To say Stephen Curry is a brilliant 3-point shooter is stating the obvious. There are so many mix videos of his highlights on YouTube, you can watch one showing him score 40-some points in a playoff game and yawn, because we've seen it all before, in real time.
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He's great. We get it. It's how he won back-to-back NBA MVP Awards, and why the Warriors have won two of the past three NBA Finals.
Still, there is something oddly mesmerizing about this ESPN video of Curry nonchalantly shooting 3s like a robot at practice. He shoots 18 3s from the corner, and we won't spoil the ending by telling you how many he makes. What's even more remarkable is how many hit nothing but net.
Here’s @StephenCurry30 shooting 18 corner 3s... How many do you think he missed? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/s1fElGhtF4
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) May 12, 2018
The Rockets will have their hands full with Curry's long-range game when they face the Warriors in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals Tuesday.