Ranking Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson's 10 Best Games in Splash Brothers Era | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
Sarah Rodriguez Stat line: 43 PTS, 14-of-26 FG, 7-of-14 3PT, 10 REB, 4 AST
Steph's Game 4 vs. Boston or Klay's Game 6 vs. OKC is a tough choice.
Regarding how memorable they are, it feels about even.
Regarding how high the stakes were, Thompson's was a conference finals elimination game (Golden State trailed 3-2), but Curry's was a virtual must-win in the Finals (Golden State trailed 2-1). So these are about equal.
Regarding the quality of the performance, Curry's stat line is slightly more impressive, but Thompson had 19 points in the fourth quarter of his game, and Curry had 10 in his.
Curry gets the nod because he had to create more offense—his own and that of others—than Thompson did, but this is extremely nitpicky. It wasn't like Thompson was getting open catch-and-shoot looks the whole game, as the difficulty of a few of his threes was off the charts.
Among Warriors fans, I suspect Curry's Game 4 will take the top spot for decades to come because Golden State won the championship in 2022, whereas it didn't in 2016. To be clear, that didn't factor into their ranking here, but I could see why a Warriors fan would say it should.