The cะฐmerะฐ ะฐlsะพ cะฐtches Curry giving ะฐ shะพrt fist pump tะพ his chest ะฐnd then pะพinting tะพwะฐrd the rะฐfters ะพf ะพrะฐcle ะฐrenะฐ in ะพะฐklะฐnd ะฐfter he mะฐkes the bะฐsket. Curry did this ะฐs ะฐ meะฐns tะพ express his grะฐtitude tะพ Gะพd fะพr helping the Wะฐrriะพrs beะฐt the Cะฐvะฐliers thะฐt night.
Curryโs outstanding performance under the bright lights was matched only by his stellar regular season. This season, Curry made 286 three-pointers, which was enough to surpass his own record set just two seasons earlier.
Curryโs ability as a spectacular shooter, coupled with a 67-win season for his Golden State Warriors and the top seed in the Western Conference Playoffs, led to him being named NBA MVP.
Curry won his first MVP title six years into his career, besting such luminaries as LeBron James and James Harden on the way. Curry, unlike many other superstars, attributes his rise to prominence in the NBA to God rather than merely hard effort and a love for the game.
My Lะพrd ะฐnd Sะฐviะพr, Jesus Christ, is ultimะฐtely respะพnsible fะพr the gifts I hะฐve thะฐt ะฐllะพw me tะพ plะฐy this gะฐme. During his MVP victะพry speech, Curry remะฐrked, โI cะฐnโt sะฐy enะพugh hะพw impะพrtะฐnt my fะฐith is tะพ hะพw I plะฐy the gะฐme ะฐnd tะพ whะพ I ะฐm.โ
Priะพr tะพ his fะฐme, Curry decided tะพ fะพllะพw Christ while still in middle schะพะพl. In ะฐn interview with ะฐctive Fะฐith, Curry explะฐined thะฐt he mะฐde the decisiะพn ะฐfter heะฐring frะพm the yะพuth pะฐstะพr thะฐt he ะฐnd his peers needed tะพ mะฐke the chะพice independently, withะพut cะพnsulting their pะฐrents.
Curryโs religious convictions motivate him to look for opportunities to aid the poor.
Curry joined the Nothing but Nets movement in 2012, the year he first smashed the 3-point mark. Insecticide-treated bed nets are distributed as part of the program, which was inspired by sports columnist Rick Reilly. In 2012, Curry made 3 three-pointers for every bed net he gave, totaling 816 bed nets. Now that Curry has set a new record, he plans to contribute even more bed nets than last year.
The support of his family has been important in Stephen Curryโs growth as a Christian and NBA star. Dell Curry, Stephenโs dad, played for the NBA for 16 seasons, and he was named the leagueโs Sixth Man of the Year in 1994. Stephenโs mom, Sonya, was a volleyball star at Virginia Tech.
In his MVP award speech, Curry reflected on the first middle school game he missed because his parents made him sit him out for not doing his work. โThatโs a pretty embarrassing moment if you have to tell your teammate fellows I canโt play tonight, I didnโt do the dishes at home,โ Curry said with a smirk on his face.
When asked about the most influential aspects of his upbringing, Curry cited discipline and faith. In 2008, under Curryโs leadership, the Davidson College basketball team advanced to the tournamentโs Elite Eight before falling to the eventual winners from the University of Kansas. The nation became curious in Davidsonโs speedy guard with the smooth shot when the Wildcats advanced far in the tournament.
Curry entered the 2009 NBA draft after his junior year at Davidson. The Golden State Warriors, who picked him seventh overall, went 26-56 in his first season with the team. But thanks in large part to Curryโs scoring and distributing ability, the Warriors quickly improved after a dismal 2009 season.
This seasonโs 67-15 record is a 41-win improvement in the franchiseโs overall record over the past five seasons.
The second game of the Finals will begin at 7 p.m. on Sunday, June 7.
