NO DOUBT DOUBT Curr y center shoots against Memphis G rizzlies guard Beno Udrih right during the 2015 NBA playof fs 4
Maybe when the 2015 National Basketball Association NBA playoffs began there were still doubters Stephen Curry was too small He wasn’t athletic enough He would never be one of the greats Curry had heard those doubts all his life The point guard had just set the record for most three-pointers in a season 286 and led the Golden State Warriors to a 67-win season His team was one of the favorites to win it all Yet still people doubted Curry could be a superstar in the NBA 5
In the playoffs he began to knock down the doubts like long-distance three-pointers Consider game 3 in the first playoff round against the New Orleans Pelicans The Warriors were down by 20 points in the fourth quarter before Curry led a dizzying comeback In the final seconds he dodged a defender and launched a long shot from the corner of the Curry upper right makes a shot against the New Orleans Pelicans court Two huge defenders crashed down on him as he let the ball go But the three-pointer went in and the game was tied The Warriors went on to win in overtime Or consider game 4 against the Memphis Grizzlies in the second round Memphis had won two games in a row and held a 2 1 edge in the series Curry started game 4 by scoring 21 points in the first half to set the tone of the game and change the tone of the series Golden State went on to win the series 4 2 6
Most important consider the 2015 NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers The Cavaliers jumped out to a 2 1 series advantage Then Warriors coach Steve Kerr made a lineup change that helped open up the court for Curry He scored 22 37 and 25 points respectively in the last three games of the Finals all Warriors wins As Curry celebrated winning the NBA championship with his team he may have thought about everything he’d done that year Three-point record NBA Most Valuable Player MVP award World champ Basketball fans no longer doubted Curry’s greatness He’d just had one of the best seasons in NBA history But that was only the beginning Next year was going to be out of this world Cleveland Cavaliers guard Iman Shumpert right tries to block a shot against Curry left in game 5 of the 2015 NBA Finals 7
