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Steph Curry made the type of history on Saturday that's been abundantly clear he would make for years. With eight three-pointers in his team's Game 1 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers, the Golden State Warriors superstar passed Ray Allen for the most triples made by a player in postseason history — and did it an incredible 80 fewer games played.
While that feat is certainly impressive, it doesn't hold a candle to the way Curry played in Game 1, scoring 38 points, grabbing 15 rebounds, and dishing out seven assists on just 16 shots. His most remarkable play in a performance full of them came in the third quarter, when the two-time MVP used a screen from Draymond Green near half court, took one dribble, and pulled up for a 30-footer between two Clippers defenders.
Splash.
"Curry, long distance. BANG ‼️" pic.twitter.com/FhzpwfpFnz
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) April 14, 2019
After the game, Curry was asked to explain the mindset that coaxes him into taking such daring shots. The biggest key? His newly-prescribed eye contacts, apparently.
“You don’t want to choreograph what you’re doing, but if you got a couple to go down, momentum starts to pick up, you see the rim a different way,” he said, per ClutchPoints' Tomer Azarly. “Shoutout to the contacts.”
Curry, long on pace to break the league's record for made three-pointers, recently discovered that his occasionally blurry vision, the result of a disease called Keratoconus, could be improved by wearing contact lenses. He first began wearing them in late March, immediately busting out of a shooting slump.
Needless to say, the Clippers and every other team in the league should be prepared for Curry, finally seeing clearly, to be better than ever in the postseason.
