How Steph Curry is Steph Curry
Curry’s secret to being consistently unbelievable throughout his career.
Steph Curry is phenomenal.
The Golden State Warriors’ point guard, who turned 37 in March, has been cooking in the playoffs thus far.
In the first round, he led his team past the Houston Rockets, a younger, more athletic team.
Curry played just over 38 minutes a game for 7 games in this round and averaged 24 points, 5.9 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 1.1 steals (and on an injured right thumb, nonetheless).
So, how is he still playing like this?
Well, according to Warriors’ head coach Steve Kerr, it’s all in Curry’s conditioning.
“Steph’s most underrated quality is just his endurance and incredible fitness level,” Kerr said during a post-game conference in January. “He’s worked so hard over the years. You look at pictures of him from his first few years in the league and he doesn’t even look like the same guy. He’s just built up his body but also worked on his skill throughout, you know, those years, where he’s learning how to play through fatigue, not just you know, getting stronger and building more endurance but maintaining and improving a skill level with people draped all over him.”
Kerr may have said this back in January, but Curry was draped all over in the first round.
The Rockets played tough, physical defence on him—bordering on fouling him on some occasions by holding him—but the Chef just fought through all of the contact to make some incredible shots.
His worst game in the series was Game 5, when he scored 13 points. But he played less than 24 minutes that game because Kerr emptied his bench in the third quarter as the Warriors were down by too much.
Other than that game, Curry didn’t score less than 17 points in this series.
And remember, he’s 37 years old and has an injured thumb on his shooting hand.
Curry truly is a magnificent player. And it’s possible because of his outrageous fitness level.
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