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Stephen Curry, the face of the Golden State Warriors franchise for the past half-decade or so, has two championship rings to his name. He has won a couple regular-season MVP Awards, too, breaking a ton of 3-point records along the way. But one award that has seemingly evaded him is the Finals MVP trophy — a fact that has been taken against him during debates on who's the truly the greatest of all time.
Critics and analysts say that the reason why he has not won the Finals MVP trophy is that he falters during the big moments. There are many instances over the past three years where he committed big mistakes during the game's most critical moments.
But if Curry's concerned, the trophy doesn't mean anything to him. If at any, it's only an individual award. As reported by Michael Lee of Yahoo Sports:
“I could spend all day huffing and puffing about my performances over the last three years and the Finals MVP talk and all that stuff. I never let that creep into my focus of how I’m playing,” Curry told Yahoo Sports after posting his fifth 30-point game in the Finals. “It helps our team win when I’m playing well and aggressive, with confidence. As long as I keep that up, good things will happen.”
But a look at this year's NBA Finals, it seems that Curry is slowly setting himself up for that coveted trophy. They are currently up 2-0 against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Curry is logging in 31 points, 8.5 assists, and 6.5 rebounds in the first two games. Broken down into chunks, as reported by Ramona Shelburne of ESPN, Curry is dominating the Cavaliers and setting career-highs as well. Curry:
Has scored or assisted on more points in transition (35) than the Cavaliers have scored as a team (33) in the first two games.
Is hitting 45 percent on his 3-pointers after shooting 38.5 percent, 40 percent and 38.8 percent each of the past three years.
Is averaging 31 points after averaging 26.0 in 2015, 22.6 in 2016 and 26.8 in 2017.
