Stephen Curry still hasn't gotten over Game 7. It might take another ring until he does.
Curry recently spoke with the media after shooting a commercial for Degree Men deodorant.
“I still haven’t gotten over Game 7,” Curry told USA TODAY Sports during a break in the shoot. “That’s something that will stay with me pretty much forever, for good and bad reasons. Obviously you hated the feeling, but it’s also a motivator to come back even stronger and try not to have that feeling again.
“I’m at that point now where I can try to fuel any kind of terrible nightmares or thoughts about Game 7 into motivation for how I’m going to prepare myself for this year.”
It's come out that Curry wasn't quite 100 percent at the end of last year's Finals, something else that surely continues to bug him about coming up short.
Unsurprisingly, Curry is using that game and those recurring nightmares as motivation.
“Starting with that night (of Game 7), it kind of was like a surreal feeling at home, kind of like, ‘What just happened?’ because we were so confident we could get it done,” Curry said. “Human nature kind of took in, where I was a little down — kind of naturally. But I was able to kind of just get away, go on vacation with the family (in Hawaii), get in front of the next generation at a couple (basketball) camps, still be around the game but not be depressed at all and understand we’re playing for the Finals and hopefully get another chance at it next year.”
It probably didn't take long for Curry and the Warriors to move on at least somewhat from last season. It still hurts, but with the Warriors adding Kevin Durant this summer, it's got to be impossible not to look forward to this coming season.
The Warriors are heavy favorites again. Las Vegas odds have them projected to win 10 more games than any other team next season. If that happens and the Warriors win another title, maybe Curry will get over that excruciating Game 7 loss.
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