December 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s great,\u201d Warriors forward Draymond Green said of Curry. \u201cFun to play with him. Fun to watch someone so special do that. I think that\u2019s maybe the fourth or fifth time now this year where he\u2019s had games like that and we let it get away. So it can\u2019t be all for nothing, and it ain\u2019t his fault. So we got to figure it out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sunday\u2019s performance was quintessential Curry as he rained down 3s from all over the floor. Curry, who finished the night 16 of 26 from the field and 12 of 19 from beyond the arc, was in rhythm throughout the night as evidenced by the several instances he took a shot and then started running the other way down the floor before the ball was through the net.<\/p>\n
Curry finished with 21 fourth-quarter points, the 44th time in his career he\u2019s had at least 20 points in a quarter. He finished with 33 points in the second half. Curry\u2019s 12 3-pointers are the most by any player in a game this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re all tough,\u201d Warriors coach Steve Kerr said of Sunday\u2019s loss. \u201cBut when you make 24 3s, Steph makes 12 of them, you should win the game. Obviously, couldn\u2019t stop them. They made 20 3s themselves. It was a great game. It was a wild game. And we\u2019re just not closing games. I think we\u2019re 5-9 now in clutch games. We\u2019re not closing close games down the stretch. And we got to find a way to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
The attempt that will likely stick with Curry the most is a running layup he missed on a drive to the rim with about 29.6 seconds left that would have given the Warriors the lead. Curry drove to the rim but couldn\u2019t get the shot to fall \u2014 then he stared into the distance in disbelief. On the next Warriors possession, with the Blazers clinging to a three-point lead, Curry got trapped and turned the ball over while trying to pass to Green.<\/p>\n
As special as the performance was, Curry still couldn\u2019t get over that it had to come in a loss.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe game dictates the emotion obviously in the sense of how you try to get to the finish line with a win,\u201d Curry said. \u201cWe played well enough to win, we just didn\u2019t get enough stops. \u2026 It was one of those tough nights that you want to have back. We scored enough to win. Didn\u2019t get enough stops.\u201d<\/p>\n
After missing five straight games because of a quad injury, Curry scored 39 points in Friday night\u2019s loss to a Minnesota Timberwolves team playing without Anthony Edwards. The Warriors have struggled to find consistency all season, but they will rue these two losses in particular because they weren\u2019t able to take advantage of Curry\u2019s brilliance.<\/p>\n
Once again, it felt as if Curry did enough to win the game but the rest of the group collectively didn\u2019t pick up enough slack behind him. Kerr was asked whether the Warriors\u2019 continued issues late in games are more about execution or something mental.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey go hand in hand,\u201d Kerr said. \u201cIf you execute well, you\u2019re disciplined, that\u2019s the mindset that you need to have, and you gain confidence from that. And we haven\u2019t built that late game, slash, execution confidence to this point.\u201d<\/p>\n
With another 40-point game, Curry passed Michael Jordan for most 40-point games after turning 30. Curry has 45 such games; the Chicago Bulls legend had 44.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust cool recognition and longevity,\u201d Curry said of passing Jordan. \u201cObviously, I\u2019d like to celebrate it with a win, but again, any time you\u2019re doing anything with certain names in this league, historically, that definitely means something.\u201d<\/p>\n