Is it possible that Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry’s game is still growing? I certainly believe so.
As many basketball critics across the nation questioned the abilities of Stephen Curry this season, Steph proved a lot of people wrong by going out and winning the 2020-21 NBA Scoring Title. In the final game of the 2020-21 regular season, Stephen Curry went for 46 points to lock the Warriors into the No. 8 seed in the West.
According to NBA.com,
Stephen Curry is 5 years removed from his first scoring title, which he earned during his second MVP season in 2016-17.
If the All-Star and probable All-NBA honors weren’t enough, Stephen Curry now has the NBA scoring title to punctuate a triumphant return from an injury-riddled 2019-20 campaign.
The former two-time Kia MVP secured the 2020-21 scoring crown on Sunday, edging Washington guard Bradley Beal during the Warriors’ 113-101 win against Memphis. Beal scored 25 points in his team’s 115-110 win over Charlotte, opening the door for Curry to clinch his second career scoring title with a 46-point outburst against the Grizzlies.
The 33-year-old Curry entered Sunday ahead of Beal by 0.4 points per game, and finished with an average of 32.0 points for the season. Overall, Curry finished at 32.0 ppg to Beal’s 31.3 ppg, giving him more than enough points to surpass Beal for the scoring crown.
Curry is shooting 42.1% on 12.6 attempts per game from 3-point range this season, a volume exceeding even his MVP seasons in 2015 and ’16. His play helped Golden State clinch eighth place and a spot in the State Farm Play-In Tournament despite the season-long absence of Klay Thompson, who is recovering from a torn Achilles tendon.
Earlier this season, Curry claimed the top spots on the Warriors’ all-time scoring and assists list while also passing Reggie Miller for No. 2 on the NBA 3-pointers made leaderboard. Curry’s 46 points against the Grizzlies marked his 11th 40-point game of 2020-21 and he has scored at least 30 points in 21 of his last 24 games.
Curry becomes the first player 33 years or older to lead the league in scoring since Jordan in 1997-98 (35 years at end of season and averaged 28.7 ppg). He also joins Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the only players with multiple scoring titles, MVPs and championships.
| Player | Season | Age |
| Michael Jordan | 1997-98 | 35 years, 61 days |
| Michael Jordan | 1996-97 | 34 years, 62 days |
| Michael Jordan | 1995-96 | 33 years, 64 days |
| Stephen Curry | 2020-21 | 33 years, 63 days |
| Jerry West | 1969-70 | 31 years, 298 days |
Additionally, Curry finished with 2,015 points overall in 2020-21 to mark the second season in his career with 2,000 or more points (the last time was in 2015-16). He joins Hall of Famers and former Warriors Wilt Chamberlain, Rick Barry and Chris Mullin as the only players in franchise lore to post multiple 2,000-point seasons.
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