Golden State Warriors: 5 Takeaways From Sweep Of Portland Trail Blazers

Steph Got His Groove Back

One of the reasons the Warriors were able to overcome the various issues they faced was the transcendent play of franchise cornerstone Stephen Curry.

Curry is putting the exclamation point on “I deserve this huge contract I’m eligible for this summer” with his play in the postseason thus far.

Curry is averaging 29.8 points, 5.5 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 2.3 steals on 45.1 percent field goal shooting and 42.2 three-point shooting in the postseason. Steph hoisted an incredible 11.3 three-point attempts per game in the first round, making his percentage all the more impressive.

He accrued all of those statistics in less than 34 minutes per game.

He also did that without much help–Durant missed Games 2 and 3 and was still getting his long legs back under him in Game 4, and Klay Thompson shot less than 40 percent from both the field and the arc in the series against Portland.

To put in perspective how much of the load Curry carried, he scored 119 points in his four first-round games. Thompson was next with 73. Steph scored 46 more points in four games than the next-best scorer on the Dubs.

It’s not just the fact that Curry is putting up numbers that matters. The manner in which he’s scoring–and celebrating–is just as important.

Steph Curry has his groove back. That’s not great news for whichever of the Utah Jazz or Los Angeles Clippers makes it out of the first round.