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What is the Dubs' answer to teams hounding Steph full court?




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I could not think of a satisfying answer to my question. I have seen a few times this season teams play Curry very physically and aggressively. They pick him up full court, hold him in a bear bug off ball, and chase him through all screens. They make him give up the ball very early and if he gets the ball back, there will not even breathing room for him with defense reaching in, pulling and pushing him all over. In a few of those games, Dubs lost and lost big.

(First, I am not sure how teams can reach in and hold him and not get called for. And sometimes Curry and Klay get called for just being in front of the ball handler. Is it just my homerism? But, I am digressing from my question...)

In those losses, without debating whether it is the reason Dubs lost that particular game or not, it was clear Dubs lost the offensive rhythm, Curry got tired or flustered, turned over the ball a lot, took hurried shots, many times did not get the ball back, and sat a lot on the bench. A couple of games that come to mind are OKC and Lakers (with Rondo) games.

An extension of the strategy in the same game seems to be to go at Curry even on defense, isolating on him and driving at him trying to either score on him or to get him into foul trouble. Have seen some average or below average players dominate Curry in a game when the entire energy of the opposing team is focused on stopping curry and taking out of games.

So, what does typically happen and what is the intended strategy? How do Dubs counter it, if they do at all? Do they protect Curry somehow, send an enforcer, run some set plays for Curry, do nothing, ...? Dubs may not do anything about it now, but if this happened in playoffs (good chance it will and good chance there will be a 7 game series with OKC), will Dubs react differently? I put in a small survey, but looking for different answers and more detailed ones in comments. Thanks.

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