![]() Brady McCollough on the Trojans: For a month after the firing of Clay Helton, the USC head coaching vacancy owned the conversation across college football. ![]() In all, he would make his first 10 shots and the Clippers, facing a daunting deficit, found themselves starting a new season right where they finished their last one.Ĭurry could not be overcome, scoring seven points in the final 56 seconds of the fourth quarter to the chants of “M-V-P!” to seal a 115-113 Clippers loss in their season’s opener. Nine shots, nine makes and 25 points later, while his teammates bounced toward their sideline huddle with a 17-point lead after one quarter, Curry paused in front of the courtside seats to yell and wave his arms. He drilled three-pointers off the dribble, from the corner and rolled in a fast-break layup - after first stripping Clippers star Paul George as he jumped for a three-point attempt on the other end. He created open space with pump-fakes, then finished with a swish. He drew a foul within the game’s first 10 seconds. But by every other basketball standard, he was perfection in blue Under Armours for 12 minutes. It was true that there was something that Curry did not do right in Thursday’s first quarter against the Clippers. Both explanations worked for Stephen Curry as he stood along a baseline whipping his arms in circles, as even a crowd conditioned to years of his astonishing shooting displays slowly rose from the front row to the upper deck. Maybe he was signaling fans for more noise. Become a subscriber.Īndrew Greif on the Clippers: Maybe he was exaggeratedly cooling off his hands. ![]() ![]() Your support helps us deliver the news that matters most. Enjoying this newsletter? Consider subscribing to the Los Angeles Times ![]()
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