Warriors' Curry engineering historic two-year NBA run TORONTO - To close out the Western Conference All-Star practice Saturday afternoon, the squad broke into two teams for a halfcourt shooting competition. With the score knotted 4-4, a sudden-death round commenced, and without hesitation, the league's elite players handed the ball to Stephen Curry. Full aware that he's amid one of the best two-year runs in the history of the NBA, even the best of the best want the Warriors' point guard taking the final shot. "After last year, I didn't really think he could top that," Sacramento center DeMarcus Cousins said. There's no way he can get better again, right? Curry is having one of the best seasons by a reigning MVP in the history of the league. For historical context, 10 players have won consecutive MVP awards, meaning Curry could join a lofty list that includes Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Moses Malone, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan, Steve Nash and LeBron James. Curry has bumped his MVP scoring average up six points this season. Bird jumped 4.5 points from 1984-85, Nash jumped 3.3 points from 2005-06, Russell jumped two points from...