Before the MVPs, before the four championships, there was this night at the Garden.
In this episode of “Anatomy of the Game,” Ben Taylor of Thinking Basketball revisits Steph Curry’s 54-point eruption against the Knicks in February 2013—a glimpse of the superstar who would change how basketball is played and defended.

Ben breaks down how Curry punished New York’s drop coverage and the space defenders gave him beyond the arc, revealing why defensive approaches that once seemed reasonable at the time would soon become impossible to use going forward.

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