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Stephen Curry, the 4x NBA champion, is regarded as the greatest shooter in the league for a reason. During the 2012-13 season, Curry set an NBA record for the highest three-pointers made in a regular season. In the following seasons, Curry surpassed his own record to become a 2x NBA Three-Point Contest Champion. He even broke Ray Allen’s record of the most 3-pointers made in NBA History, despite having played 500 fewer games than the Heat legend.

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When on the court, defending Steph Curry is a back-breaking task. Curry?s prowess has left even the best NBA defenders gasping for air. Recently, a 6?8 Los Angeles Clippers? All-Star opened up about how difficult it is to defend Curry.

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Paul George opens about defending the mighty Stephen Curry

Stephen Curry makes even the best defenders look weak. And Paul George, one of the consistently high-performing players in the league, would agree. Standing tall at 6?8, even one of the Clippers? best defenders, Paul George, couldn?t successfully defend Curry.

George, in a recent episode of his podcast, Podcast P with Paul George, confessed that guarding Curry is a herculean task. George looks back on a game where the Clippers played against the Golden State Warriors and bit dust.

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George commented, ?He went off for 50 against us this season. But I thought I was going to lock him up that game?”

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Stephen Curry is a force to reckon with

George started the game thinking he’d block Curry at least for the first quarter. In fact, that was the only thing expected of him. However, Curry is a hurricane on the court and there is no stopping him.

By the end of the first quarter, the Clippers had to scratch off all their game plans. George?s hope to stop Curry soon became a distant dream. PG confessed, ?Imma put some length on him, Imma get over those screens, don’t worry about it. [But] man, it was like, whatever our game plan was, we was scratching that sh*t by middle of the first quarter.?

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Watching Curry get the basket every time had to be a spectacle. In that game, Stephen Curry dropped a 50-piece on the LA Clippers and won.

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The Clippers were under the impression that they had a brilliant game plan. Little did they know how wrong they were. Curry dominated the court from start to finish. Despite George?s great defense, the Clippers were the victims of a Chef Curry clinic.

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Prachi Bhandutia

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Prachi is an NBA writer at EssentiallySports. After playing basketball throughout high-school, she got a real taste of the sizzling NBA action after moving to the University of Hartford for BA in Creative Writing. Living in Connecticut, she got exposed to the cross-town rivalry between the New York Knicks and the Brooklyn Nets. She has been an ardent NBA follower since, constantly fangirling over Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Kevin Durant, Joel Embiid, and LeBron James. Prachi employs her impeccable writing skills to report NBA news unbiasedly.

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