Stephen Curry Cooks Up Career Masterpiece In Golden State Warriors Win

Stephen Curry has built up an extensive catalog of accolades, honors, scoring records and personal milestones during his glittering NBA Finals career. But as the stardust settled on his virtuoso 43-point display on Friday, many were left convinced they'd just witnessed the greatest performance of them all by the Golden State Warriors superstar. The 34-year-old shrugged off a sore foot to carry the Warriors to a 107-97 victory on the road against the Boston Celtics, squaring the best-of-seven series at 2-2 and yanking precious momentum back to Golden State, who host two of the three remaining games in San Francisco.

Klay Thompson, Curry's fellow sharpshooting "Splash Brother" who has shared a court with the Warriors star for most of his career, had no doubt about where Friday's masterpiece deserved to be ranked.

"Probably No. 1," Thompson said. "This was nearly a must-win game, and to go out there and shoot as efficiently as he did, and grab 10 rebounds and they were attacking him on defense.

"His conditioning is second-to-none in this league."

The Warriors' Draymond Green was similarly effusive, hailing Curry's white-hot competitive nature.

"Put us on his back. Willed us to win. Came out and showed why he's one of the best players to ever play this game and why this organization has been able to ride him to so much success," Green said. "Absolutely incredible."

Thompson said Curry was "one of the most resilient, toughest guys I've ever played with."

"The way defenses guard him, they are constantly grabbing, and he just continues to play. He don't make much of it. He just continues to do what he does.

"It just says a lot about his toughness and his competitive nature and what it truly means to be a winner."

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