Steph Curry and his memorable moments at Madison Square Garden
These are some of Steph Curry’s memorable performances in the most famous stadium in the world.
Stephen Curry He made his own in the most famous stadium in the world – the Madison Square Garden – Tuesday night.
Curry has played 13 regular season games in MSG, accumulating a 12-1 record With 10 victories in a row after the victory on Tuesday of his Golden State Warriors over the New York Knicks 114-102 in which he scored 28 points. Its average points at Madison Square Garden is just over 26 ppj with 48% in three shots.
Curry He has an outstanding story in the “basketball mecca”, which dates back to his days at Davidson College and includes breaking the triple record of the career NBA, after which Curry was felt on MSG: “I knew that Garden would meet my expectations, simply for how iconic this place is’
From the NCAA to the NBA, here are some of Curry’s best moments in the Madison Square Garden.
The sniper – at that time of 21 years – made his debutalmost 13 years before it broke the 3-point record in 2021, when he led the Davidson Wildcats about the West Virginia Mountaineers by 68-65 in the Jimmy V Classic of 2008.
At the beginning of the game, it was far from being a characteristic performance of Currysince 12 of his first 13 attempts of 3 points failed.
“I was frustrated, but my teammates told me to keep throwing,” he said Curry then.
Despite his initial problems with the shots, he succeeded in his last three attempts from beyond the arch and scored 13 of Davidson’s last 15 points in the game.
The last of his last triple gave the Wildcats a two -point advantage with 39 seconds to play and turned out to be enough to take the victory.
Curry He was selected by the Warriors in the 7th position of the NBA Draft of 2009, a pick before the Knicks had the opportunity to select it as was their plan. For that reason, the first game of his career at Garden seemed interesting, but ended up being only one of the five occasions throughout his career he did not score.
Curry played a total of two minutes and 35 seconds and did not try any shot.
He did not hesitate to share how he felt about the performance after the game.
“It’s a honey — You don’t want to be sitting and looking,” he said. “Hopefully, I will not get used to. We’ll see what happens.”
As demonstrated by his long list of praise, it is safe to say that he did not get used to “sitting and looking.”
The unofficial arrival of Curry As superstar, it happened on the historic MSG court. He was 11 of 13 three -point shots and scored 54 pointswhich marked his first time scoring 50.
He became the third visiting player to overcome the half -century brand in The Garden, and it was an performance for history on the biggest and brightest stage of basketball.
With Ray Allen present and Reggie Miller narrating the game for Turner Sports, Curry became the triple leader of all NBA timeensuring the record in his third attempt to triple the party.
“I had great support here,” he said Curry In his interview after the game. “This stadium, I cannot express how much honor was the reaction here on the road and the appreciation for this milestone.”
