Mind-blowing ease: Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors) takes the shots, from near and far, in the warm-up

Stephen Curry warming up is often a contest of ingenuity, an ode to originality. It is also, sometimes, a machine in action. Sunday night, the most prolific 3-point scorer in NBA history went into metronome mode. No shots in grotesque positions, a “simple” sequence of shots in the axis of the basket, varying the distance. Result: an equally stunning 14/14, on which the Great League capitalized on video.

Curry started from the head of the racket, he took a step back, then two steps and so on. until continuing to string from the logo, on the floor of his Golden State Warriors team, in San Francisco. Then he approached the target again, ending with a floater with an impressively high trajectory. Another angle of view came to reassure the most skeptical, so much the ease released by the “Chef” could suggest a video editing.

That said, such ease is not everything. The proof ? The result of the game against the Dallas Mavericks. Luka Doncic and his family won the victory in California (101-107). Also accustomed to spectacular warm-ups, the Slovenian prodigy was more skilful than Curry, with 34 points at 10/21 against 27 units at 11/25. Either… 14 missed shots, precisely, by the leader of the Warriors. Was he lacking in training?