What is Stephen Curry’s Achilles heel?

What is Stephen Curry’s Achilles heel?

Despite all the years of dominance, winning multiple MVP awards and four NBA championships, Stephen Curry can’t escape a negative aspect of his otherwise unique career. The Golden State Warriors host the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas Day. Although both teams have similar competition windows, there is more to the duel. Curry is a worry for the Warriors on Christmas.

In his 979 NBA games, Curry averages 24.7 points with remarkable shooting splits. The percentages give the impression of a Hall of Fame career: 47 from the field, 42 from 3 and 91 from the free throw line.

But despite his successful NBA career, there is one time of year when he consistently underperforms: Christmas Day.

During his illustrious NBA career, Curry averaged 15.6 points in 10 games as of December 25th. Far below his career mark, Curry disappears without proper explanation on one of the biggest days of the year, like Santa Claus after eating your homemade milk and cookies.

Combined with below-average scoring averages, Curry’s shooting percentages are weighing heavily on the Warriors’ Christmas performances. Curry shot 31.7 percent from the field and 23 percent from 3 on Special Day.

Unfortunately for Warriors fans, Curry’s Christmas Day woes came early for the 2024-25 season.

Curry’s stats during the Warriors’ 1-4 streak in their last five games reflect the overall struggles of a team slipping in the Western Conference standings.

The Warriors superstar is averaging 17.6 points, 37.7 percent shooting from the field, a clip of 35.8 from 3 and 84.6 percent from the charity stripe in the aforementioned five-game span.

Normally, Curry’s terrible shootouts only happen once a year, but in a bit of foreshadowing, he’s hitting his annual deficits just in time for Christmas.

While such negative performances might worry the Warriors, fans might try to reverse the scenario.

Perhaps Curry’s recent poor shooting performance suggests he will flip the switch for what could be his final Christmas game against LeBron James, reversing the curse that began in 2010.

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