Here's hoping Curry is back on the floor soon after the All-Star break, leading Golden State on a second-half surge up the Western Conference standings - if so, surely overcoming those lingering crunch-time woes in the process. The one lingering stain on Curry's near-pristine offensive resumé so far this season? Crunch-time shooting and decision-making foibles that have helped shove Golden State down to a -7.3 net rating during clutch situations, seventh-worst in the NBA. Curry is hitting a ridiculous 47.3% on 6.1 pull-up triples per game, best in the NBA, and finishing an easy career-high 75.8% of his tries at the rim, according to NBA.com/stats - better accuracy from there than Giannis Antetokounmpo. His +10.9 on-off net rating ranks in the 95th percentile league-wide, right in line with eye-popping career norms, per Cleaning the Glass. When Steph Curry tweaked his left leg in an early February win over the Luka Doncic-less Dallas Mavericks, his already long-shot chances at a second MVP were dashed entirely.ĭespite those relative labors post-shoulder subluxation, though, Curry has still been among the most impactful players in basketball when on the floor this season. The reigning Finals MVP was playing perhaps the best basketball of his career before going down with a left shoulder injury in mid-December, struggling to regain that peak form upon returning to the floor a month later. Warriors NBA All-Star break report cards Stephen Curry Let's hand out report cards for some of Golden State's most notable players based on the season's de facto first half. At 29-29 entering the six-week sprint toward the regular-season finish line, the defending champions are ninth in a tightly-packed Western Conference, with outside chances of both rising to third in the standings and missing the play-in tournament altogether.īut before turning the page to a stretch run that could decide the long-term fate of this roster's core, it's worth looking back on how the Warriors reached the All-Star break as nothing more than mediocre. Team captains LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo chose their respective sides on the court playground style in a tweak to the format after the squads had previously been chosen well before the game itself, first picking from the reserves pool and then their starters.The Golden State Warriors' title defense hasn't exactly gone as planned. Team Giannis won $700,000 for its charity, and Team LeBron won $200,000.
Team Giannis also won the third quarter 59-49, and the cumulative score to that point - 158-141, Team Giannis - meant 182 would be the score to reach in the untimed fourth quarter with a target-score ending. The teams were tied at 46-46 in the first quarter, and Team Giannis took the second quarter 53-46. (Photo by Alex Goodlett / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) Source: AFP Ja Morant ended up on Team Giannis anyway. Each team started with $150,000, with the first three quarters worth another $100,000 apiece and the All-Star Game winner getting another $150,000. That’s never going to change.”Īs in past years, the teams played for charity, with Team LeBron raising money for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah and Team Giannis for Raise the Future, which connects youth waiting in foster care with stable adults. “Whatever I have, I’m going to give,” Antetokounmpo said. He didn’t return to the game, his night ending with a right hand contusion. With the number 38,388 displayed behind him, James then raised his hand to thank the fans for their ovation, hugged Abdul-Jabbar and Malone. (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) Source: AFP Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers is drafted by Team LeBron. “No matter the challenge, no matter the noise, he was relentless.” Malone and Abdul-Jabbar were brought to the stage, and then Dwyane Wade - James’ former teammate in Miami and now a part-owner of the Jazz - introduced James to bring him onto the platform. 2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James, now the game’s career leader after he passed Abdul-Jabbar earlier this month. The league had a ceremony before the second half to pay tribute to the three leading scorers in NBA history: No. Lillard, the winner of the 3-point contest on All-Star Saturday Night, made eight 3s - including a halfcourt pullup in the third quarter.
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