![]() “But it is a difficult trip - a couple back-to-backs and some tough travel circumstances. “We’re going to see how each game goes and how each day goes and we’ll see how he’s doing,” Kerr said. The Indiana game is the first leg of two back-to-backs the Warriors face on this road trip. Kerr said before tipoff Saturday that no decisions had been made. But NBA insider Marc Stein reported Friday that Golden State was considering resting Curry in Indiana, which could potentially set him up to break the record on basketball’s biggest stage, at Madison Square Garden, the following night. Taking into account Curry’s per-game average this season, Monday at Indiana has been the odds-on favorite. “We’ll find a special narrative for you whenever it happens.” ![]() “Playing against Seth (Saturday) how much Reggie (Miller) meant to Indiana obviously the Garden speaks for itself Boston, where Ray passed Reggie on that floor,” Curry said. “You could create a narrative for any of these next four games coming up,” Curry said Friday evening outside the Temple University gym, where the Warriors hosted practice before kicking off a five-game road trip Saturday against the 76ers. However, it was clear he was cognizant of the stakes. To start the trip, Curry shrugged off the pressure of the pursuit. ![]() They just kept Thybulle on him the whole game, and he harassed him really well. “I thought they did a really good job on Steph. To win the game you’ve got to make some shots,” Kerr said. They made only 12 of 48 attempts from distance (25%). With a 40% success rate from the field, the Warriors’ worst shooting nights of the season have come the past two games. Curry’s 18, on 6-of-20 shooting (3-of-14 from 3), was only good for third on the team, behind 23 from Jordan Poole and 20 from Andrew Wiggins. Golden State built an advantage as large as 13 points midway through the third quarter but only managed 20 fourth-quarter points and let the lead slip away. The Warriors needed more to pull out a win in the first of five straight games away from home. “But if you’re asking if it’s negatively affecting the team, then no.” We all want to see it,” Draymond Green said of the impending record, following a 102-93 loss to the 76ers, the Warriors’ lowest offensive output of the season. ![]() As he takes his pursuit to Indianapolis, it stands at seven, a mark he has reached in 101 previous games. With 18 points and nine rebounds, Curry came close to a double-double, but the magic number only decreased by three in the face of stiff defense from Matisse Thybulle. It took 22 minutes and 15 seconds of game time for Curry to start the countdown, the second straight game within range of the all-time 3-point record that he has started by missing at least his first four shots. That leaves four more potential sites for the inevitable record-breaking shot, and Curry can find a special meaning in them all. PHILADELPHIA - It won’t happen at home - coach Steve Kerr and most the rest of the known universe agree - but Steph Curry was in no hurry to make history Saturday night in Philadelphia.
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