The first half was a tale of two Steph Curry’s.
The Warriors star dropped 21 points on 7 of 9 shooting — including hitting an NBA Finals record six three-pointers — in the opening 12 minutes of Game 1 on Thursday.
He caught the eye of several NBA stars.
“Steph locked,” Grizzlies star Ja Morant tweeted.
Stephen Curry’s first quarter included an NBA record. His second finished with zero points. Getty ImagesCurry’s point total marked a personal best for a single NBA Finals quarter — one off Michael Jordan’s record set in 1993 and two off his own career best in any quarter of any game.
It didn’t carry over into the second quarter, in which Curry posted a goose egg. He finished with 34 points, but his Warriors fell apart in the fourth quarter in a 120-108 loss to the Celtics in Game 1
The 34-year-old missed both shots he took in the second, including one from beyond the arc.
