The Christmas war is gradually rising, and all parties are fighting against each other. Looking back in history, looking for grievances, focusing on the current rivalry. Welcome to the NBA Christmas War Special Plan-Christmas War Chronicles! We will bring you here the masterpieces of Christmas of the protagonists in this season’s Christmas War!
Christmas season player: Stephen Curry
Time: December 25, 2020
Venue: Fei Zhe Forum Arena
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As one of the most popular players in the league, Curry is a frequent visitor to the Christmas game, but perhaps because of his resistance to working overtime on holidays, Curry’s performance in the previous Christmas game has been far below normal, the first 7 times in his career. The Christmas battle averaged only 12.3 points. On Christmas 2020, Curry led his team to visit the Bucks’ home stadium at Fei Zhe Forum Arena. This game is the second game of the Warriors’ new season.
The Warriors at that time were in a very difficult period. Tang Shen was seriously injured before the season started. Curry only played 5 games due to injury in the previous season. He was still looking for form after the start of the new season; Ubre and second place. Show Wiseman is a new addition to join, has not yet integrated into the team system; one of the core of the team Chase Dream and temporarily unable to appear due to a foot injury. In the season opener, the Warriors defeated the Nets by 26 points. This game against the Bucks, who had just formed the Big Three, knew that it would be difficult for them to retire on the road.
After the opening, Curry missed two consecutive three-pointers, and a layup that broke into the interior also returned without success under the interference of the opponent. Facing the Bucks Di Vincenzo and Holiday in the backcourt composed of double locks, Curry has to spend a lot of physical energy to get rid of, which naturally has a big impact on his shooting percentage.
With 3 minutes and 39 seconds left in the first quarter, Curry committed Holiday’s three-point foul and finally opened the game’s goal account on the free throw line. As one of the top scorers in history, Curry can always find a way if he wants to score. After this goal, Curry repeated his old skills, this time the victim was the young Bucks forward DJ Wilson.
After scoring 5 points in a row on the free throw line, Curry scored the first sports game in the game with a 20-foot mid-range jumper at the end of the first quarter. In the first quarter of the game, Curry scored 7 points and 3 assists. Under his leadership, the Warriors could also respond to the Bucks’ powerful offensive firepower.
With 5 minutes left in the second quarter, Curry returned to the battlefield, and as soon as he debuted, his brother-in-law made an assist and hit a three-pointer. The Bucks were very jealous of Curry’s three-pointer, and immediately sent Holiday to take care of Curry, but how could Curry be easily prevented. On the final attack before halftime, Curry shook Holiday with a fake action, and then shot down the second three-pointer of the game.
After the first two quarters, Curry scored 15 points and 4 assists. His performance was not bad, but the Warriors still walked back to the locker room with a 10 point disadvantage. After changing sides to fight again, facing Curry who had recovered the three-pointer, the Bucks clearly realized that the thieves should be captured first. Once Curry was strangled, the Warriors’ offense would be paralyzed. As a result, the Bucks began to target Curry more closely, and Curry, who was frequently caught in the attack, had to pass the ball to his teammates. In this way, the Bucks’ strategy was successful.
In the third quarter, Curry only scored 4 points and 2 assists. The Warriors only scored 20 points. The Bucks scored 34 points in a single quarter led by Antetokounmpo and Middleton, before entering the final quarter. Extend the points difference to 24 points.
Seeing the hope of chasing points, Curry no longer appeared in the last quarter. In the end, the Warriors lost 39 points to the Bucks in the Christmas game in 2020, creating the second largest loss in the history of the Christmas game. Curry scored 19 points in this game, tying his single-game highest scoring record since participating in the Christmas War.
This season, Curry is no longer alone and helpless. The Warriors he leads are currently ranked second in the Western Conference with a record of 25 wins and 6 losses. This Christmas, Curry will lead his team to Phoenix to challenge the Suns. The two teams have played against each other twice this season and each won at home. We will wait and see who will win the battle.Return to Sohu to see more
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