Steph Curry recalls lonely ‘pep talk’ before huge third quarter in Warriors’ win

Lock in, Dub Nation.That’s Steph Curry’s mantra, and the Warriors star put it to good use with a 46-point performance in Golden State’s 125-120 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday at Frost Bank Center.Curry scored 22 of those points in a red-hot third quarter — but things didn’t start out that way for the point guard. The 37-year-old shot 6 of 12 from the field and 1 of 6 from 3-point range in the first two quarters, but after he stayed out on the court while the rest of the Warriors went in the locker room at halftime, everything changed.“As a shooter, any time you’re missing short, you get in your head a little bit,” Curry told Bob Fitzgerald and Kelenna Azubuike about the moment on “Warriors Postgame Live” after the win. “That’s like the worst miss ever and I had about three or four of them, so I was just trying to talk to myself, you know, a little pep talk over there, get your mind right.“But sometimes it’s nice to feel it in the arena versus in the locker room because you know you got to come back out here and do work.” Steph just needed a little extra time on the court during...