Curry: “Durant doesn’t do anything that surprises me”

Stephen Currybasis of selection of USAwhich this Sunday defeated the Serbia -current runner-up in the world-, by 110-84, in the first match of group C of the Olympic tournament of the Games of Paris 2024declared at the Pierre Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve d’Ascq that “nothing Kevin Durant does” surprises him and that he was “unbelievable in the first half.”

Durant35 years old, all-time top scorer for ‘Team USA’ by some Olympic Games, who has not played a single minute in previous friendlies due to a calf injury and is aiming for an unprecedented fourth gold in the men’s tournament, entered the court with 2:33 left in the first quarter. From that moment until halftime (he didn’t play a full time during that time) he scored 21 points with an impeccable 100 percent accuracy rate on his eight shots: five triples and three two-pointers.

“It is very important to start the tournament well, because every game is very big and there are only six or seven. Serbia is a good team. They have a very complex attack and a very physical defense. ‘KD’ was fantastic in the first half; and that gave us a big boost,” he commented Curry36 years old, four-time NBA champion with Golden State Warriors -a team coached by its coach, Steve Kerr-, but making its debut at the Games.

“He doesn’t do anything that surprises me. He shot perfectly in the first half. I think he had 21 (points) or something like that. It was something special. He’s totally used to this scenario. He’s the leading scorer in the entire history of the The American team for some reason is great to see I know he’s eager to come out and play in all the friendly games in training so it’s great to see him playing, having fun and enjoying the group again,” he said. Currywho won two of his four NBA championship rings with the now Phoenix Suns forward, with whom, after several years, he returned to play with the same team this Sunday.

“That’s the beauty of this experience, rekindling old flames with ‘KD’, playing with guys I’ve never played with before, like LeBron and ‘AD’ (Anthony Davis, as before, from the Lakers): and the rest of the staff we have,” he said.

“I’m having the best time ever and I’m enjoying every minute of it. And it’s a step in the right direction,” he added. Curry after the first major performance of the new version of the ‘Dream Team’, which seeks the seventeenth Olympic title for USA; the fifth in a row.