Steph Curry jokes ‘hopefully’ no one can stop him, while Steve Kerr hails ‘one of the greatest players’ EVER…as the NBA world drools over Warriors star’s ‘unreal’ historic 50-point Game 7
Steph Curry’s stellar Game 7 performance for the Golden State Warriors has the basketball world raving about him.
The point guard scored a playoff career-high 50 points to make league history for most points in a Game 7 as he helped his team reach the Western Conference Semifinals with a 120-100 victory over Sacramento Kings.
Curry’s remarkable performance led a reporter to ask the question “who can stop Steph Curry?”
It got a grin and the reply, “Hopefully we’ll never find out.”
Warriors head coach Steve Kerr was one of the first to greet the 35-year-old postgame.
Steph Curry scored a playoff career-high 50 points on Sunday — an NBA record in a Game 7
Warriors head coach Steve Kerr called Curry one of the “greatest players” ever
Damian Lillard was one of countless voices from the NBA world to praise Curry’s historic play
“You have to remind yourself from time to time that this is one of the greatest players in the history of the game, the big picture,” he said after the series win.
“That’s how I felt in my playing days with Michael Jordan… For Steph to be the first ever player to hit 50 in a Game 7, he’s sublime.”
Famed ESPN reporter Stephen A. Smith had similar praise for Curry after the epic performance.
“We need to have the discussion about whether this guy is the best point guard that ever lived,” he said.
Curry shot 20-38 from the field and 7-18 from beyond the arc in his history, making a performance that also set NBA Twitter on fire as he put the game away.
The superstar led a memorable series comeback as the defending champions struggled on the road all season and after a 2-0 defeat.
“It’s amazing because you’re still in the fight,” Curry said. ‘Better than the alternative looking in from the outside. With 0-2 behind in this series nothing was guaranteed, you don’t take anything for granted.’
Curry was in unstoppable form on Sunday as the Warriors advanced to the semifinals of the NBA playoffs
Curry’s teammate and colleague ‘Splash Brother’ Klay Thompson also spoke of the historic achievement, saying: ‘What an incredible achievement. This is a Game 7 that I will forever remember as the Steph Curry game.”
Warriors’ Draymond Green added: “When you have rare situations, rare players do rare things. Steph Curry was that tonight. He was absolutely amazing.
“You can tell when he’s locked up, laser-focused. There aren’t many defenses in the world that can stop him.”
Earvin Magic Johnson wrote on Twitter, “When the Warriors needed superstar Steph Curry most, he put the team on his back and led them to a 120-100 victory over the Kings! With 50 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, this was one of his best performances ever!’
Kevon Looney also grabbed 21 rebounds for a Warriors team to win twice on the road.
Trailing 58-56 at halftime, the Warriors opened the second half with a 13-4 blowout and held the Kings to 42 points after the break.
Social media was flooded with people praising Curry for his historic Game 7 performance
Sacramento had scored early on with a beautiful combination of classic give-and-go and long jumps with a crisp pass around the perimeter.
But Curry kept coming and Looney kept scrapping to create second and third chances to stage his brilliant run. They sent Kings fans to the exit late in the fourth inning.
Not only those within the NBA were full of praise for the 50-point performance.
Real Madrid legend Toni Kroos, tennis star Andy Murray, University of South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley, and rapper turned Hollywood mogul 50 Cent also took the time to acknowledge Curry’s exploits.