During Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals versus the Houston Rockets, Stephen Curry suffered a pretty scary fall.
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Curry struggled during Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night, and will need to step up as his Golden State Warriors face the Cavaliers on the road, with all momentum on Cleveland's side.
Curry, who shot 5-of-23 from the field in Game 2, has actually been struggling before that. It appears these shooting woes have come since his fall versus Houston.
Here are his stats since the injury, via The Big Lead:
Game 2, Cleveland: 5-for-23 FG, 2-for-15 on 3FG
Game 1, Cleveland: 10-for-20 FG, 2-for-6 on 3FG
Game 5, Houston: 7-for-21 FG, 3-for-11 on 3FG
Game 4, Houston (post-injury): 4-for-9 FG, 3-for-4 on 3FG
Field goal shooting: 26-of-73, 35.6%
3-Point shooting: 10-of-36, 27%
Compare to that to the regular season, where he is 48 percent from the field and 44 percent from 3. While the fall may not be the cause, it's definitely a coincidence why Curry may be struggling.
For the MVP, he doesn't believe it.
"Uh, no. that had nothing to do with it," he said, dismissing the head contusion correlation. "I felt good … I feel fine. Just got to shoot better."
Warriors head coach Steve Kerr echoed the same.
"No, he's fine physically, and shots come and go. As I said, we could have done a better job offensively of getting him some rhythm. Hopefully we can do that tonight, but it's all part of the process. Nobody would say a word (about Curry's slump) if it was the regular season. But it's not, so the focus is on that. He'll make them. He always does."
We'll see if Curry can bounce back for Game 3 tonight.
