Know your New Orleans Pelicans opponent: Stephen Curry

Apr 7, 2015; New Orleans, LA, USA; Golden State Warriors guard

(30) drives past New Orleans Pelicans guard

(20) during a game at the Smoothie King Center. The Pelicans defeated the Warriors 103-100. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports

While the New Orleans Pelicans have taken on the Golden State Warriors four times this season the NBA playoffs are a different animal. Teams make more adjustments from game to game, the focus on individual players is more intense and things get harder. So what to the Pelicans have to worry about? We are breaking down the group of Warriors that will probably see the floor in important situations throughout the series so Pelicans fans can know what to expect.

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It is hard to believe that Stephen Curry hasn’t always been an NBA superstar or that at one point Warriors fans wanted to keep Monta Ellis over Curry. But that was all in the past and Curry is now one of the premier scorers int he NBA and on his way to perhaps the best shooting career of all time.

This season he was absolutely insane. Curry averaged 23.8 points per game on 48.7 percent shooting to go along with 7.7 assists and 4.3 rebounds on his way to what is likely his first MVP. The crazy part about it all was that Curry was able to do it while maintaining his incredible efficiency as he shot 48.7 percent from the field and 44.3 percent from three-point range on a 8.1 attempts per game. Those numbers helped Curry rank fourth in true shooting percentage behind Kyle Korver, DeAndre Jordan and Kevin Durant and second in effective field goal percentage behind Jordan, insane for a player that took as many jump shots as Curry did.

It has all added up to make Curry one of the most dangerous players in these playoffs and one that the Pelicans must not let get going for a second because that is all it takes for Curry to get his shot off and shoot a team out of a game or series.

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