He did it in three quarters!
Stephen Curry scored 51 points in three quarters in the Warriors’ 144-122 win over the Wizards late Wednesday night. Fifty-one points. In three quarters.
Curry shot 11-of-16 from three-point range. He joins himself, himself, himself, himself, himself, Klay Thompson, and Deron Williams as the most efficient players to ever make 11 or more threes in a game.
Curry’s night was full of equal parts ridiculous and disrespectful moments to everyone watching and/or guarding him on Wednesday. Here are all of those moments, tidbits, notes and stats that made this two-time MVP’s night even more special.
The warmup
Once Steph made this shot in pregame warmups, the Wizards should have thrown the white flag.
We should’ve known Steph Curry was gonna go off when he made this during warmups pic.twitter.com/rN2YlX0Xga
— SB Nation NBA (@SBNationNBA) October 25, 2018
His first quarter alone
Curry scored 23 points on 72.7 percent shooting in the first quarter. Somehow the Wizards stuck around until later in the second half.
Steph Curry dropped the highest-scoring quarter of the NBA season so far.
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) October 25, 2018
23 pts
8-11 FG
5-6 from three pic.twitter.com/bQv2ZISzzN
THERE IS DEFENSE HERE!
(Newsflash: It doesn’t matter.)
gtfoh steph COME ON pic.twitter.com/E73DbEiDb2
— Wobphen Curry (@WorldWideWob) October 25, 2018
This was an accident
Curry wanted to throw this alley-oop to Kevin Durant, but he missed the dunk. So Curry immediately darted back over to the corner, and when a teammate recovered the offensive rebound, he was wide open for a three — plus the foul.
lmao Steph turned a botched alley-oop into a four-point play
— SB Nation (@SBNation) October 25, 2018
@NBApic.twitter.com/QRVKRr60Yg
Two Things
- Peep the range
- Peep the Jordan Shrug
Steph with the Jordan shrug pic.twitter.com/oScXO09FiG
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) October 25, 2018
Kelly Oubre Jr.’s reaction
Oubre is just as confused as we are.
KELLY OUBRE IS MARVELED BY STEPH TOO pic.twitter.com/4YmZBE3HrH
— Def Pen Hoops (@DefPenHoops) October 25, 2018
Steph can see the future
Not exactly sure how Curry knew his team would get the offensive rebound in a spot that was easy to make a quick pass to the corner, but he was there anyway and bam — open three.
HOW DID HE KNOW????
— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) October 25, 2018
Just watch Steph the whole time
pic.twitter.com/EPthbiUM0G
This stat
Curry has hit 33 threes this season, more than the Thunder, Cavaliers, Clippers and Pelicans. MORE THAN FOUR ENTIRE FRANCHISES.
Steph Curry has made more threes this season than four entire teams. pic.twitter.com/MG2Qm4GsMB
— StatMuse (@statmuse) October 25, 2018
Another stat
Just a casual reminder Steph can shoot very, very well.
Games with 11+ 3-pointers:
— Zachary Kram (@zachkram) October 25, 2018
Steph Curry: 6
Every other player in NBA history: 7 combined
Not done yet
Another casual reminder Curry is a lights-out shooter and will catch your favorite shooter before it’s all said and done.
Steph could easily become #3 on this list this season. pic.twitter.com/NoAaeqhWEC
— nitz (@nitzbluv) October 25, 2018
This tidbit
Sixteen points in fewer than two-and-a-half minutes? Come on.
Hold on...Steph had 16 pts in 2 mins and 24 secs? Good grief
— Chris Vernon (@ChrisVernonShow) October 25, 2018
He stole Blake Griffin’s shine
Griffin was the first player to score 50 points this season after lighting up the 76ers in an overtime win on Wednesday. Steph made Griffin’s career night an afterthought, and he did it in just three quarters.
Steph Curry didn’t let Blake breathe for a day.
— Kazeem Famuyide (@RealLifeKaz) October 25, 2018
The most ridiculous part of it all? He only played three quarters — 32 minutes to be exact. Curry’s 54-point game at Madison Square Garden against the Knicks was his career-high. Steve Kerr could have left the MVP in to set a new one, but he chose not to.
Just imagine if he closed this game out.