If you’re looking to distill the 2021 Stephen Curry Experience into a single possession, you could do worse than the closing seconds of the first quarter in San Antonio earlier this month.
As a trio of Spurs defenders worked frantically to corral him, Curry hopscotched to his left, dribbled once between the legs and again behind the back, and then launched an arcing shot over the gamely outstretched arm of Rudy Gay, who had the profound misfortune of being closest to him. In the beat of silence just after the ball left Curry’s fingertips and just before it cracked through the net, Warriors color analyst Kelenna Azubuike was already starting to cackle in disbelief.