Golden State beat the Lakers 112-95 on Friday, in the opening game of the NBA Cup, after trailing by 25 points. And in the third quarter, there was that move: Stephen Curry crosses up Luka Doncic and hits a three. That’s a moment. Let me do it again for you, the way I would have done it on Saturday at half past eight.
Dark. Well, half the strip lights, because of the caretaker. The two school fête spotlights on the three-point line. Mesdames et messieurs, dames en heren, third quarter, dribble left, dribble right, the defender goes one way, the ball the other, and… [two-second pause] … Stephen Curry! [jingle] Make some noise.
At our place, the sound system would have started the jingle a second late, while everyone was getting back on defence. It has an opinion, the sound system.
The best part is who put words on it. Yaxel Lendeborg, the Warriors rookie, 24, ranked that crossover the second-best Curry moment he has seen in person. He had a hard night himself: six points, five turnovers, -20. Asked what the lesson was, he answered, according to BasketNews: “Try not to wet the bed as bad as I did.” He said he had wanted to keep his cool, no back-and-forth, after the technical in the first game against the same Lakers.
Me, I’d have introduced him the same way, in the dark, with the pause before the first name. I introduce everyone, the thirty-point nights and the others. And a guy who answers a press-conference question straight is almost a moment too.
Just saying. His ranking, I’m keeping for my next jingle.
It’s true, we checked: BasketNews.
