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Stephen Curry broke his personal scoring record today, scoring 62 points in a single game, leading the Warriors to defeat the Trailblazers.
Is there a secret behind this? Let’s take a look at the tale shared by assistant coach Bruce Fraser.
Stephen Curry was in Chicago a while ago for daily training and made 90 consecutive 3s.
At that moment, his words were astonishing and he turned to Fraser to predict an impossible task.
“I knew he would shoot 100 goals,” Fraser said in an interview. In this moment, you have witnessed the miracle created by Curry. He has broken the previous personal record:77 consecutive triples。
“This is really crazy and exaggerated.”
“Because right now, most people think, ‘Oh no, now it’s almost 100. I hope I don’t spoil this rare record and hit my hands and feet.”
However, Curry’s response was “Is it 90 now? Alright then I’ll get to 100 now!”
Such supreme self-confidence and stamina allowed him to return to his normal mind, find a level of response, and continue to advance toward his next goal.
And this is just one example.
What we just saw is the situation of “continuous goals”, what should we do if we change to “not scored by accident”?
Before the game began, Curry had already set a team history record of “76 consecutive free throws.” As of March 27, 2019, he can score flawlessly every time he reaches the free throw line, and he’s just 21 goals away from tying the NBA record.
“If I were him, I would care,” assistant coach Fraser said.
“But the paradox is that once you start to worry, it is likely that you will take it to your heart. The more you think about it, the more likely you will be disturbed; trust me, you will never want it.”
The concept of the famous “white bear effect” in psychology is similar to this. The more depressed you are, the more you fall into a negative thinking loop. As for Curry’s method, he uses his “ritual” before the free throw to maintain stability.
Many athletes have their own special habits, for example, the famous tennis player Rafael Nadal will follow a fixed sequence and make unique movements before serving, while Curry will first align his body with the basket, biting his braces in his mouth. Left.
Then, you will take a deep breath and dribble the ball with your right hand – at this point, your muscle memory will be awakened, and thousands of shots will be practiced, telling us what “hard work won’t cheat” and start taking care of it. . Rear trigger action.
As you hold your breath, all noise on the sidelines will cut out. It seems that there is only Curry, the hoop in sight and the ball that is about to be thrown.
For a great shooter like Curry, the free throw line is a line that “penalizes the opponent for seeing his shot” by allowing himself to breathe, adjust his pace and prepare for the next score.
“Since the so-called habit is natural, every time you walk into that area, the players can find themselves,” Fraser said.
“Being able to run a complete process once will be more or less useful for the next game.”
As the distance from the NBA record grows closer and closer, Curry quickly finds himself surrounded by questions from reporters on such well-developed reporting. Do you want to know if he is under pressure? What are you thinking about when you take a free kick? Are there subtle thoughts?
Curry also overwhelmingly admitted curiosity:
“I try not to think about the record for consecutive goals, but they will remind me every time the game is over.”
“So it’s really not easy.”
In the end, Curry really failed to overcome this hurdle. The number of consecutive free throws has stood at 80, ranking second in the league; this is 17 points behind the best Michael Williams, and Williams’ free throw percentage this season is 90.7%.
However, going back to the day he was practicing in Chicago, did Curry finally get his rhetoric?
The answer is yes.
And not only did he make 100 consecutive triples, but he also continued to advance the record until he missed goal number 106.
Curry took this incredible record to “105 consecutive goals“Head coach Steve Kerr laughed and said he wanted to run for the Guinness World Record.
According to Fraser, the last failure was not due to distraction, but due to “fatigue”, which caused a small “bottleneck” in the filming process.
“After all, we are not robots anyway, and our bodies have limits,” said Fraser.
“But this is the most exciting, because the goal was not scored,Not because I’m nervous about the recordBut for mistakes made as “human being”. “
Perhaps it is precisely because of this mindset that Curry can still maintain a normal heart and continue to score steadily after missing a free throw in the first quarter, ultimately helping the Warriors out of the low tide of the losing streak.
In the last five games, Stephen Curry averaged 26.4 points, 6.6 assists and 4.6 rebounds per game, and his 3-point shooting percentage was 32%. However, the team’s offensive and defensive efficiency was too poor, and they were all in the last team in the league, achieving 2 wins and 3 losses.
