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Miller recalls facing a young Steph Curry and Klay Thompson in the 2013 playoffs: "It was like in a video game"
By Peter Sunjic,
1 day ago
The Golden State Warriors enjoyed a terrific spell in the NBA since lifting the Larry O’Brien trophy in 2015. Led by none other than Stephen Curry , the Dubs made six trips to the NBA Finals and ended up winning four titles.
As a result, Curry has established himself as one of the league's greatest players. There were many key pieces who supported Steph during the Warriors’ championship runs. However, Klay Thompson was truly his partner in crime as he formed the ‘Splash Brothers’ with his former teammate.
While today, the duo is regarded as arguably the greatest shooting duo of all time, when did they truly rise to stardom? Well, former NBA player Andre Miller recently made a revelation about the same.
Miller on playing versus Curry and Thompson in 2013
The Denver Nuggets entered the 2013 playoffs with a then-franchise best 57 wins in a regular season. Evidently, they were the favorites to knock out the sixth-seeded Warriors during the opening round of the postseason.
However, Curry and Thompson put on a shooting clinic as they led the Dubs to a famous 4-2 series win. The former Nuggets veteran spoke about his experience facing the Splash Bros. in a recent episode of the Forgotten Seasons podcast.
“It felt like we ain’t got chance because the way that ball was going through the basket [a little bit different],” Miller said . “... When Steph and Klay were shooting that ball, [it] was not hitting the rim. It was almost like you play a video game and the net starts getting on fire, that’s what it felt like.”
Miller certainly had a surreal experience seeing Curry and Thompson dominate the entire series with their shooting. The former NBA veteran understood that it was the Warriors’ time to outclass every other team in the league following that series.
Curry shot a remarkable 44.2% from the three-point line versus the Nuggets, while Thompson shot 34.3% from downtown. The dynamic duo’s incredible volume and consistency beyond the line ultimately proved too much for the Nuggets to handle.
After a 4-2 series win over the Nuggets, the Dubs had the Herculean task of facing off the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Semifinals. Once again, the Warriors entered the series as the underdogs vs. the second-seed team.
While it was a hard-fought series, the Spurs ultimately ended up registering a 4-2 win over Curry and co. However, it didn’t take the Warriors long before they announced their arrival on the biggest stage in the NBA.
Today, Curry is still with the Warriors, but he has lost his Splash Brother to the Dallas Mavericks. Given that, their first matchup as opponents in the NBA will undoubtedly be an emotional game for both of them.
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