Knicks’ stout defense has chance to prove itself against Stephen Curry test
NY Post
SAN FRANCISCO — The Knicks suddenly juggernaut defense is taking the Stephen Curry test.
Riding a stretch of five consecutive games holding teams to under 94 points — a stat that is more impressive in today’s run-and-gun NBA — the Knicks will try to stay stingy against not only the top 3-point shooting team in the Western Conference, but the top long-distance shooter in league history.
Curry, already two seasons removed from setting the all-time 3-point record, blasted the Knicks less than three weeks ago at MSG, dropping 31 points on eight treys with 11 boards.
He went off in the first quarter while building the Warriors a 20-4 advantage after just seven minutes, and the Knicks never recovered in their blowout defeat.
But that was also before the Knicks, boosted by the return of OG Anunoby and a league-wide trend of referees allowing more contact since the All-Star break, began applying clamps to the opposition. With Saturday’s 98-91 triumph over the Kings, they became the first team in six years to allow under 422 points in any five-game span.
And Anunoby, who is 15-2 with the Knicks, understands he’ll be matched up with Curry at some point Monday. That’s also assuming Curry, who returned from an ankle injury to beat the Lakers on Saturday, is available.
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