On a night in which the Golden State Warriors lost to the Memphis Grizzlies by 51 points, Stephen Curry and Draymond Green both put up stat lines that they never put up in their careers.
Grizzlies beat the Warriors by 51 points pic.twitter.com/ZQnvGYEsp4
— ESPN (@espn) December 20, 2024
Both Curry and Green went without making a field goal attempt in the game. Curry went 0-7 (0-6 3PT) and Green went 0-4 from the field.
For Curry, it is the first time that he has went without making a field goal in a game in which he played 12+ minutes.
Stephen Curry tonight:
— Underdog NBA (@Underdog__NBA) December 20, 2024
2 PTS
0-7 FG
0-6 3PT
-41 +/-
First career game with 0 FGM and more than 12 minutes played.
For Green, his +/- of -42 is the lowest for a player in the history of the NBA for a player that played less than 20 minutes in a game.
It is the first time ever that Curry and Green have played a game together with neither of the two making a shot from the field.
Just did a quick @Stathead search and I believe no one has ever been -42 — which Draymond Green is tonight — or worse in less than 20 minutes.
— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) December 20, 2024
Green has no points, rebounds or assists and is that -42 in 19 minutes in what’s going to be an extremely ugly Warriors loss in Memphis.
The loss for Golden State was its fourth in the last five games and dropped its record to 14-12 on the season, and it has not been quite the year they'd hoped for thus far.
Curry is averaging just 23.0 points per game, which would be his lowest over a full season since the 2012-13 season when he averaged 22.9 points per game.
Green's 44.2% from the field would be his lowest over a full season since the 2016-17 season.
The departure of Klay Thompson has appeared to loom large, as Thompson is finding a groove with the Mavericks and Brandin Podziemski and Buddy Hield have not filled the void that Thompson's departure left.
Fast forward: Brandin Podziemski struggled in his sophomore year, losing the starting spot to Buddy Hield.
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) December 16, 2024
Meanwhile, Klay Thompson’s looking like he’s back in his prime whenever he faces the Warriors.
Talk about taking it personally. pic.twitter.com/0jyE4gti2W
The Warriors will certainly need Curry, Green and the rest of the team to come together and play the same Warriors basketball we have become accustomed to seeing over the last decade.
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