With 10 minutes, 29 seconds left in the second quarter of Saturday night’s unforgettable epic showdown between the Golden State Warriors and Oklahoma City Thunder, Stephen Curry—the NBA’s most unimaginably brilliant superstar—crumpled to the court with an ankle injury.
In a different dimension, Curry left the game and didn’t return. The Thunder extended their lead to double digits, gave Golden State its sixth loss of the season and left the entire NBA wondering if the Warriors are as vulnerable as any collection of human beings should be.
But in this dimension, Curry returned to action and looked better than ever.
On the way to pushing his own legend to an unprecedented height, leading his Warriors to a 121-118 overtime victory at Chesapeake Energy Arena, the reigning MVP finished with 46 points on 24 field-goal attempts, including an NBA-record-tying 12 three pointers.
The icing on the cake: a neck-snapping go-ahead dagger with 0.6 seconds on the clock. For anybody else, the attempt from a few steps within the half-court line is a prayer. For Curry, it’ ...
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