Stephen Curry never had a game like this.
The nation's leading scorer was held without a point as Loyola, Md. employed a triangle-and-2 defense against Curry with both defenders on him. Despite Curry going scoreless, the game was never in doubt as 24th-ranked Davidson routed Loyola 78-48 on Tuesday night.
Okay, there's that, but then there's this:
"If Oklahoma can't stop him, how is Loyola College going to stop him?" Loyola coach Jimmy Patsos asked.
"We had to play against an NBA player tonight," Patsos explained. "Anybody else ever hold him scoreless? I'm a history major. They're going to remember that we held him scoreless or we lost by 30?"
Neither, coach. The few people that remember are going to recall that you were the dumbass who didn't even try to win the game.
Props to Curry, who seems to have the right attitude:
In Davidson, N.C., it didn't take long for Curry to figure out the strategy. He spent some possessions just standing in the corner with two defenders around him while his teammates had a constant 4-on-3 advantage.
Davidson (5-1) proved it has other options, and the Wildcats often scored at will even if Curry didn't reach double figures for only the second time in his career.
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And Curry, coming in averaging 35 points a game, joked that he had the best seat in the house.
"Every dead ball I asked them how long they were going to do this," Curry said he asked his shadowing defenders. "They really didn't say anything. They weren't very conversational about it."
I can appreciate moral victories, but this is just dumb. Fire Jimmy Patsos.
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