Steph Curry's 2022 NBA title puts him on basketball's Mt. Rushmore

By Ben Morse, CNN

Updated 1109 GMT (1909 HKT) June 18, 2022

(CNN)Down 2-1, with the Boston crowd howling and baying, Stephen Curry painted his Mona Lisa.

Like Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, it was comprised of soft strokes of the finest details and, in the end, was beautiful. Curry's legacy as one of the sport's greats has long been cemented, but he's never been one to be caught standing still. Despite everything stacked against him in Game 4 of the NBA Finals — a foot injury, his teammates struggling and the type of pressure us mere mortals can't even comprehend — Curry produced arguably one of the best games of his career (and there are many to pick from), torching the Boston Celtics for 43 points and leveling the Finals in the process. Even after a career of multiple titles, multiple Most Valuable Awards and multiple All-NBA First teams, the star point guard is still showing why he's a transcendent figure in the sport. Read More«He wasn't letting us lose. That's all it boils down to. I could tell in his demeanor,» Curry's longtime Warriors teammate, Draymond Green, said after the Game 4 victory. On Thursday, the Warriors clinched the 2022 NBA title with victory over the Celtics in Game 6 of the Finals, securing Curry yet another ring and his legacy as an all-time great. The title is his fourth in eight seasons but is arguably the 34-year-old's most impressive and — with his first Finals MVP award — cements his legacy as one of the 10 best players in league history among esteemed company. «What they gonna say now?» Currytold Andscape's Marc Spears after the game. "(You) hear all the talk about you as a player and us as a team, nobody outside of the Bay Area thought we would be here last October when the season