Steph Curry is the NBA scoring champion for the second time in his remarkable career, and he secured that feat while the Golden State Warriors clinched the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference.
Curry scored 49 points in 40 minutes — along with dishing out nine assists and pulling down seven rebounds — to lead the Warriors to a 113-101 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday. The two-time NBA MVP made nine three-pointers.
46 PTS | 7 REB | 9 AST
Unreal performance from @StephenCurry30 pic.twitter.com/EXNEOVFPzf
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) May 16, 2021
BUCKETS.
With this basket, @StephenCurry30 has secured the 2020-21 @NBA scoring title 👏 pic.twitter.com/oenaw1PNb5
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) May 16, 2021
Curry finishes the season averaging 32.0 points per game (he averaged 30.1 when leading the NBA in scoring in 2015-16), and joins Michael Jordan as the only players to lead the NBA in scoring at age 33 or older.
Steph Curry 2020-21 season:
— 32.0 PPG (leads NBA)
— Oldest to win scoring title since MJ
— 38 30-point games (most since MJ)
— 337 threes (leads NBA)
— 4th 300-three season (most ever)
— 7 10-three games (most ever)
— 5.3 3PG (most ever)
— Broke Warriors all-time scoring record pic.twitter.com/DS84gkjcAv— StatMuse (@statmuse) May 16, 2021
At 33 years old, Steph Curry joins Michael Jordan as the only players in NBA history to lead the league in scoring in a season at age 33 or older. pic.twitter.com/NyJvNfmQsv
— NBA History (@NBAHistory) May 16, 2021
Another amazing season by Curry, and it will be interesting to see if he can lead the Warriors to a surprise playoff run. The Warriors will face the Portland Trail Blazers or Los Angeles Lakers in the play-in tournament. Warriors-Lakers would certainly be a thriller, and that will happen if — on Sunday night — the Blazers beat the Denver Nuggets or the Lakers lose to the New Orleans Pelicans.
