The best presentation to his people at the Chase Center could not have had the Golden State Warriors star base, Stephen Curry.
In the first quarter of Thursday night’s game, the San Francisco team held the LA Clippers, with the ‘Chef’ reaching 9-9 with 25 points and three to 5-5 points.
This start, he now got 1 in 4 players with 25 points in 100% shooting during the quarter-game over the last 25 seasons. Gary has done it twice (he did it in the third quarter against OCK on April 14, 2021 at OKC).
The other players who did it once were his allies Clay Thompson, Will Pine and Kobe Bryant, according to data ESPN Statistics & Info.
In addition, Carrie has already amassed 8 25-point quarters in his NBA career, more than twice as many other players; The closest was Bryant, who hit 4 quarters in 25 units.
Thursday night went charcoal 5-5 or better for the sixth time in his career. No player since 1996-97 has shot better from the 5-5 or three range for more than 3 quarters.
Charcoal finished the game with 45 points and 10 boards and the Warriors had their second win at the start of the 2021-2022 season.