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Curry scored 41 points against the Magic, setting the record for most games with 40 or more points by a 35-year-old, and leading the Warriors to complete a rare record of seven consecutive wins after three straight losses early in the season.
The 38-year-old Warriors starblank (Stephen Curry) showed his star value again on the 7th. He scored 17 points in the last 7 minutes, including overtime. He led the team to a 126:119 win over the Magic with 41 points and achieved another first. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr described the performance as “outstanding”.
This is the second time Curry has scored more than 40 points this season. This is the 77th time in his 18-year career. This is the 16th time since his 35th birthday, which is more than the 15 times of the “little emperor” James (LeBron James) and even more than the “basketball emperor”.Jordan (Michael Jordan) 12 times, ranking first in history.
Curry said that he was able to achieve such a feat after some injuries. He felt “very honored” for what he did. He was also grateful to have been able to maintain competitive status for so long. “To think I can still maintain that level is enough to motivate me, especially winning like this tonight.”
Kerr, who began coaching the Warriors in 2014, noted that Curry’s various amazing statistics and performances are based on good work ethic. He maintains a healthy body through various training and scores amazing goals, including a difficult floater in the last 25 seconds of the regular season.
“That was an incredible shot. There were a lot of people on the court. It was a 12-foot shot, like a floater, a hook shot, whatever you want to call it.” Kerr described Curry as a unique existence. “I don’t know who else in the world can make a shot like that.”
With this overtime win, the Warriors became the second team in history, following the Celtics in the 1950–51 season, to win seven consecutive games after losing three games the season before.
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Curry scored 41 points in the game and scored 17 points in the last 7 minutes, including overtime, leading the Warriors to a 126:119 victory over the Magic, demonstrating their super key scoring ability.
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This is the 77th time in Curry’s career that he has surpassed 40 points in a single game, and the 16th time since his 35th birthday, surpassing James’s 15 times and Jordan’s 12 times, ranking first in history.
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After losing three consecutive games at the beginning of the season, the Warriors won seven consecutive games, becoming the second team in history to accomplish this reversal after the Celtics in the 1950–51 season.
