Stephen Curry snaps shooting slump in Warriors’ win over Knicks
Stephen Curry snaps shooting slump in Warriors' win over Knicks NEW YORK — During a second-quarter timeout Sunday, Steve Kerr sat on the bench next to Stephen Curry with the box score in hand. The Warriors' head coach showed Curry that, despite the two-time reigning NBA MVP's continued shooting woes, his plus-minus was stellar. In the third quarter, Curry had 15 of his game-high 31 points to give the Warriors an eight-point cushion entering the fourth. Midway through that final period, after the Knicks closed the gap to 97-96, timely baskets by Klay Thompson (29 points) created some distance. With little more than a minute left, Curry crossed over Carmelo Anthony, stutter-stepped and hit a long two-pointer from the top of the arc to ice the game. "To see him kind of get back his swag and into a rhythm was great," Draymond Green said. The best shooters in NBA history have not been immune from the occasional shooting rut. Curry and Thompson entered Sunday a combined 10-for-65 from three-point range over their previous three games. With Kevin Durant sidelined at least four weeks with a left knee injury, the Splash Brothers could no longer rely on the eight-time All-Star to...
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