On Saturday evening, the Golden State Warriors kick off their postseason run against the Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers are the team that the Warriors wanted in the first round for travel reasons, but the Clippers are not and will not be at a loss for confidence heading into the series.
No one on Los Angeles is going to come into the series ready to play more than Patrick Beverley, who has been unbelievably pesky against Steph Curry and Klay Thompson over the course of the season.
When asked about the prospect of seeing Beverley for four to seven games, Curry told reporters that he isn’t worried about it at all, according to The Mercury News.
“Historically speaking, it hasn’t worked,” Stephen Curry said. “I’ll continue to play basketball.”
In three games against the Clippers this season, Curry has dropped 27, 28 and 42 points with Beverley spending a considerable amount of time defending him.
The two contracted double technicals when the two fought over the ball after a whistle in a tie game.
If things go the way the Warriors want them to, this should be a short series. Danilo Gallinari is coming back from an ankle injury and Patrick Beverley has dealt with some hip issues recently.
The Clippers played much better than what many expected this season, but losing three of their last four games pushed them from a potential five seed to the 8th seed and a meeting with a Warriors team that has beat them in every game that Curry has played in (and the single loss came in overtime and led to the Kevin Durant v. Draymond Green fallout).
If Curry isn’t worried about Beverley, no one else should be, because history suggests that he’s going to be just fine.
