Stephen Curry keeps adding new lines to an already crowded résumé, and Saturday night gave him another one.
In Golden State’s seventh straight win, Curry poured in 41 points and moved past LeBron James for the most 40-point games in NBA history since turning 35 years old. According to NBA insider Brett Siegel, “Stephen Curry has just recorded his 16th game with 40+ points since turning 35 years old. That passes LeBron James for the most such games after turning 35 in NBA history,”
That milestone came during a stretch in which Curry has remained central to everything the Warriors are doing. Golden State has opened the season strong, and the veteran guard has been at the heart of it while questions about his future and his health have followed him all summer.
Curry signed an extension with the Warriors just before the season began, a deal that is likely to be his final contract before retirement. He had made his preference clear before putting pen to paper.
“Not at all. I've always stated that I wanna be a lifer with Golden State… My mission is to stay in Golden State and be competitive, the contract stuff will take care of itself,” Curry said.
The 35-plus scoring record is only the latest proof that age has not dulled his edge. There were concerns about how his knee would hold up this season because of a lingering injury, but Curry has continued to answer with production.
He is still one of the league’s most dangerous scorers, and the Warriors’ early run has only reinforced that. Golden State’s seven-game winning streak has been fueled in part by Yaxel Lendeborg’s early-season impact, with Bill Simmons going so far as to say the rookie has saved the Curry era.
“Yaxel might have single-handedly saved the Steph era, like for real, and I can't tell you how good he was in this Denver game last night . . . Yaxel looked like mid-2010's LeBron in this game.
I don't say that lightly because mid-2010's LeBron was awesome. They're running the offense through him.
He was all over the place on defense. He was rebounding.
He was initiating stuff. He was getting to the basket whenever.
It was unbelievable. I couldn't believe it.
I couldn't believe how good he was," Simmons said.
For Curry, the history keeps coming. And based on the way he’s started this season, this probably won’t be the last time he finds himself in the record book before his career is done.
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