Curry has been sidelined since March 16 with a sprained ligament and bone bruise. The 2022 NBA All-Star Game is scheduled to be played on Feb. Denver on Saturday (8:30 ET, ABC) will be based on his continued progress. DeRozan's hot start for the best team in the East has him on track to win the fan vote after the first round. James Harden, Trae Young and LaMelo Ball are some of the heavy-hitters in the Eastern Conference backcourt mix. From NBA.com News Services Stephen Curry makes history by. He's certainly worthy of it with 26.9 points 4.5 assists and 5.0 rebounds per game with a 49.4 field-goal percentage. The NBAs all-time 3-point leader reached another milestone and tied his own record for consecutive games with at least 1 made 3-pointer. Just as the Chicago Bulls have been one of the most pleasant surprises this season, DeMar DeRozan leading all Eastern Conference guards in voting is a surprising result. He holds the NBA single-season record for 3-pointers made (402 in 2015-16) and ranks second in career 3-pointers. He is the anchor of a Bucks defense that ranks ninth in rating (108.3), per . A seven-time NBA All-Star, Curry has made a league-high 164 3-pointers this season. The NBAs most prolific 3-point shooter now has four rings, two league MVPs, two scoring titles, one Finals MVP and an All-Star Game MVP. The Greek Freak is having arguably the best season of his career for the Milwaukee Bucks.Īntetokounmpo ranks second in the NBA in ESPN's player efficiency rating (32.26), and is top seven in scoring (27.9 points per game) and rebounding (11.5 per game). For Curry, Game 6 was a legacy game for the point guard.
He made seven more 3s and scored 21 in the third, when the teams played to a 45-all tie.Reigning NBA Finals MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo is on track for his sixth consecutive All-Star Game appearance. He made six 3s for 18 points in the second quarter, though Team Durant won the period. His home fans cheered again when he did his signature pregame power toss and he came out aggressively with nine points to help Team LeBron win the first quarter 47-45. The pregame introductions wrapped up with a thunderous roar for James, who responded with one of his own. It was a thrilling finish to an All-Star Game played again before a packed house after the 2021 game was contested in a mostly empty State Farm Arena in Atlanta, moved there because of the coronavirus pandemic after it was originally scheduled for Indianapolis.
The trophy was redesigned this year and given to Curry in front of a crowd that included Bryant's wife, Vanessa.Ĭurry received 11 of the 12 votes for the award, with James earning the other through a fan vote. "It was pretty cool."Ĭurry had been booed all weekend, smiling through the sounds during pregame introductions as Cleveland fans made clear they hadn't forgiven him for helping Golden State beat the Cavaliers three times in the NBA Finals from 2015-18.īut the fans were enjoying his show too much to keep going as the game went on, though the boos returned when he was presented the MVP award that in 2020 was renamed in honor of Bryant, who won a record-tying four of them. To be out there and watch that kid from Akron as well shoot the ball the way he shot it, it was unbelievable," James said. "Nine times out of 10 and sometimes 10 times out of 10, it does go in." He literally has an automatic sniper connected to his arm, and when he lets it go, not only himself, but everybody on the floor, in the stands, on TV, on their phones, whatever you are watching on, you think it's going in every time," James said. Curry had made shots listed from 37, 33 and 34 feet during one stretch of the third quarter, The 3-point arc is slightly more than 23 feet away. He launched a few from the All-Star 2022 logo near midcourt, running backward without even waiting to watch one go in. Instead, he was upstaged by Curry, who was born in the same Akron hospital three years later.Ĭurry finished 16 of 27 beyond the arc - sometimes well, well behind it. He is the Cavaliers franchise's greatest player, having led them to their only NBA championship in 2016. The All-Star Game's return to Cleveland was expected to be James' night.
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