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Stephen Curry is the most popular name in the world of basketball today. With his ridiculous skills, he has made a name for himself and is the only player to have ever won the most prestigious MVP award unanimously. He is known for his ridiculous shooting and has innumerable shooting records on his name.
He has revolutionised the game of basketball with his 3-point shooting and is arguably the greatest shooter of all-time. The 5-time NBA All-Star shoots the ball so effortlessly and is an opposition's nightmare on any given night.
During the 2015-16 regular season, Curry knocked down 402 3-pointers and became the first basketball player to knock down more than 300 threes. However, there have been few games in which Curry failed terribly from beyond the arc. This happens very rarely as he is an elite-shooter and through the course of this article, we take a look at 5 games in which Steph failed miserably from the distance.
#1 13 at Los Angeles Lakers (0-10 from 3-point line), 4th November 2016
After defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder in a blowout game at home, the Warriors visited LA to play against the Lakers. The hosts just beat Hawks two nights before and were high on confidence to take on against the defending champions.
The two-time MVP could not get anything going the game and struggled badly from the 3-point line. To everyone's surprise, Curry failed to knock down wide-open threes, which are usually something that he would nail in his sleep.
Curry scored 13 points on 5-of-17 shooting with a very low field-goal percentage of 29.4. From beyond the arc, Curry went for 0-10, and the entire Warriors team went for 5-32 with a forgettable three-point percentage of 15.6. They lost this game by 20 points. Jordan Clarkson came off the bench and had 22 points.
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#2 11 at Denver Nuggets (1-11 from 3-point line), 13th February 2017
After adding Kevin Durant in the off-season, Warriors only bolstered their already powerful team and were causing problems to opposition teams every night during the 2016-17 regular season. They went into every game as favourites and were having one more great season.
Warriors were pitted against the Denver Nuggets for a regular season game in February and Curry had a disappointing game as he only scored 11 points and was ridiculous -24 on the game.
The Nuggets did a great job of contesting Curry's shots and never really allowed him to take open shots. He also found it difficult to get to the rim which is evident as he went for 4-18 from the field.
For Denver, Juan Hernangomez and Wilt Barton combined for 51 points on 18-36 shooting and the Nuggets beat Warriors, 132-110.
#3 19 at Philadelphia 76ers (0-10 from 3-point line), 27th February 2017
The Golden State Warriors destroyed Brooklyn Nets two nights before at home and Stephen Curry scored 27 points. He was +17 on the game and put on a show. The Warriors then started their 5-game road trip with a game against the 76ers at Wells Fargo Center.
Curry was terrible from downtown and went 0-10 from beyond the arc. However, the three-time NBA champ used his dribbling skills and got to the rim on several occasions to score baskets. He went for 7-23 from the field but perfect from the free-throw with 5-5 and had 19 points in this one.
Klay Thompson and Kevin Durant had great outings scoring 21 and 29 points respectively and the Golden State Warriors held off the Philadelphia 76ers, 119-108. The Warriors finished the road-trip 3-2.
#4 11 at Cleveland Cavaliers (1-10 from 3-point line), 6th June 2018
In the Warriors-Cavalier part IV, the Warriors defending their home court in first two games and were in Cleveland for the next two looking to sweep the Cavs. Steph was magical in Game 2 and scored game-high 33 points to defeat Cleveland and give Warriors the early lead, 2-0.
However, Curry failed to deliver in Game 3 and kept jacking up shots over Cleveland defenders who contested every attempt. They did not give any room for Curry and he failed badly from downtown.
Albeit the 5-time All-Star had only 11 points, Kevin Durant came up big and scored 43 points in the game on ridiculous 15-23 shooting to beat the Cavaliers, 110-102. Durant dominated Cleveland the whole game and despite Curry's failure, Durant's incredible performance lifted the Warriors past Cavs.
#5 14 at San Antonio Spurs (1-12 from 3-point line), 19th March 2016
The Golden State Warriors were dismantling the oppositions for fun and were up against the Western Conference rivals, San Antonio Spurs. They were playing the second game of a back-to-back on road and Curry failed to perform and had a forgettable game as he went for 1-12 from downtown and was -10 on the game. This performance came a night after scoring 31 in a win against the Dallas Mavericks.
The Spurs' defense troubled him the entire game and did not give him any time and forced shots on a lot of occasions. He scored 14 points on the night and went for 4-18 from the field. From the downtown, he only shot 1-12 and the Spurs won the game quite comfortably 87-79.
With this loss, the Golden State Warriors' seven-game winning streak came to an end and their record fell to 62-7.
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