WARRIORSTALK

Stephen Curry’s late-season surge has influence beyond a hopeful playoff push

The month of April has become the month of Stephen Curry, as the future Hall of Famer has been on an absolute offensive tear that has placed him in an elite territory in the record books. Even if Curry “cooled off” in Wednesday’s 118-114 loss to the Washington Wizards, the offensive clinic he’s been on in recent weeks could not have come at a better time for the Golden State Warriors. At 29-30, the Warriors would finish at the ninth spot if the season were to end today, certifying a play-in game to potentially make a first-round playoff appearance.

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These Types of Losses Are Unacceptable

Get your excuses out the way. Curry was due for an off shooting night like this and that’s why we lost. Okay, fine. It was the last game of a long road trip and the team was just gassed. Please.

These types of losses to below .500 teams can not be excused. Put this one in the category of the Hornets, Magic, the first Wizards matchup. If the Warriors want any chance of competing in any form of the playoffs, then win the games you are supposed to!

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Kevon Looney Looks Healthy and Is Playing an Important Role

Despite last night’s rough outing, we all know that Steph Curry has still been on an absolute tear lately, breaking Kobe Bryant’s record for consecutive 30-point games by a player aged 33 or older and playing arguably the best basketball of his career.

While Curry’s recent play has deservedly garnered all the attention and undoubtedly kept Golden State afloat in the playoff hunt, a large part of the Warriors’ past stretch of good games should be attributed to the team’s commonly unsung hero, Kevon Looney.

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Curry’s Recent Dominance is Second to None

It’s a pretty cool thing when beating the best team in the Eastern Conference on the road is not on the top of the list of the most notable takeaways from a game.

Stephen Curry had 49 of the Warriors’ 107 points in their victory in Philadelphia over the 76ers on Monday. When the two-time MVP crossed his jersey number in scoring on the night, he became the first player age-33 or older with 11 consecutive games of 30+ points in NBA history. Curry had tied Kobe Bryant as the only players to have double-digit games with 30 or more at age-33 or older with his 47-point outburst in Golden State’s loss in Boston on Saturday.

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Wiseman Has Time to Rehab and Live Up to His Pick

It’s never easy to lose your No. 2 overall draft pick for a large portion of his rookie season because of injury – especially when they represent your first top-10 pick in eight years.

And after missing his first offseason with a positive COVID-19 test, center James Wiseman will likely not get an offseason once again in the aftermath of his torn meniscus on April 10 and subsequent successful surgery. A Warriors news release said Wiseman was to begin rehab immediately after his Thursday operation, confirming the former University of Memphis player’s absence for the rest of this season, while adding Wiseman is expected to return for the start of the 2021-22 campaign.

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Warriors Beginning to Find their Identity... and it Couldn't be Happening at a Better Time

After an April 4th loss to the Atlanta Hawks, as the Warriors fell to 1-7 in their last eight games. It was arguably the lowest point of the season so far, as the Warriors were losing their grip on the 10th seed in the West. It wouldn’t have been much longer before they were out of the playoff picture entirely if they had kept losing at that rate. They needed a quick turnaround.