By making a floater with 3:43 to go in the first quarter of Sunday afternoon’s game against the Grizzlies, Stephen Curry won the second scoring title of his career.
Curry becomes the 19th player in NBA history to win multiple scoring titles. He joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Paul Arizin, Kobe Bryant, Adrian Dantley, Tracy McGrady, Shaquille O’Neal, Bob Petit, and Russell Westbrook as players who have won twice.
Heading into Sunday’s game with major playoff implications, Curry needed just three points to earn the scoring title over Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal, who finished his regular season with 25 points in a win over the Charlotte Hornets.
Beal, who averaged 34.8 through the first month of the season, led the league in scoring for most of the season until April, when Curry averaged 37.3 points in 15 games, including 11 straight with at least 30 points. He entered Sunday’s game averaging 31.8 points.
Curry had seven points and the Warriors led the Grizzlies 30-29 at the end of the first quarter of Sunday’s game that will decide the No. 8 seed in this week’s play-in tournament.
