Stephen Curry got a courtside reminder on Monday that he’s not the only one who can launch from way downtown.
With Curry in attendance for the Golden State Valkyries’ game against the Dallas Wings, Tiffany Hayes ended the first quarter by rising up from the logo and burying a three. The shot had Curry and Warriors teammate Gary Payton II looking stunned.
The Valkyries have been rolling into this one, winners of five straight and sitting alone in second place in the WNBA standings. They can lock up a playoff berth with a win.
Hayes entered Monday with 463 career made threes, though her perimeter shot has been off this season. She had hit just 28.1 percent of her three-point attempts.
Curry, of course, has built a career on shots like that and then some. His list of deep daggers includes the 2016 game-winner against the Thunder - the “Double Bang” shot that came with under a second left - along with the Golden Dagger at the 2024 Olympics, the corner three against the Pelicans in the 2015 playoffs and his clutch three over PJ Tucker in the 2019 playoffs.
He’s also got the three-quarter-court bomb against the Grizzlies in the 2015 playoffs, a shot that came at the end of the third quarter and swung momentum before Golden State finished off Memphis in Game 6. Hayes’ pull-up from the logo may not have been quite that far out, but it was deep enough to leave Curry speechless.
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