Steph Curry talks 49 points and crazy win vs Spur

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00:00We've got Stephen Curry joining us.

00:07Got your first win in NBA Cup group play.

00:10You followed up a 46-point performance with a 49-point game.

00:14What did your team need from you this week?

00:16And honestly, do you ever impress yourself, Steph?

00:20Yeah.

00:21Yes.

00:21Yes, for sure.

00:24I'm blessed to keep playing this game at a high level and the longevity of it.

00:29It's fun.

00:30The competition, the back and forth with some of the young stars, it brings the best out of you.

00:35So I just try to keep my energy going all night.

00:38You look at the score, you understand the momentum, you just want to keep it close.

00:42And then the last four minutes, everybody's going to look at my stat line.

00:46But BP, Draymond, Jimmy, GP hitting big shots, those are the things, the details of winning basketball

00:53that allow us to be able to celebrate a tough win like that.

00:57Absolutely.

00:58Steph, you talked about high expectations that you guys have in your locker room.

01:03You just mentioned it, but GP hitting a big shot, Pods hitting a big shot.

01:07Talk about the poise that you guys played with tonight when you're off the court.

01:11Because tonight, you had it going, but when you step off the court, the team needs to be

01:15able to sustain leads.

01:16Talk about what you guys did tonight that worked so well.

01:19Yeah.

01:19The first half was a little rough.

01:21Just, you know, on the road, you never know, you know, shots may fall and they might not.

01:26But we did enough defensively to kind of hold the fort down until our offense got going.

01:30And we have the luxury, obviously, of Jimmy being able to play through him when I'm off the floor.

01:36And, you know, he puts pressure on the rim.

01:38He can get to the foul line.

01:39He creates gravity where he can get off of it and spray and get guys open shots.

01:44So we're still building that identity.

01:46We finished last year strong and we're trying to, you know, recreate that magic.

01:49But it's fun to try to figure it out on the fly and win while you're doing it.

01:55Steph, man, it's UD here.

01:56Great job tonight.

01:58For me, I've always played against you guys.

02:00And I've always thought that as great as you are, you guys are best when five guys are live.

02:05Pin down actions, curls, slips, all these different things going on.

02:08And then at the end, you're obviously going to go and be able to get yours.

02:11Just talk about the importance of just having those guys do those things and how it makes it so much easier for you down the stretch

02:16because defenses overreact when you get one backdoor cut,

02:18when you get one pin down, all those things.

02:21And now it's a domino effect and it opens up everything for you.

02:23But that basketball IQ that you guys have, I think that's amazing.

02:26And I love to watch it because I'm a basketball IQ guy.

02:29Yeah, we practice it, obviously.

02:31And it's a system that we've built over the last decade.

02:34And it's unique because I love to move around.

02:38I love to, you know, find ways to, like you said, create attention off the ball.

02:43And if I can get hot and then allow that, you know, attention to create open looks,

02:48that's, like you said, when we're at our best.

02:50I'm changing sides of the court.

02:51Guys are pinning in.

02:52We get slips.

02:54You know, two guys on the ball.

02:55That's how GP got that three at the top of the key down the stretch.

02:57Two guys came with me and I was able to get back to them.

03:00So Draymond hit me on a backdoor cut for a layup down the stretch.

03:05Like, you never know where it's going to come,

03:07but Coach Kerr always says the ball has energy

03:10and it's going to find the right guy if everybody's playing the right way.

03:13And we've been able to do that these last two games.

03:16Congrats, Chef.

03:17You guys had a tough, tough loss, obviously, in OKC.

03:20How did you guys recover?

03:21What did you guys talk about?

03:22I saw Draymond called you guys out a little bit,

03:25compete a little bit more on the defensive end.

03:27What did you guys talk about?

03:29Well, first thing, who hasn't had a bad loss against OKC at this point?

03:32You got to kind of keep perspective.

03:36We're 14 games in and they're the champs.

03:38They're playing with great confidence.

03:40But to your point, like, it's a long year

03:42and you just got to turn the page pretty quick.

03:44I know everybody in that room, Taylor, you know, you know it too.

03:48Like, you got 82 games.

03:50It keeps coming, it keeps coming,

03:51and you just got to be able to find a way to be accountable

03:55and assess where you're at without losing confidence

03:58because 48 hours, you're right back out there on the floor.

04:01So we've been around the block

04:03and we know exactly what we need to do.

04:05It's just a matter of can you go do it.

04:07Congrats, man.

04:08Steph, you know, Stephon Castle said that having to defend you

04:11really tests his mental game and the team's mental game.

04:14I just want to hear what advantage you feel like you have there

04:17and how it seems like you're edging teams out there

04:19night in and night out.

04:22Kind of to UD's question, like, it's unique

04:26because the way that we play,

04:28it's not just you're going to see me coming down

04:30and know where the action is and be able to guard it.

04:33Our whole goal is just to try to make the defense

04:35make multiple decisions in a single possession,

04:39and usually you're going to mess up something

04:40and somebody's going to get free.

04:42And then the endurance part, you know,

04:44my favorite compliment I get is, you know,

04:47oh, I'm tired running around with you.

04:50I hear it more often than you would think,

04:52so I do appreciate that.

04:54All right, well, we are going to let you go by saying congratulations

04:57because your 44th 40-point game since turning 30,

05:01tying Michael Jordan for the most 40-point games

05:04by a player after turning 30 years old.

05:07So congratulations to Chef Hurd.

05:12From us old guys, keep making them young boys tie.

05:14We love to see you.

05:16Absolutely, I appreciate it.

05:17Y'all got a good thing going to, a lot of energy.

05:19Thank you, Stefan.

05:20Thank you, Stefan.

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