Steph Curry’s father, Dell, was famously an excellent NBA shooter in his own right. It turns out that, even on a night when Curry proves red hot from long range, his pops can still show him how it’s done.
In a suit and loafers, no less. From about, oh, 40 feet.
Golden State was hosting Charlotte on Wednesday, meaning that Dell Curry was on hand in his capacity as an analyst for Fox Sports Southeast. During pregame warm-ups, the 52-year-old former Hornets star was over near the scorer’s table when his son, from near the basket, surprised him with an unexpected basketball tossed his way.
How did Dell Curry react? Hey, shooters shoot.
As Steph Curry arrives, he looks up to see his Pops, Charlotte TV man Dell Curry, bank a deep 3 from right wing. "Not that hard!" Dell yells
— Sam Amick (@sam_amick) February 2, 2017Okay, so the shot went in off the glass, but that was still a pretty impressive effort. Afterward, the two went straight to the replay.
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Suitably inspired, Steph Curry went out and absolutely roasted the Hornets from deep. He hit eight three-pointers on 10 attempts and racked up 26 points — in the first half alone.
The Warriors took a 20-point first-quarter lead and maintained a comfortable margin throughout the rest of the game, so Curry’s services weren’t much needed in the fourth quarter, but he still finished with 39 points on 14-of-20 shooting, including 11 of 15 from three, in a 126-111 win.
Curry scored 43 in his previous outing (he sat out a Warriors game Sunday with a stomach ailment), and both games featured several of his patented makes from well behind the arc. The two-time NBA MVP is showing signs of embarking on a dominant stretch in a season where he has appeared to have taken a bit of a step back, following the addition of Kevin Durant.
Steph Curry's last two games: 82 points on 29-of-43 shooting. He's made 20 of his 30 threes. He's sat out the fourth quarter of both games.
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) February 2, 2017Dell Curry played 16 years in the NBA, getting a sixth man of the year nod in 1994 while setting Hornets career records for games (701), field goals (3,951), three-pointers (929) and points (9,839). But he told GQ last year that his oldest son’s “range is definitely farther” than his was (another son, Seth, plays for the Mavericks).
“I’ll be able to shoot, I think, until I can’t walk,” Curry said to the magazine. He was not able to hang with Steph in a game of H-O-R-S-E that GQ set up, but his shot Wednesday would have been tough even for his superstar kid to match.
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