Group USA guard and NBA celebrity Stephen Curry is aware of a factor or two about silencing opposing crowds.
He’ll look to do this once more, however this time on the Olympic stage.
Group USA certainly shall be in a raucous atmosphere Saturday when it takes on France within the gold medal recreation. France may have the benefit of enjoying in entrance of its countrymen, however Curry is not too nervous about that.
“I guess you all 12 of us can discover one recreation the place we went right into a hostile atmosphere, whether or not it is Bron coming into our place in 2016, or us going to Boston,” Curry advised reporters following Thursday’s semifinal win over Serbia, per The Boston Globe’s Adam Himmelsbach.
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Curry and the Golden State Warriors did not have a lot hassle on the famed parquet of the Boston Celtics within the 2022 NBA Finals. The Warriors went 2-1 at TD Backyard within the sequence, together with closing out the Celtics to clinch the NBA title with a Sport 6 highway victory. It was simply the second time of their storied historical past the Celtics watched an opposing staff have fun a championship on their residence flooring.
That have ought to support Curry, who had his Olympic second in a slender 95-91 win over the Nikola Jokic-led Serbia squad — Celtics star Jayson Tatum did not even play within the contest. Curry erupted for a game-high 36 factors, together with flattening 9 3-pointers, and grabbed eight rebounds within the victory.
Curry actually wish to replicate that displaying, and if he does, he might assist Group USA ship the passionate France fan base residence in a bitter temper.
