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I see a calmness about him, and I think it's something that a lot of players don't understand. I think so. I think the fans, it's very hard for the fans to really understand what I'm saying because most players don't get it. There's a serious calmness about them, which is extremely deadly.
This interview was from December 2015, and after Curry's fourth championship, and specifically how he answered the call when on the verge of going down three games to one, proves to Mambo right once again. Let's break this down in detail. I'm back. This is Topic Tackle. Let's go. What's good, people? JC3 here, and after an NBA season's long absence, Topic Tackle returns. There'll be a separate video on the reason for that coming to the channel shortly. And just because I was absent from YouTube doesn't mean I wasn't following the action in the association's 75th anniversary season. And truthfully, the finals couldn't have featured a better matchup than the Celtics and Warriors, who were there at the league's inception.
It was in the fourth quarter of game four that the tides turned, and where Kobe's statement came into full effect with how Steph Curry closed. But first, what got us to these moments? Rewind to 7:53 remaining in the fourth. Jaylen Brown catches off the screen. Curry and Draymond switch, and Brown takes advantage of the mismatch, resulting in an easy finish with his length. Right after Curry gets scored on, he commits a lazy pass that gets intercepted by Brown, and this live ball turnover leads to a fast break opportunity and a tough right-handed layup by JB that had the crowd roaring. Timeout Warriors. Pause. This is the moment that the Celtics had to seize right here. All the momentum on their side. This is where they take that step and put away the Warriors to cement a commanding three to one lead.
Instead, Golden State not only weathered the storm but completely turned the tables because for the remaining 7:32, they would outscore Boston 21-7. You know who scored the majority of those 21 points? You guessed it. And when a player has the skills and has trained himself to have the skills to be able to shoot, dribble left, right, etcetera, and then you mix that with this calmness and poise, and you have a serious, serious problem.
Okay, maybe this example from game four isn't enough to convince you. So let's look at game five. Steph has his worst shooting performance in his career, going over nine from deep, which snapped a streak of 233 straight games with a made three and broke his perfect streak of 132 postseason games with at least one three. He still finds a way to impact the game. The Warriors make it out with a win, heading back to Boston for a close-out game six. Did you think you'd do anything else but respond? Because he's not up, he's not down, he's not contemplating what just happened before or worrying about what's to come next. He's just there.
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One of Steph's nicknames early in his career was the Babyface, Babyfaced Assassin. And while he's matured a bit since then, one thing has remained the same. I get a kick out of watching Golden State play because, you know, they seem very unassuming. You know, Klay and Steph seem very calm and nice guys, and those guys are stone-cold killers, man. They don't, they don't care about what you think of them. They don't care about if they make a game when they shot or miss it. They're out there to do their job, and you know they have a very strong sense of killer instinct.
Finally, the parallels between Kobe and Steph in their 13th season is almost too good to be true. Year 13, legacy question heading into the season. Despite having three rings, both win All-Star Game MVP, both clinch fourth ring on the road, both win first Finals MVP. Are we watching the greatest point guard to ever play in Steph Curry? That's what I want you to let me know in the comments down below, and we'll be back with more Topic Tackle coming soon. Stay solid, people.