With around a minute and a half left to go in a crucial Game 1 between eternal Western Conference adversaries, Stephen Curry — playing with 5 fouls and also playing with wildfire by continuing to make body contact on defense, continuing to poke and reach in, and just overall giving Warriors fans a series of neverending heart attacks — played perhaps the best defensive sequence of his career.
The weakest link in the Hamptons 5, a lineup replete with elite defensive players, shone brightest on the defensive end. This sequence displays the epitome of Curry’s defensive effort in Game 1.