PHILADELPHIA – Stephen Curry took off his T-shirt no. 30 and handed out bags full of souvenirs to a Delaware soldier who stopped in full uniform to draw hoops at the playground with children in the neighborhood.
“This is Curry! This is Curry! “A guy screamed after Joshua Morris shot 3.
Curry put on a 3-point show in Philly worthy of the soldier’s own effort.
Curry hit 10 3-pointers and scored 49 points to extend his heartbreaking stretch, leading the Golden State Warriors to a 107-96 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night.
Morris later gave the child in the video – he called him “his hype man” – a pair of Curry basketball shoes. The video caught Curry’s eye and he invited Morris and guests to the game. Curry posed for pictures after the game and walked back to the locker room shirtless.
“It’s an amazing story … with the little baby that scared him,” Curry said. “I had to show him some love. The love he showed the young man and only the foundation of the impact he shared. It’s pretty impressive. ”
Curry wasn’t so bad himself.
Curry’s 3, who tied the game at 86, gave him 11 consecutive games with 30 or more points, surpassing Kobe Bryant the most by any player of 33 or more. Curry, who turned 33 last month, also has the longest 30-point series for a 1964 Wilt Chamberlain Warriors player.
Curry had his fifth 40-point game in April and defeated Bryant and Michael Jordan for most 40-point games in a month by a 33-year-old or older.
He buried 3s late in the fourth to take the Warriors away from the top team in the Eastern Conference. Joel Embiid, who scored 28 for the 76ers, threw the ball late and Andrew Wiggins scored on the other end to eliminate the game.
Sixers played without All-Star Ben Simmons (illness) and starting striker Tobias Harris (20.5 points; right knee pain).
The Curry brothers went head to head – yes, in the City of Brotherly Love – in a spirited confrontation from the opening minutes when Seth buried a 3 over his brother. Steph responded with a rough 3 at the end of the first quarter and had 20 points in the half.
Even for Curry, his recent sensational filming has been ranked among the best in his career. Last week he had an average of 43.8 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.0 assists in four games. Curry even shook an injured left ankle that he turned into Saturday’s game against Boston to burn the 76ers.
“It simply came to our notice then. It’s really an art, “said Warriors coach Steve Kerr. “What he does is amazing to watch. No one in the history of this game has ever done what it does now. ”
In the history of the game?
Sixers coach Doc Rivers agreed, even insisting in an argument with his older brother in Chicago that Curry’s season rivals anything Jordan has ever accomplished.
“I don’t know if I’ve ever seen anything like running,” Rivers said. “I guarantee you that no one has (points) in the way he succeeded.”
Wiggins scored 16 points and Kevon Looney scored 15 rebounds in his career.
Seth Curry scored 15 points, and Danny Green hit four 3 for 12 points. Embiid had 13 rebounds and was 11 of 14 from the free throw line.
“It’s really a unique force in today’s league,” Kerr said.
Curry showed that he is still the best player on the field. Golden State’s 29-29 record could hold MVP’s Curry, but the franchise’s top career scorer – who has hit at least 10 3 for the sixth time this season – is still one of the best in league.