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This would be the 73-9 season, the season that Curry would win unanimous MVP and change the league forever. Also keep in mind that Russ hasn’t won any MVP yet and the Thunder haven’t made the finals since 2012.
This all leads to the 2016 western conference finals between the two powerhouses. And so this series starts off with the Thunder jumping out to a 3-1 lead. After the first game, it was just blowout city with Games 2,3, and 4 being decided by an average of 26.3 points. The Warriors would fight their way in Game 5. Durant would drop 40, Curry would have 31 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists with 5 steals to lead the Warriors to a 9 point lead. The victory was anything but pretty. After the game, a reporter would ask Westbrook and KD about whether Curry was underrated and this was their response. Yeah, Westbrook laughed at Curry’s defense. So yes while KD gave a more diplomatic answer saying the Warriors have other pieces, he said that Curry doesn’t guard the other team’s best point guards. Curry led the league in steals, but Westbrook obviously thought that Curry’s defense was a joke.
The funny thing is that Westbrook was actually one of the best on-ball defenders on Russ and throughout the first 4 games, Curry was the primary defender on Russ. Throughout the 5 games, Westbrook was averaging 28 points and 11 assists with 4.6 turnovers on 41.3% from the field. He was doing Westbrook things and you couldn’t complain with the results. This graphic actually says a lot. Westbrook was nowhere near dominating Curry. Along with shooting 32%, he also committed 7 turnovers when guarded by Curry. Is Curry a lockdown defender? Heck no.
