Stephen Curry has tortured the Houston Rockets more than any team of his legendary career. The Golden State Warriors of Curry eliminated the Rockets led by James Harden from the NBA playoffs in 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019. The Rockets torn it and became a reconstruction because they could not pass to the Warriors. This reconstruction has a massive success that leads Houston to seed number 2 in the West this year, but all that meant was another confrontation with Curry and the Warriors.
Golden State could have a seed No. 7 next to his name in the confrontation of the first round against Houston, but the Warriors were actually a light favorite in the series. Everything returns to Curry, and showed why he is still one of the best players in the world at age 37, since he took his team to a victory of game 1.
Curry destroyed the rockets again with dagger after dagger on their way at 31 points in 12 of 19 shots with 5 of 9 shots from a range of three points. The best shooter ever hit multiple three trip that were impressive even for him, especially his lateral passage tilted on Jalen Green to beat the shooting clock in the third quarter.
Curry took incredible on television, but this image of the court fans camera is simply better. This is how Curry seems to torment the rockets in the Toyota Center again.
Here is a look at the transmission angle. It is not better than this.
That shot was really the tip of the iceberg for Curry. Look at each cube of your game of game 1 against the rocks here.
Rockets played physical defense in Curry all night, but it didn’t matter. Houston used Amen Thompson to block the duration of Curry a confrontation at the end of the regular season, but Golden State did a good job by taking it free in the ball in the game 1. Of course, it helps when Curry can make shots that there is no player Ohher Player. Poor Jalen Green could not avoid Bearhug Curry on the court to prevent him from running the screens.
Meanwhile, the Rockets tried to point to Curry’s defense at the other end without much success. Curry Hero his own defensively all night. While confrontation monitoring statistics should not be used as a Bible, Curry kept Houston players 4 out of 16 shots as the main defender at night.
Houston fans have seen enough or curry throughout life. Unfortunately for them, this new generation of rockets still needs to overcome it four times in this series of the first round to keep their season alive.