Stephen Curry hopes his All-Star game brilliance will translate to regular-season success when his Golden State Warriors open the second half of the season Thursday night on the road against the Portland Trail Blazers.
Curry’s eighth All-Star appearance was not only his best but one of the most electrifying of all time when he buried an NBA-record 16 3-pointers in a 50-point performance.
The 16 threes were the most by an NBA player in any game, surpassing teammate Klay Thompson’s 14 against the Chicago Bulls in a regular-season contest in 2018.
The 50 points were the second-most in All-Star game history, two shy of Anthony Davis’ 52 in 2017.
Curry broke the NBA all-time record for career 3-pointers earlier in the season, but nonetheless the 16-for-27 barrage against his fellow All-Stars came out of nowhere.
After all, the 33-year-old had finished the first half in a long-distance shooting slump, having gone 1 for 7 in a 117-116 home loss to the Denver Nuggets in the pre-break finale,…