Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) follows by means of on a shot in opposition to the Boston Celtics through the second quarter of Recreation 4 of the NBA Finals, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photograph/Michael Dwyer) Michael Dwyer, Related Press
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry was completely super within the Warriors’ Recreation 4 NBA Finals win over the Boston Celtics on Friday, scoring 43 factors.
That mark ended up incomes Curry a bit of historical past related to the Utah Jazz.
In response to ESPN Stats & Data, Curry’s 43 factors versus the remainder of the Golden State starters’ 39 made him the oldest participant to outscore the opposite starters on his workforce in a Finals sport since Michael Jordan did it with the Chicago Bulls within the historic Recreation 6 of the 1998 Finals in opposition to the Jazz.
Stephen Curry outscored the remainder of the Warriors' starters 43-39. He's the oldest participant to try this in a Finals sport since Michael Jordan in Recreation 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals vs the Jazz. H/t @ESPNStatsInfo
— Kendra Andrews (@kendra__andrews) June 11, 2022
In that sport, which was Jordan’s final ever with the Bulls, Jordan — at age 35 — scored 45 and the remainder of the Chicago starters 31.
To be clear, since then there have been cases of gamers outscoring the remainder of their starter teammates (together with 47 from Curry himself in 2019 when the remainder of the Warriors starters solely scored 36), however none have been as outdated because the 34-year-old Curry is now.