{"id":291705,"date":"2023-05-01T09:33:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T09:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=291705"},"modified":"2023-05-01T09:58:30","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T09:58:30","slug":"sublime-curry-breaks-nba-record-in-playoff-epic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=291705","title":{"rendered":"'Sublime' Curry breaks NBA record in playoff epic"},"content":{"rendered":"

With his big-game swagger on display for the world and that signature mouthpiece dangling from a celebratory grin, Stephen Curry<\/a> drove fearlessly to the basket with jaw-dropping acrobatics all afternoon and he fired with precision from way back in a game seven extravaganza for the ages.<\/p>\n

He even playfully pretended to push the button and light the beam, Sacramento<\/a>-style.<\/p>\n

Curry scored a playoff career-high 50 points in the most prolific game seven performance ever and answered time and again to will the Warriors<\/a> on in their quest for a repeat, sending Golden State into the Western Conference semi-finals with a 120-100 win against the Sacramento Kings.<\/p>\n

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Curry led a memorable comeback in the series, too, perhaps improbable even for the defending champions when they got down 2-0 and given their road woes all season.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt's amazing \u2018cuz you\u2019re still in the fight,\u201d Curry said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBetter than the alternative of on the outside looking in. Having been down 0-2 in this series, nothing was guaranteed, you don't take anything for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Stephen<\/p>\n

Curry\u2019s points are the most in NBA history in a game seven, topping former teammate Kevin Durant\u2019s 48 for the Nets against Milwaukee in 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor Steph to be the first player ever to get 50 in a game seven, he\u2019s sublime,\u201d coach Steve Kerr said.<\/p>\n

Kevon Looney grabbed 21 rebounds for a Warriors team that needed to win twice on the road facing a hostile, cowbell-clanging crowd in the state capital to become the first reigning champion to drop the first two games and win any post-season series.<\/p>\n

Now, bring on LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference semi-finals with all that NBA finals history between James and Golden State dating to his Cleveland days.<\/p>\n

Game one is Friday at Chase Center.<\/p>\n

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