A victory of the Filadelphia 76ers (126-119, the first since February 4) was not the only rare feat witnessed by those who tuned for their confrontation of marquee against the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night. In the middle of the fourth quarter, the leader of 3 points of the league, Steph Curry, first submerged in six seasons.
In the middle of the last quarter, Tyrese Maxey lost a triple that was temporarily recovered by Guerschon Yabusele. However, before the French could make a play, he was stripped by Buddy Hield, who looked up and saw Curry alone at the other end of the court. Hield hit Curry calmly, and the veteran guard turned on for the blow.
Curry said after the game that this “sure” will be the last overturned of his career.
“I’m calling it right now,” Curry saying. “That was the last one you will see. Ironically, this morning in Shotaround, [assistant coach Jerry] Stackhouse said he wanted to see a dump. I hadn’t said that all year and I haven’t heard it in years, and it happened tonight. A little fun. It was a very random comment this morning, and the fact that it happened was hilarious. “
The last time Curry had immersed himself in a game was the victory of the Warriors over the Sacramento Kings on February 21, 2019. It was so long ago that he freed himself in the baseline through a Demarcus Cousins screen (which played his last NBA game in 2022) and was not assisted by anything Kevin Durant. Look at the elevation!
Curry ‘Dunk on Saturday represented two of the 29 points of his team. He also grabbed five rebounds and distributed 13 assists in another strong exit. In total, he scored or helped in 23 of the 46 goals of the Warriors, but that was not enough since the winning streak of five Golden State games came to an end.
The defeat of the Warriors against the Sixers however of Joel Embiid was a proof of the important thing that Jimmy Butler has become for this team in recent weeks. Since Butler’s arrival to an agreement of the deadline of great success, the Warriors have 7-1 with him in the alignment, and his only loss was for four points for the Dallas Mavericks.
Butler sat on Saturday due to the rear spasms, that coach Steve Kerr said they were the result of a blow he received during the team’s victory over Orlando Magic on Thursday. Kerr could not give a definitive timeline for Butler’s return, but he was optimistic that it will not be a long -term absence.
“I hope no and I don’t think so, but you never know what things”, ” Kerr said Before the loss against the Sixers. “But it’s just day by day for now.”
After Saturday’s defeat, the Warriors have 32-28 in the season, which has them in the seventh place in the strict classification of the West Conference. There are only half a game behind Los Angeles Clippers for the sixth and last automatic playoffs, but also only half a game ahead of the tenth place of the Mavericks for the last place in the game tournament.
