Stephen Curry
There is no better show in the NBA right now than Stephen Curry and what he has done is just remarkable. No player in the league can guard Curry right now and he is playing at such a higher level than his competition, which is why there is a really good chance that the 33-year-old point guard will win his 3rd MVP award, becoming the 9th player ever to win three MVP awards.
If Stephen Curry is able to achieve this feat, he would join Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (6), Michael Jordan (5), Bill Russell (5), LeBron James (4), Wilt Chamberlain (4), Larry Bird (3), Magic Johnson (3) and Moses Malone (3) as the only players in NBA history with at least 3 MVP awards and Curry would become just the third player in NBA history to win the league MVP honors at the age of 33 or older, joining Michael Jordan and Karl Malone, who did so twice.
On the year, Stephen Curry is currently averaging a league-high 28.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, 6.8 assists, 1.8 steals, and is shooting 46.6% from the floor, 42.3% from three-point range. Curry has scored at least 30 points in six of his last ten games and in that same span, he has made at least six three-points in seven of those games.
Stopping Curry seems like something that is impossible right now, but the Suns need to try and contain him as best as they can. Seeing as he is an all-time great, Stephen Curry is going to make crazy shots that nobody else in the league can make, but limiting his opportunities is going to be essential for the Suns if they are to come out victorious in this game.
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Throwing double teams at him and not letting him go over screens while on offense is going to be very important for Phoenix to try and slow him down, especially since all he needs is a centimeter of space to knock down a long-range bomb.
If Stephen Curry is constantly going one-on-one against the Suns, which I fully do not expect him to do given Monty Williams’ defensive approach to games, then the Warriors’ guard will have a field day scoring the basketball. The Suns are a good enough defensive team that they can not only double-team and force the ball out of Stephen Curry’s hands, but they can also switch out onto other primary scorers like Jordan Poole and Andrew Wiggins on the perimeter.
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Kevon Looney and Draymond Green are the two guys that Phoenix wants to challenge as scorers, so it will be interesting to see how they can limit Golden State’s perimeter play. However, Stephen Curry is going to get his way one way or another, which is why he is the number one “thing” to watch in tonight’s game.
