Only five times has Steph Kerry appeared on the floor all of last season, a fact that naturally took the Golden State player out of the discussions about “the best of them all.” Now, it seems, ie IS ON A MISSION (tonight it does not have a good Hebrew translation, sorry): Tonight (Thursday to Friday), as on many other nights since the opening of the 2020/21 season, the Golden State automatic sling provided another amazing show – this time with 10 shots off the arc and 40 points, en route to a 105: 111 victory over Orlando. As expected, Kerry caught the focus even after the game.
Kerry’s numbers so far this season are simply phenomenal, at 32 and after a serious injury: he is averaging 29.6 points per game – and is ranked second in the league; However, he leads his team to a positive balance (12:14), while the leader in this category, Bradley Bill of Washington (32.8 points on average), plays in one of the worst teams in the NBA. In the last eight games, by the way, Steph Kerry’s points average stands at 35.3.
Steph Curry over his last eight games:
282 points, (35.3 per game) 96-for-169 from the field, 53-for-101 from beyond the arc.
– Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) February 12, 2021
Want some more numbers on the phenomenon? you are welcome. After tonight, Steph Kerry has 17 career games with at least 10 threes. It’s more games like this than the next 5 players on the list – together: Clay Thompson, James Harden, Damien Lillard, J.R. Smith and Zach Lavine have 16 games together of at least 10 threes. Inconceivably.
Stephen Curry has his 17th career game with 10 3-pointers. That is more than the next 5 players on the list combined (16).
Klay Thompson, James Harden, Damian Lillard, JR Smith and Zach LaVine have 16 games with 10 3-pointers. pic.twitter.com/ErQc0Ro7Se
– ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) February 12, 2021
In addition, with those 10 threes, Kerry reached 131 threes this season, while no other player in the league has yet reached 100. He stands at a rate of 362 shots off the arc throughout the season, and if it had taken place in the well-known format of 82 games (remember, there will be 72 games this season) – he would have stood at a rate of 413, which is 11 threes more than the NBA record set in 2015 / 16. So, the Golden State star won the MVP title of the regular season, and no wonder he is in the discussion right now as well.
New superlatives to describe Kerry are not easy to produce, but the Golden State men met the challenge admirably after the show against the Magic. His coach, Steve Kerr, was asked if Kerry deserved to be part of the discussion about the MVP – and replied: “I think so. What do you think? How can he not be? He is not from this world. The crazy part here is that you are already expecting it … you Expect every shot to come in. “
Andrew Wiggins has lined up with the coach: “Kerry is on a completely different level right now. There is no one doing what he does. For me, he is number 1 in the league right now.” Juan Tuxeno-Anderson, the Warriors American-Mexican forward, concluded: “The way he plays … it’s like a video game. We sit on the bench, laughing and saying to each other ‘Man, he’s not real'”.
And what did the “happy groom” have to say? “I believe my game speaks for itself. Of course it is an amazing achievement to be in this discussion after all I have been through in the last few years. It has meaning for me,” the superstar admitted, emphasizing: “My job is to be at the level I expect to be. I try not to distract from this discussion “My opinion. If I do my job, then in the end I will be there (in the discussion) at the end of the season.”
A big night for JTA on Zoom. He gives a perfect description of what it’s like playing w / Steph: “It’s literally like a video game. We’re all on the bench chuckling and laughing like,” Man, he’s unreal. “
Then a few moments later shouts out @Rachel__Nichols for asking him a question– Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) February 12, 2021