Remembering Stephen Curry’s 30 greatest moments on his 30th birthday
2. Corner 3 over AD
A round before the Memphis shot, the Warriors found themselves down 20 entering the third quarter of Game 3 at New Orleans. After a Curry 3 cut the deficit to two with 12 seconds left, Anthony Davis split free throws. The score was 108-105. Curry missed a game-tying 3 with six seconds left, but Marreese Speights did his best Chris Bosh impression, grabbing the rebound and finding his shooter in the corner.
Curry caught the ball on the move, squared up and released it quickly even for his standards, making sure the ball got past a hard-closing Davis. He didn’t miss this time, capping the 20-point comeback and forcing overtime. Though Davis crushed him on what should have been a four-point play, it didn’t matter. The Warriors won in OT and went on to sweep the series.
And that was Curry’s most famous game-tying left-corner 3 in the closing seconds of a road-playoff game.