 points for the Nuggets.
“Any chance we have to use our depth, we’re going to”, Walton said. “We don’t think that we have the wrong system”.
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Jrue Holiday, who has started the season on minute restrictions as he works his way back from a right-leg injury, scored 22 points in almost 27 minutes for the Pelicans. Former Warriors assistant and current Pelicans Head Coach Alvin Gentry raved about Curry, saying, “Some of those shots that Steph made, it doesn’t matter who’s out there, that’s just who he is”.
