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{\an8}The Warriors, the Knicks,
from Madison Square Garden in New York.
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{\an8}Brian Anderson along with
the Hall of Famer Reggie Miller.
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{\an8}An honor to be here tonight on this night
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when Stephen Curry
is on the doorstep of history.
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{\an8}And an honor to be next to you
on this night...
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{\an8}Knick hats, guys.
Knick hats. Hats, guys. Knick hats.
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History in the making right here.
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Steph Curry is going to break
the record for the most three-pointers.
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This is the night he's gonna do it.
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{\an8}Okay.
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Tell me when y'all are ready.
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{\an8}"Far below NBA standard in regard
to explosiveness and athleticism."
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{\an8}"At 6'2", he's extremely small
for the NBA shooting guard position.
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Do not rely on him to run your team."
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"Can overshoot and rush into shots.
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Doesn't like when defenses
are too physical with him.
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Not a great finisher around the basket
due to his size and physical attributes.
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Needs to add some muscle
to his upper body,
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but appears as though
he'll always be skinny."
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That was the draft report
on Stephen Curry.
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Look at the fans as they rise up
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as Curry
is bringing the basketball up here.
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Everyone here is standing
to witness history.
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For the record!
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It's good! There it is!
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Stephen Curry!
The all-time three-point king of the NBA!
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Stephen Curry stands alone
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as the most dominant distance shooter
the game has ever seen.
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2,974 threes and counting.
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{\an8}Pointer three-god for real, son.
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Silver fox.
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I had the green light tonight.
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- The license to shoot.
- You have the license.
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All right, get the fuck outta here, bro.
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Sorry for my language, Mama. I'm so sorry.
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...came over here, bro. Like...
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I had to come over here and say what's up.
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Love you, brother.
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{\an8}Love you too, dawg. Yo.
I keep on telling you, dawg.
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Remember the time
you thought I was a little white kid?
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I think about that shit all the time, yo.
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I mean, who knew this shit ten years ago?
Now you that guy.
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- It's crazy.
- Nothing about it makes any sense.
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Embrace that shit.
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- All right?
- All right. Absolutely.
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- Good luck, brother.
- Appreciate it, man.
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- I love that dude, man.
- Dude.
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Most misunderstood dude
in the fricking league right there.
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I couldn't imagine
a better way to celebrate
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something that means so much to me,
to my family.
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I could not have ever imagined,
like, this would be a reality.
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And to know that everybody
in this room has had a part in my life,
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my journey, in some way, shape or form--
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Like, y'all know what this means to me.
This number right here?
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Yeah, baby!
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Yeah!
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It's a number, but it has
so much context, so much history,
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and we all get to own that together,
so thank y'all so much.
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I'm constantly trying to find the space
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just to be able to survey my life,
survey what's going on.
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To let my mind think about
"How did I get here?"
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My mind goes back to those places.
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And I think about everything.
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When I was nine years old,
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I played on the ten-and-under AAU team
the Charlotte Stars.
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I remember looking around like,
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"I'm not as tall as him,
not as strong as him."
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I was the undersized scrawny kid
that was just trying to figure out
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how to make it
at whatever level I was playing.
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That was when I first
really understood I'm different.
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And the temptation for me at that time
was to think about what I couldn't do.
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But I knew I could shoot.
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That was part
of what I brought to the team.
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[Sonya] Stephen! Good job, good job.
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Stephen!
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How old is he?
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[Sonya]
Fifteen. But he hasn't hit puberty yet.
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[Sonya] I asked the doctor,
I was starting to get worried.
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In my freshman year in high school,
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it was the first time I started
to think about, "What if I don't grow?"
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But also, like, "I know I can play."
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It never killed my love for the game.
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But it was a very difficult time,
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'cause I had to learn
how to embrace the challenge of it.
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His sophomore year, he said,
"I wanna play in college."
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{\an8}He's, you know, probably, at that time,
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{\an8}5'10", 5'11". Skinny.
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He's shooting from his waist.
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You know, younger co-- in high school,
you can get away with that,
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but I'm like, "Okay, if you wanna pl--
go to the next level,
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you gotta change your shot
from your waist. You gotta get up here."
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You gotta develop a totally different
set of muscles to make a change like that.
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{\an8}Stephen was all in for the idea of it,
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{\an8}until Dell took him out in the back
and he had to start shooting.
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It was a tough summer.
Me and Sonya, we both worked with him.
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For probably the first week,
he's just shooting right under the basket.
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Shot after shot, for hours every day.
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I was lost for a while.
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For three months, I literally
couldn't shoot outside of the paint.
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And he was just struggling.
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He was like, "I don't wanna do this.
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Why do I have to do this?
I can't keep going."
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And I was like,
"So, you have a choice, Son.
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You always have choices.
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If this is too frustrating for you
and you don't feel that it's valuable,
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stop now, go back to what you've--
how you've been shooting,
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and let's move on with this thing.
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But if you really are buying into
what your dad has prescribed for you,
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keep going."
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{\an8}Nice. Release there.
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Three. Four. Four. Two.
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Here we go.
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Add a tennis ball to that.
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That's it.
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SLDL.
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Forty-five. Forty-five. Here we go.
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Watch, watch, watch. Coming here.
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I got it.
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Minus one.
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Even. Keep flowing. Just let it flow.
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- Keep up. Keep going.
- Lines.
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- Hustle.
- Come on.
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Beat, one, two.
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- Get in. Get in! Game.
- Come on! Hey!
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Perfection to finish.
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Yeah!
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Alternating range. Perfection to finish.
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Come on. Way to shoot it,
way to shoot it, way to shoot it.
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Good job, man. Good job, man.
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Hey, y'all. Welcome to Rightnowish.
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I'm your host, Pendarvis Harshaw.
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The Bay Bridge
still backed up to the overpasses,
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and there's also a report of a cra--
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95.7 The Game.
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In an absolute clunker in the Big Easy,
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the Warriors lose to the Pels 101-96.
They fall to 29-9.
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Should the Warriors be worried?
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Since their first 20 games,
they have been significantly worse.
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They're just not as dominant.
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I just keep thinking back
to the young version of the Warriors
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from a few years ago,
because they're not built the same way.
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It's just not the same team.
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And if Steph isn't gonna be MVP Steph,
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I don't think that the Warriors
are legitimate contenders.
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And starting at number 20 is a Junior.
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Steven Curry.
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That's Stephen Curry, you bum.
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What?
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Man, that was nuts.
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Man, that is crazy. That is...
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In my mind, I was thinking,
"That was interesting.
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{\an8}He wasn't doing that last year.
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{\an8}There's some improvement here.
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Look at his shot. Look at his pace.
Look at how he creates."
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Stephen Curry!
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There is just an art to what this kid
is doing out on the floor,
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and there is a drive
to be the absolute best.
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{\an8}I started to play
pretty well in my junior year.
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And it created a little bit of a buzz.
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{\an8}I wanted nothing more
than to go to Virginia Tech.
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My mom and my dad both went there.
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My dad's jersey's hanging in the rafters.
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There was a lot of conversation around
"were they gonna recruit me?"
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So, the Virginia Tech coach
came to the house.
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And he said, "You can definitely play.
No doubt. We see the skill.
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But we don't have a spot here.
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Well, he's too little.
He's gonna get pushed around.
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He's not big enough
to play major D1 basketball."
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I think that speaks to
how much I didn't pass the height test.
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But I really felt like
I could play with all those guys,
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if I can just
get an opportunity somewhere.
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Hey, let's go!
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{\an8}Well, today it was clear
you played as if it was not robotic,
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{\an8}as if I'm not
trying to get through practice.
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It was as-- It was a gift. It was a gift
to have this opportunity to play,
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and that's the way you played today.
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So obviously you played well,
obviously you played with confidence,
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and obviously we got better.
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So we accomplished a lot today,
all because of your attitude. Tremendous.
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Okay, now we gotta keep this going.
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- One, two, three, TCC.
- TCC!
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In 2005, several stories
in The Charlotte Observer popped up
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about someone named Stephen Curry
playing for Charlotte Christian.
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We started to pay attention.
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Not so much
as a high-profile focus of ours
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but someone
who we should just go and watch.
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Steph was mentioned as a player,
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but it wasn't like,
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{\an8}"We have to go down to Charlotte Christian
and see Steph Curry play.
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{\an8}You can't believe it when
you see him play." It was just a mention.
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I don't believe many schools
had walked in to watch Stephen play.
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Yeah!
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But we watched. We saw. We liked.
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It was interesting,
because he missed shots,
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he made turnovers, he made bad plays.
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But he never stopped playing.
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The next opportunity he had,
he would make a spectacular play.
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He showed a real emotional toughness,
which is so rare.
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So, we decided that
we were gonna recruit him.
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In the beginning,
I remember having very good conversations
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with Steph about Davidson, about his game.
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So we were feeling really, really good.
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And then all of a sudden,
I couldn't get Steph on the phone.
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And I had the sense that, "Oh, no.
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That means all these colleges
are now getting involved,
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and it's starting to blow up on us."
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So, I started to panic.
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{\an8}I start reaching out
to his high school coach.
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{\an8}I start reaching out to people around him.
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And still nothing.
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And I finally, about ten days later,
get Steph on the phone.
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And he goes, "Yeah, Coach,
my mother took my phone away from me.
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A friend of mine text me a curse word.
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I didn't send the text.
A friend sent a curse word to me,
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so my mother took my phone away
for two weeks."
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Let's go!
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At that point, when I realized
that other offers weren't coming,
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it became very clear that
I was on a different journey.
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Three-point basket is good.
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But Coach McKillop painted a vision
of what Davidson could mean for me,
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what him coaching me could mean for me
reaching my full potential.
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That year, we were losing seven seniors.
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And I think Stephen saw
an opportunity for himself
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and we told him about that opportunity.
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I think that excited him,
and that was even one more
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piece of the puzzle for him
as he made his decision.
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So, Matt Matheny and I
drove into Charlotte,
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sat down with everyone together
to answer every question
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that they might have about Davidson.
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We were two or three minutes
into the conversation,
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and Steph said, "Stop.
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Coach, just stop a second."
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And he says, "I've made my decision.
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I wanna be a Wildcat."
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And we were like,
"Oh, my gosh, that's fantastic!"
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We were dancing in the living room.
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There was a shot of adrenaline.
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There was...
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the sense that we just got a steal.
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No one knows how good this guy's gonna be.
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He is a perfect fit for what we do.
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So, before Coach left,
my mom thanked him for the opportunity.
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And the last thing she said was,
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"Don't worry, Coach,
we'll fatten him up for you."
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And Coach turned around
and looked at her and was like,
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"Don't worry about that.
We'll take him just the way he is."
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That gave me so much confidence
in terms of his appreciation for
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What I bring to the table.
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Like...
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I'm different,
but I have something to offer.
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I felt great.
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I really felt like
I had made the right decision.
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So, I went to watch a school football game
two or three days later,
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and I told, like, all my friends, like,
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"Yo, I know where
I'm going to school next year.
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I'm going to Davidson."
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And nobody knew where it was.
It was like--
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like, that hype in that moment
for me was so dope,
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and then nobody could really meet me
on that level emotionally,
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like, to celebrate it with me.
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Look at this one.
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I remember when Coach McKillop
came to recruit Stephen at the house,
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{\an8}one of the things that he said
to Stephen was,
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{\an8}"I can get you on stage.
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{\an8}It's up to you what you'll do."
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{\an8}What I liked so much is that
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{\an8}it's not even necessarily about
proving other people wrong.
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- It's about proving...
- It's himself.
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- ...himself right.
- Exactly. Yep.
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It was just, like, a different time.
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{\an8}- Yeah.
- You know?
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{\an8}He was so itty-bitty
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{\an8}and everybody was picking on him,
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talking about he was too small to play.
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You remember when the man
was up in the stands,
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and he was calling them punks and stuff?
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I said, "Say one more thing,
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I'ma bust you in your mouth."
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I was gonna climb over that seat.
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- Not climb over the seat.
- I told him,
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"Don't talk about my grandson."
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- I remember.
-"Don't talk about my grandson."
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Remember I used to say
he looked like the Cabbage Patch doll?
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He was definitely an unplanned pregnancy.
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'Cause I wanted
to get through college first.
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And then I brought Stephen back with me,
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Seth back.
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Stephen was two and a half,
and he turned three when I graduated.
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How'd you have time for homework?
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- I know.
- You just did it.
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You just did it.
I really wanted to get my degree.
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- I get emotional thinking about it.
- Definitely.
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I was the first one in my family
to get my degree,
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and to me it was always like
something was unfinished.
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When Stephen decided to
declare for the NBA a year early,
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I wanted him to really understand
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how important it was
for him to get his degree.
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But then also,
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Stephen is the only player
who has not gotten their degree
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under the tutelage of Coach McKillop.
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So, it has been a thorn in his side
from me.
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And then he'll be like,
"I just won three championships."
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And I'm like,
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"You're right.
Now get the diploma championship."
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- Daddy?
- Yes?
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- Can I get a snack?
- A snack?
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00:25:19,104 --> 00:25:20,730
- Yeah.
- Yes. You can get a snack.
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Like, a tomato or something.
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{\an8}Oh, man, if y'all would've saw me
in summer school 2012.
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During a lockout,
my second year in the league,
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pulling up to Davidson's campus
in a G-Wagen at 8:00 a.m.
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And then the lockout ended abruptly,
and that's why it's an incomplete now.
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{\an8}Couldn't get through the first semester.
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Hi. How are y'all doing?
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Hello. How are you?
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That's my doctor.
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00:26:06,693 --> 00:26:08,653
{\an8}Yeah, I'm doing okay.
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00:26:11,489 --> 00:26:13,491
No, not that kind of doctor.
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00:26:14,159 --> 00:26:15,702
- Can you say hi?
-Hi.
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That's the crew.
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00:26:16,953 --> 00:26:19,289
- Canon, Riley and Ryan.
- He's in third grade.
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00:26:19,873 --> 00:26:21,541
- No, he's--
-They are adorable.
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00:26:21,541 --> 00:26:24,794
- Canon is not in third-- What's Canon in?
- Preschool.
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Yes.
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00:26:27,422 --> 00:26:30,425
I'm glad to catch up though.
I know we've got a lot to talk about.
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Yes. So, is this the year?
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I hope so.
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00:26:34,429 --> 00:26:36,514
You're going to finish your degree?
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Is there a particular reason
you wanna do it now?
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For one, for my kids to see the process,
now that they're a little older
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and know-- you know,
how important this is.
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But also, I kinda got a gr-- a handle on
everything on the court and off the court
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more than I think I ever have and so,
trying to not let this drift on,
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you know, any longer.
335
00:27:01,831 --> 00:27:03,166
Well, that's great.
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00:27:03,166 --> 00:27:08,129
So, next up, you'll be sending me
some ideas for writing a thesis.
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00:27:08,797 --> 00:27:10,423
Absolutely. Thanks, Dr. Kaufman.
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00:27:11,049 --> 00:27:12,592
-Okay. See ya.
- See you later.
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00:27:15,136 --> 00:27:16,263
- Daddy.
- Yes.
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00:27:16,263 --> 00:27:18,306
What are you gonna do at school?
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00:27:20,475 --> 00:27:21,726
Oh, my God.
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00:27:22,644 --> 00:27:23,853
You're not going to school?
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00:27:23,853 --> 00:27:27,023
I am going to school now.
I'm going to school like you now.
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All righty, let the work begin.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome to the floor
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your 2006-2007 Davidson Wildcats!
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{\an8}A 6'8" sophomore forward
from Benin City, Nigeria,
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number 41, Andrew Lovedale!
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A 6'2'' junior guard
from Barrington, Illinois,
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number two, Jason Richards!
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A 6-foot freshman guard
from Charlotte, North Carolina,
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number 30, Steph Curry!
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Introducing your 2006-2007
Davidson College basketball team!
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We had just lost a bunch of
seniors that were an NCAA tournament team.
355
00:29:02,410 --> 00:29:06,414
{\an8}And, you know,
we had so many new faces on campus
356
00:29:06,414 --> 00:29:07,999
{\an8}and there was a lot of doubt.
357
00:29:07,999 --> 00:29:10,877
{\an8}It's gonna take a couple of years
for these guys to get going.
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00:29:12,379 --> 00:29:15,924
Our team is young. They wanna be great.
359
00:29:17,175 --> 00:29:19,052
And our team needs you!
360
00:29:22,806 --> 00:29:25,433
They wanna be great! Thank you!
361
00:29:27,352 --> 00:29:30,272
{\an8}We had no idea how good
we were gonna be
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00:29:30,272 --> 00:29:33,650
{\an8}or how bad we were gonna be.
We just didn't have a feel for it.
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00:29:35,068 --> 00:29:39,406
So, it meant that Stephen Curry
would have to be a home run for us
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00:29:39,406 --> 00:29:41,575
in order for us to be successful.
365
00:29:42,826 --> 00:29:43,827
A home run.
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00:29:47,163 --> 00:29:48,748
We needed him,
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00:29:48,748 --> 00:29:52,669
{\an8}but a lot of questions around
what type of player
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00:29:52,669 --> 00:29:55,046
{\an8}Steph would be early on.
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00:29:55,046 --> 00:29:57,257
'Cause he was ti-- He was small.
370
00:29:58,216 --> 00:30:01,261
You know, probably, like,
150 pounds soaking wet with his shoes on.
371
00:30:01,261 --> 00:30:05,140
{\an8}My first impression was that,
this guy is so skinny,
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00:30:05,140 --> 00:30:07,267
{\an8}how is he going to hold up?
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00:30:07,267 --> 00:30:09,936
I didn't think that he could, you know,
hang with us.
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00:30:09,936 --> 00:30:13,189
And I thought I would probably crush him, but...
375
00:30:18,153 --> 00:30:21,239
It was my first day
of practice at Davidson,
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00:30:22,198 --> 00:30:26,286
and Coach McKillop put me with
Jason Richards, our captain point guard.
377
00:30:27,621 --> 00:30:31,583
And Jay Rich is killing me, like,
every time he touched the ball, he scores.
378
00:30:31,583 --> 00:30:32,834
And I can't get to stop him.
379
00:30:32,834 --> 00:30:35,962
I'm getting tired, I'm getting flustered,
I'm getting overwhelmed.
380
00:30:35,962 --> 00:30:38,173
{\an8}Coach is old-school. Coach is New York.
381
00:30:39,966 --> 00:30:42,636
{\an8}He finds out how far he can push you
382
00:30:43,178 --> 00:30:45,347
{\an8}and kind of pushes you to that limit.
383
00:30:45,972 --> 00:30:47,557
He had prepared this whole scenario.
384
00:30:47,557 --> 00:30:50,143
He had a white handkerchief in his pocket.
385
00:30:50,143 --> 00:30:53,563
And I took out the handkerchief
that I always carry in my back pocket.
386
00:30:54,147 --> 00:30:56,399
And I waved it, and I said, "You..."
387
00:30:56,399 --> 00:30:57,943
"You wanna surrender, don't you?
388
00:30:57,943 --> 00:31:00,487
You wanna surrender, don't you?"
He kept saying over and over.
389
00:31:00,487 --> 00:31:02,447
"Here, take it. You wanna surrender,
go ahead, take it."
390
00:31:03,990 --> 00:31:05,992
The message was, you're on your own...
391
00:31:08,411 --> 00:31:09,829
and you gotta figure it out.
392
00:31:10,705 --> 00:31:11,706
Shot!
393
00:31:12,624 --> 00:31:13,541
I got that.
394
00:31:41,194 --> 00:31:46,449
Our first game of the season,
we had to travel to Ann Arbor, Michigan.
395
00:31:51,830 --> 00:31:55,542
It was a preseason tournament
hosted by the University of Michigan.
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00:31:57,794 --> 00:31:59,462
We played Eastern Michigan...
397
00:32:02,048 --> 00:32:05,218
and it was Steph's first ever game
at Davidson.
398
00:32:51,264 --> 00:32:53,850
I turned the ball over
13 times in the game.
399
00:32:56,269 --> 00:32:59,773
And I was peptalking myself, like,
you know, "Figure this out, man."
400
00:32:59,773 --> 00:33:01,858
Like, "What the hell
are you doing out there?"
401
00:33:03,652 --> 00:33:06,446
But I was just overwhelmed by everything.
402
00:33:11,618 --> 00:33:13,828
I remember walking out of the gym.
403
00:33:14,454 --> 00:33:17,123
I remember being in the locker room
and thinking to myself,
404
00:33:17,123 --> 00:33:18,708
"This is gonna be a long year."
405
00:33:21,086 --> 00:33:24,631
The thought was,
"We just can't keep playing him."
406
00:33:26,466 --> 00:33:30,720
So, as a coaching staff, we had to decide,
407
00:33:32,639 --> 00:33:33,723
what are we gonna do?
408
00:33:54,744 --> 00:33:56,913
{\an8}Step-back three on the way.
409
00:33:56,913 --> 00:33:58,873
{\an8}But he can't find the three ball yet.
410
00:34:00,500 --> 00:34:02,252
Curry is one of six from beyond the arc.
411
00:34:04,671 --> 00:34:06,339
One of nine on threes.
412
00:34:07,674 --> 00:34:08,758
One of 12.
413
00:34:11,094 --> 00:34:13,512
It's just not there for Steph tonight.
414
00:34:14,764 --> 00:34:17,267
The shooting has just been horrific.
415
00:34:17,934 --> 00:34:19,603
The struggle is real right now.
416
00:34:22,646 --> 00:34:23,981
And the Warriors,
417
00:34:23,981 --> 00:34:27,943
despite scoring only 11 points
in the fourth quarter,
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00:34:27,943 --> 00:34:30,822
they figure out a way to beat
the Utah Jazz,
419
00:34:30,822 --> 00:34:33,115
as we welcome everybody to
Warriors Postgame Live,
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00:34:33,115 --> 00:34:34,534
presented by Toyota.
421
00:34:34,534 --> 00:34:37,746
I am Bonta Hill,
that is Festus Ezeli, NBA champ.
422
00:34:37,746 --> 00:34:39,789
Dorell Wright will join us
a little bit later.
423
00:34:39,789 --> 00:34:42,918
Look, Steph Curry was struggling tonight.
Five of 20 from the floor.
424
00:34:42,918 --> 00:34:45,086
He only finished with 13 points
425
00:34:45,086 --> 00:34:47,838
and he was one of 13
from the three-point line.
426
00:34:47,838 --> 00:34:51,968
The month of January continues to be
a rough one for Stephen Curry, Karen.
427
00:34:51,968 --> 00:34:54,304
What are you seeing
from opposing defenses,
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00:34:54,304 --> 00:34:58,350
which is stifling Steph Curry and forcing
him into this poor shooting level?
429
00:35:08,193 --> 00:35:09,194
Action.
430
00:35:09,778 --> 00:35:15,283
So we're taking this to Italy because
Subway now has Italian-style capicola.
431
00:35:16,284 --> 00:35:19,412
Cut. That's pretty good.
Can we get some stuff on the bottom?
432
00:35:24,751 --> 00:35:29,089
I'm a little self-conscious 'cause I feel
like my eyes are half closed every take,
433
00:35:29,756 --> 00:35:31,675
but apparently they like it so far, so...
434
00:35:32,509 --> 00:35:33,718
It's kind of fun actually.
435
00:35:34,928 --> 00:35:37,681
Even when you're running
on two hours of sleep.
436
00:35:43,603 --> 00:35:44,854
There he is!
437
00:35:47,107 --> 00:35:48,108
{\an8}Hold on.
438
00:35:49,484 --> 00:35:50,944
{\an8}You are unbelievable.
439
00:35:50,944 --> 00:35:53,738
{\an8}Hey, I got the stat sheet
when Kobe scored 62 in the Garden.
440
00:35:55,949 --> 00:35:57,033
{\an8}So if you could just--
441
00:35:57,033 --> 00:35:58,910
{\an8}- Where the-- Just sign.
- Absolutely.
442
00:35:58,910 --> 00:36:00,662
{\an8}- To me, please.
- Absolutely.
443
00:36:00,662 --> 00:36:02,038
{\an8}The Garden loves you, man.
444
00:36:02,038 --> 00:36:03,790
- New York loves you, man.
- Hey, I--
445
00:36:03,790 --> 00:36:06,084
{\an8}That's the thing I got
a newfound appreciation for.
446
00:36:07,002 --> 00:36:09,296
{\an8}- Love, man. Nothing but love.
- Hey. Thank you, man.
447
00:36:09,296 --> 00:36:10,881
And I hope you guys get another ring.
448
00:36:10,881 --> 00:36:12,549
- Absolutely. We're on the way.
- I'm pulling for you.
449
00:36:12,549 --> 00:36:13,633
I appreciate it.
450
00:36:22,726 --> 00:36:24,352
I would like some more food.
451
00:36:25,270 --> 00:36:26,688
I would like some more food.
452
00:36:27,689 --> 00:36:29,107
I would like some more food.
453
00:36:29,107 --> 00:36:30,483
You got it. It's right there.
454
00:36:30,483 --> 00:36:33,028
You're eating it.
You're putting it in your mouth.
455
00:36:33,695 --> 00:36:36,197
{\an8}- I'm only giving you a little bit.
- I want a big one.
456
00:36:37,782 --> 00:36:38,783
I love you.
457
00:36:40,452 --> 00:36:41,453
Here.
458
00:36:43,580 --> 00:36:44,706
Let's see if it works.
459
00:36:45,206 --> 00:36:47,042
Are you writing down your workout?
460
00:36:47,042 --> 00:36:48,126
Yes, I am.
461
00:36:48,752 --> 00:36:50,503
How do you spell hakuna?
462
00:36:50,503 --> 00:36:52,672
H-A-K-U-N-A.
463
00:36:52,672 --> 00:36:55,592
- H-A-K-U...
- Show your muscles.
464
00:36:55,592 --> 00:36:56,676
Where your muscles at?
465
00:37:01,014 --> 00:37:02,682
Where your muscles at? Like this.
466
00:37:03,892 --> 00:37:05,393
- I can't do it.
- Why?
467
00:37:05,393 --> 00:37:06,686
My neck is hurting.
468
00:37:06,686 --> 00:37:08,772
Your neck is hurting? All right, bye.
469
00:37:08,772 --> 00:37:10,148
Go get some treatment.
470
00:38:04,202 --> 00:38:06,413
{\an8}Everything that could go wrong went wrong
471
00:38:06,413 --> 00:38:08,373
in my first game against Eastern Michigan.
472
00:38:11,877 --> 00:38:16,089
So, it was just a shock
when Coach McKillop said,
473
00:38:16,089 --> 00:38:17,716
"You're gonna start the next game."
474
00:38:22,012 --> 00:38:23,763
I got a second chance,
475
00:38:24,681 --> 00:38:28,643
but there were extreme stakes
for my future as a basketball player.
476
00:38:30,186 --> 00:38:33,523
How would I respond to failure?
How would I respond in that moment?
477
00:38:35,358 --> 00:38:37,277
I felt such an urgency to that.
478
00:39:26,243 --> 00:39:28,620
Stephen Curry with a three-point basket.
479
00:39:33,124 --> 00:39:34,459
Stephen Curry.
480
00:39:42,425 --> 00:39:45,053
Basket by Stephen Curry.
481
00:40:02,112 --> 00:40:05,031
I had 32, I think,
in the second game of my career.
482
00:40:07,534 --> 00:40:11,204
We lost to Michigan,
but it was a moment of energy for me.
483
00:40:14,082 --> 00:40:17,294
Had he benched me and kind of
dimmed the light a little bit,
484
00:40:17,294 --> 00:40:19,170
who knows how it would've played out.
485
00:40:20,797 --> 00:40:25,927
But it was one of the more memorable
nights, just because, you know,
486
00:40:26,887 --> 00:40:31,057
reminding myself or convincing myself
that, you know,
487
00:40:31,057 --> 00:40:33,018
I was who I thought I was at that level.
488
00:40:45,113 --> 00:40:50,368
For a freshman to have
32 points in any game was very unique.
489
00:40:52,412 --> 00:40:54,748
So, when we came back to Davidson,
490
00:40:55,498 --> 00:40:58,084
{\an8}people around town were talking.
491
00:40:59,252 --> 00:41:02,422
{\an8}It was the first time
people started to take notice.
492
00:41:03,757 --> 00:41:06,760
{\an8}But when I say people,
I mean really just people at Davidson.
493
00:41:09,846 --> 00:41:11,097
I'm recording.
494
00:41:16,561 --> 00:41:19,898
And now, your Davidson Wildcats.
495
00:41:23,610 --> 00:41:27,864
{\an8}A 6-foot freshman guard
from Charlotte, North Carolina,
496
00:41:27,864 --> 00:41:30,867
number 30, Steph Curry!
497
00:41:35,997 --> 00:41:40,585
Defense! Defense! Defense! Defense!
498
00:41:46,007 --> 00:41:49,761
Three pointer for Steph Curry!
499
00:41:52,639 --> 00:41:54,808
I remember sitting there thinking,
500
00:41:54,808 --> 00:41:58,895
"That's unusual, that this tiny freshman
501
00:41:58,895 --> 00:42:04,359
{\an8}has the level of green light
to take a three so quickly,
502
00:42:04,359 --> 00:42:07,654
{\an8}miss a three and then take another one
and make it
503
00:42:07,654 --> 00:42:12,158
in, like, the first handful of seconds
of the game."
504
00:42:33,847 --> 00:42:34,848
Let's go!
505
00:42:34,848 --> 00:42:37,601
It was undeniably compelling.
506
00:42:38,810 --> 00:42:41,688
Felt like this was the start of a story
I needed to watch.
507
00:42:42,522 --> 00:42:48,528
And it also felt like at Davidson,
Stephen Curry was sort of our secret.
508
00:42:53,658 --> 00:42:55,201
{\an8}Davidson Show
509
00:42:55,785 --> 00:42:58,288
{\an8}There ain't no party
like a D-Show party
510
00:42:58,288 --> 00:43:00,248
{\an8}Gonna take you high
511
00:43:00,248 --> 00:43:02,500
{\an8}Shake your booty
From side to side
512
00:43:03,001 --> 00:43:04,127
{\an8}The Davidson Show,
513
00:43:05,045 --> 00:43:08,215
{\an8}this wildly popular
student-produced variety program
514
00:43:08,215 --> 00:43:09,382
{\an8}people find funny.
515
00:43:10,383 --> 00:43:12,177
Hey, guys. What's up?
516
00:43:12,177 --> 00:43:13,220
{\an8}Hey, guys.
517
00:43:13,220 --> 00:43:14,387
{\an8}- What's up?
- Excuse me.
518
00:43:14,387 --> 00:43:16,806
{\an8}Hey, welcome to
The Davidson Show takeover.
519
00:43:16,806 --> 00:43:19,476
{\an8}- It is Monday night.
- We only got two words for you...
520
00:43:19,976 --> 00:43:20,810
{\an8}Hang out.
521
00:43:21,603 --> 00:43:24,064
{\an8}I love Commons Hey
522
00:43:24,064 --> 00:43:26,733
{\an8}Chicken biscuits Hey
523
00:43:26,733 --> 00:43:29,694
{\an8}Where's my grilled cheese?
Hey
524
00:43:29,694 --> 00:43:31,279
{\an8}I love Commons
525
00:43:32,447 --> 00:43:35,242
{\an8}The Outpost might be open later
526
00:43:35,242 --> 00:43:38,078
{\an8}But Allison cannot flavor your tater
527
00:43:38,078 --> 00:43:40,747
{\an8}Chester's du jour is all I'm here for
528
00:43:40,747 --> 00:43:42,165
{\an8}Skipped class today
529
00:43:42,165 --> 00:43:44,334
{\an8}And all I could say is Um...
530
00:43:50,340 --> 00:43:54,010
Going to Davidson,
basketball was important,
531
00:43:54,010 --> 00:43:58,390
but it wasn't necessarily, like,
the thing that dominated every single day.
532
00:44:00,517 --> 00:44:02,018
I was going to class.
533
00:44:03,019 --> 00:44:04,479
I was doing homework.
534
00:44:05,689 --> 00:44:07,357
It was also a time to have fun
535
00:44:07,357 --> 00:44:09,568
and kind of exploring
and finding yourself.
536
00:44:14,447 --> 00:44:16,116
My freshman year,
537
00:44:16,116 --> 00:44:19,494
I had an opportunity to kind of
have a normal college experience.
538
00:44:21,371 --> 00:44:23,790
And it just kept me enjoying the moment.
539
00:44:30,130 --> 00:44:31,131
Go.
540
00:44:38,513 --> 00:44:40,891
On the court, our team was playing well.
541
00:44:42,309 --> 00:44:45,312
It surprised people
that we were winning games.
542
00:44:46,730 --> 00:44:49,441
And slowly the hype started to build
at Davidson.
543
00:44:56,573 --> 00:44:58,408
Everything was really exciting.
544
00:44:59,743 --> 00:45:01,828
But it was such an interesting time
545
00:45:03,079 --> 00:45:06,291
because very few people actually saw it.
546
00:45:07,876 --> 00:45:10,086
Social media was very new.
547
00:45:10,086 --> 00:45:12,380
{\an8}And Davidson was in
the Southern Conference at the time,
548
00:45:12,380 --> 00:45:15,300
{\an8}which is a real wrinkle in the story.
549
00:45:16,676 --> 00:45:18,303
It's a small conference.
550
00:45:19,304 --> 00:45:21,181
Very few games on TV.
551
00:45:21,973 --> 00:45:24,768
A couple maybe streamed on the Internet.
552
00:45:26,353 --> 00:45:28,897
So, if you wanted to see Stephen Curry,
553
00:45:30,106 --> 00:45:32,234
you had to go be there in person.
554
00:45:40,784 --> 00:45:41,868
What's up, everybody?
555
00:45:46,539 --> 00:45:48,375
{\an8}Let's go! Let's do it. Let's do it.
556
00:45:49,751 --> 00:45:51,586
What's up?
557
00:45:55,840 --> 00:45:58,385
{\an8}- Great to see you. Absolutely.
- Can he get a picture?
558
00:47:09,205 --> 00:47:13,168
So, I would love to, kind of,
just start with--
559
00:47:13,793 --> 00:47:17,547
{\an8}I sent you that document last night
with just an update of where I'm at,
560
00:47:17,547 --> 00:47:21,760
looking at gender and inequality
in the realm of sports.
561
00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:24,596
And hopefully, there's enough
meat on the bone to kinda--
562
00:47:24,596 --> 00:47:28,225
you know, get some feedback from you on
if I'm in the right direction.
563
00:47:29,100 --> 00:47:30,310
Yeah. Yeah, sure.
564
00:47:30,310 --> 00:47:35,732
So, I think that you have
a lot of strong material.
565
00:47:36,650 --> 00:47:39,236
We're in a unusual situation here
566
00:47:39,236 --> 00:47:44,241
because you already are involved
in all of this and doing a lot.
567
00:47:44,241 --> 00:47:46,534
And so, it has great potential.
568
00:47:47,702 --> 00:47:53,083
So maybe it could be more of a living work
of impact, I guess,
569
00:47:53,083 --> 00:47:55,252
in terms of what it could be used for,
570
00:47:55,252 --> 00:47:56,962
after this whole process.
571
00:47:57,546 --> 00:47:58,630
Absolutely.
572
00:48:46,052 --> 00:48:48,054
{\an8}In Steph's first year at Davidson,
573
00:48:49,723 --> 00:48:51,892
we had exceeded expectations.
574
00:48:54,269 --> 00:48:56,396
We made it to the NCAA tournament,
575
00:48:58,356 --> 00:49:00,400
and we had a chance
to grab the golden ring
576
00:49:01,484 --> 00:49:03,987
in Steph's first experience
in a tournament game.
577
00:49:11,328 --> 00:49:14,873
{\an8}Thirteenth seed
Davidson against fourth seed Maryland.
578
00:49:14,873 --> 00:49:19,544
Davidson, this small little school
about 20 miles outside of Charlotte.
579
00:49:20,712 --> 00:49:23,965
Right over the 7-foot Bowers
of Maryland. What a shot.
580
00:49:23,965 --> 00:49:26,676
Are you kidding me? Oh, my goodness.
581
00:49:32,098 --> 00:49:33,725
Nice slap away by Osby.
582
00:49:35,185 --> 00:49:36,269
Great steal.
583
00:49:37,020 --> 00:49:38,647
Turnover for Davidson.
584
00:49:38,647 --> 00:49:41,358
Curry. Knocked away. Sloppy pass.
585
00:49:42,067 --> 00:49:43,568
They're falling apart.
586
00:49:44,611 --> 00:49:47,155
And the Maryland Terrapins will advance.
587
00:49:47,781 --> 00:49:49,741
{\an8}They beat Davidson this afternoon,
588
00:49:49,741 --> 00:49:53,703
{\an8}and it was a very competitive game
between thirteenth-seeded Davidson
589
00:49:53,703 --> 00:49:56,581
{\an8}and the fourth seed Maryland Terrapins.
590
00:50:00,919 --> 00:50:04,798
When you are an underdog,
you have to take what is yours.
591
00:50:07,217 --> 00:50:08,885
And that became a theme for us.
592
00:50:11,304 --> 00:50:13,056
So, after that game,
593
00:50:14,057 --> 00:50:17,811
we immediately thrust ourselves
into a mindset of,
594
00:50:18,979 --> 00:50:21,940
we can't let this
slip through our hands again.
595
00:50:37,998 --> 00:50:44,296
The next season, most of our players,
Steph included, were actually returning.
596
00:50:45,672 --> 00:50:50,343
So we really felt like,
"Let's go for all the marbles."
597
00:50:52,095 --> 00:50:53,346
We decided
598
00:50:53,346 --> 00:50:56,433
that we were gonna try to play
one of the most difficult schedules
599
00:50:56,433 --> 00:50:57,726
in the country that year.
600
00:50:59,644 --> 00:51:02,188
We thought
if we could win these tough games,
601
00:51:02,856 --> 00:51:06,985
maybe we can get a better seed
in the NCAA tournament.
602
00:51:08,445 --> 00:51:11,281
And we could finally advance.
603
00:51:16,620 --> 00:51:20,582
{\an8}Davidson trying to upset
the number one team in the country.
604
00:51:21,416 --> 00:51:24,628
{\an8}Bob McKillop said
his team will run with North Carolina.
605
00:51:33,428 --> 00:51:34,512
Ellington.
606
00:51:36,890 --> 00:51:40,769
And Carolina
is going to survive Davidson College.
607
00:51:47,651 --> 00:51:49,903
{\an8}You can feel the tension.
608
00:51:49,903 --> 00:51:52,906
Davidson, looks like they've got
an opportunity against the Blue Devils.
609
00:51:55,951 --> 00:51:57,994
And it was a close game.
610
00:52:02,832 --> 00:52:05,377
The Davidson Wildcats once again
611
00:52:05,377 --> 00:52:07,295
{\an8}are facing a top-ten team coming in here.
612
00:52:08,004 --> 00:52:10,882
{\an8}Westbrook right back, drives in, scores.
613
00:52:10,882 --> 00:52:13,760
Russell Westbrook making it look so easy.
614
00:52:17,514 --> 00:52:19,349
{\an8}3.9 seconds...
615
00:52:20,684 --> 00:52:22,477
{\an8}for Davidson to try to win it.
616
00:52:22,477 --> 00:52:24,062
It's a one-point game.
617
00:52:29,651 --> 00:52:31,528
It's gonna be Curry.
618
00:52:31,528 --> 00:52:33,738
Fells all over him, at the buzzer!
619
00:53:03,310 --> 00:53:07,188
We were going home
for Christmas with a 4-6 record.
620
00:53:10,233 --> 00:53:14,571
Everyone felt
like we had failed the mission.
621
00:53:17,032 --> 00:53:21,661
And it just looked
like our season could go south.
622
00:53:26,124 --> 00:53:27,542
It could cause you to doubt.
623
00:53:29,920 --> 00:53:31,588
It could shatter your confidence.
624
00:53:33,715 --> 00:53:36,509
How were we gonna be able to
take that next step?
625
00:53:38,678 --> 00:53:43,391
Because I still felt
that we were right there.
626
00:53:44,809 --> 00:53:48,813
One possession here, one difference there,
627
00:53:48,813 --> 00:53:51,399
and we could have won those four games.
628
00:53:51,399 --> 00:53:53,526
We were talented enough. We belonged.
629
00:53:54,027 --> 00:53:57,781
And I wanted them to be certain
that they understood that we belonged.
630
00:54:03,078 --> 00:54:05,580
Coach McKillop believed in us so much,
631
00:54:05,580 --> 00:54:07,415
and he thought
we had such a special group.
632
00:54:09,542 --> 00:54:11,962
But we kinda had, like,
that come-to-Jesus moment.
633
00:54:13,463 --> 00:54:15,882
He sat us all down for a film session.
634
00:54:16,716 --> 00:54:19,928
{\an8}And he went around to every person
and, like, kinda called out,
635
00:54:20,470 --> 00:54:23,598
{\an8}like, you know, what they needed
to do better or differently.
636
00:54:27,018 --> 00:54:28,019
Then he gets to Steph.
637
00:54:30,021 --> 00:54:30,939
And he just goes off
638
00:54:30,939 --> 00:54:33,817
and just tears into Steph
for a couple minutes.
639
00:54:34,693 --> 00:54:37,112
How Steph wasn't living up
to his responsibilities
640
00:54:37,112 --> 00:54:38,572
and how he wasn't getting it done.
641
00:54:42,033 --> 00:54:43,660
You can call it reprimanding.
642
00:54:43,660 --> 00:54:46,454
You can call it being direct.
You can call it motivating.
643
00:54:48,456 --> 00:54:51,459
At the end of the day, the message was,
644
00:54:51,459 --> 00:54:55,922
every piece has to work for us
to be competitive at the highest level.
645
00:54:58,091 --> 00:55:00,218
We know we're not the most athletic.
646
00:55:00,218 --> 00:55:03,138
We're not the most talented, the tallest,
the fastest.
647
00:55:05,515 --> 00:55:08,894
But if we can play like a team in unison,
648
00:55:10,312 --> 00:55:12,314
we can compete
with anybody in the country.
649
00:55:14,065 --> 00:55:16,192
And we gotta show that we can do it.
650
00:55:31,583 --> 00:55:32,876
Now to Curry.
651
00:55:34,211 --> 00:55:35,795
Curry's turned that one over.
652
00:55:36,671 --> 00:55:38,215
The Warriors turn it over again.
653
00:55:39,925 --> 00:55:41,426
It's a little alarming.
654
00:55:42,802 --> 00:55:44,971
{\an8}Into Jokic.
655
00:55:44,971 --> 00:55:47,849
{\an8}Out to Morris. A three to win!
656
00:55:49,392 --> 00:55:51,186
{\an8}Denver wins it at the buzzer.
657
00:55:55,774 --> 00:56:00,070
{\an8}James tries another three.
That's good! James from downtown.
658
00:56:00,070 --> 00:56:03,531
James sees an opening.
Drives inside and the flush.
659
00:56:03,531 --> 00:56:05,784
Monk, alley-oop to James!
660
00:56:10,038 --> 00:56:11,706
This will be just another
661
00:56:11,706 --> 00:56:14,417
in a series of disappointing losses
for the Warriors.
662
00:56:15,168 --> 00:56:18,171
Golden State has lost
eight out of ten games.
663
00:56:18,797 --> 00:56:20,966
Golden State is reeling.
664
00:56:20,966 --> 00:56:25,220
Golden State is cratering
right before your very eyes.
665
00:56:27,514 --> 00:56:31,893
What is the concern level
overall about this stretch?
666
00:56:35,397 --> 00:56:38,858
Giving in to, you know,
a losing mentality,
667
00:56:38,858 --> 00:56:42,487
like, we're not that team.
668
00:56:42,487 --> 00:56:44,155
I'm not gonna let us be that team.
669
00:56:45,782 --> 00:56:48,618
We cannot give in to this losing spirit
670
00:56:48,618 --> 00:56:51,788
of just finding different ways
to lose basketball games.
671
00:56:56,793 --> 00:56:59,254
{\an8}Golden State has seven turnovers
672
00:57:00,297 --> 00:57:05,594
{\an8}for a very seemingly disjointed
and disconcerted offense right now.
673
00:57:09,389 --> 00:57:10,891
Klay, good defense on Tatum.
674
00:57:10,891 --> 00:57:11,975
Knocked it away.
675
00:57:11,975 --> 00:57:15,353
It's Smart that got on the deck though.
Tatum forgot the ball.
676
00:57:15,353 --> 00:57:16,730
It's a three on one.
677
00:57:17,814 --> 00:57:20,775
And Steph was involved
in that initial collision,
678
00:57:21,276 --> 00:57:23,069
and he's trying to work out a few things.
679
00:57:24,821 --> 00:57:26,781
Steph Curry's actually hobbling.
680
00:57:27,490 --> 00:57:28,617
Wow. Yep.
681
00:57:31,286 --> 00:57:33,914
Steph is gonna get
that left ankle looked at.
682
00:57:41,087 --> 00:57:46,384
In that moment, it felt like,
"Did we just squander the season?"
683
00:57:55,227 --> 00:57:56,645
{\an8}We felt like we were good.
684
00:57:58,605 --> 00:58:01,024
But the question was, in our minds,
685
00:58:02,150 --> 00:58:04,319
when are we gonna finally push through?
686
00:58:06,613 --> 00:58:11,743
And once we do it,
like, what is it gonna look like?
687
00:58:14,746 --> 00:58:15,747
At that point,
688
00:58:16,790 --> 00:58:19,668
we were playing
in a lower-level conference.
689
00:58:22,295 --> 00:58:23,922
And it meant that...
690
00:58:25,423 --> 00:58:30,345
the only chance that we had to qualify
for the NCAA tournament
691
00:58:31,638 --> 00:58:34,307
was winning
the Southern Conference Championship.
692
00:58:37,018 --> 00:58:38,478
We knew we were right there.
693
00:58:40,564 --> 00:58:45,026
But we also knew,
we have to be damn near perfect.
694
00:59:27,861 --> 00:59:31,740
Three pointer, Jason Richards. Richards.
695
00:59:39,623 --> 00:59:43,293
Three pointer, Stephen Curry.
696
00:59:50,884 --> 00:59:51,885
Jason Richards.
697
00:59:52,385 --> 00:59:55,263
Good pass inside,
and the bucket and a foul.
698
01:00:26,545 --> 01:00:30,549
{\an8}The Davidson Wildcats,
they've won 22 straight.
699
01:00:31,174 --> 01:00:34,636
{\an8}They're heading to the NCAA tournament.
700
01:00:42,686 --> 01:00:47,315
Congratulations,
Bob McKillop, Stephen Curry.
701
01:00:47,315 --> 01:00:49,109
Davidson getting it done.
702
01:00:52,779 --> 01:00:54,489
We were just feeling this excitement
703
01:00:54,489 --> 01:00:56,491
that we're going back to the dance,
704
01:00:57,450 --> 01:01:01,413
{\an8}because we did what we were supposed to do
to get that opportunity.
705
01:01:02,872 --> 01:01:04,916
{\an8}And Coach would always remind us,
706
01:01:04,916 --> 01:01:09,129
{\an8}we just need to be
playing our best basketball in March.
707
01:01:17,387 --> 01:01:21,057
That team, after starting 4-6,
708
01:01:22,309 --> 01:01:24,686
just ran the table
in the Southern Conference.
709
01:01:26,479 --> 01:01:27,480
20-0.
710
01:01:29,024 --> 01:01:34,905
And we started to feel
that something special was happening.
711
01:01:39,534 --> 01:01:45,498
{\an8}Davidson had not experienced
an NCAA tournament win since 1969.
712
01:01:47,208 --> 01:01:49,711
And in the many years since then,
713
01:01:50,962 --> 01:01:52,172
they have come close.
714
01:01:53,548 --> 01:01:54,966
But only close.
715
01:01:58,386 --> 01:02:02,265
So, I think we felt, watching this team,
716
01:02:02,766 --> 01:02:05,227
that this was the best chance
717
01:02:05,227 --> 01:02:09,314
that Davidson had had
in many of our lifetimes.
718
01:02:14,194 --> 01:02:15,779
{\an8}Good evening, everyone. I'm Greg Gumbel.
719
01:02:15,779 --> 01:02:17,405
{\an8}Welcome to our New York studios
720
01:02:17,405 --> 01:02:20,450
{\an8}and the NCAA
Basketball Championship Selection Show.
721
01:02:20,450 --> 01:02:24,079
Just a short while ago,
Division I Men's Basketball Committee
722
01:02:24,079 --> 01:02:27,582
adjourned after finishing up
this year's tournament bracket.
723
01:02:27,582 --> 01:02:31,127
It is now time
to reveal the Midwest Region.
724
01:02:31,795 --> 01:02:36,800
The number seven seed in the Midwest,
the Bulldogs of Gonzaga, out of the WCC.
725
01:02:36,800 --> 01:02:39,010
And they'll take on the Davidson--
726
01:03:16,798 --> 01:03:19,217
When we got on the bus
and drove up to Raleigh,
727
01:03:20,176 --> 01:03:22,262
all my senses went through the roof.
728
01:03:24,890 --> 01:03:27,058
I can still picture the arena.
729
01:03:30,812 --> 01:03:32,522
Just the sights and the sounds.
730
01:03:34,900 --> 01:03:36,651
Go, go, go!
731
01:03:39,446 --> 01:03:40,822
I was nervous for sure.
732
01:03:43,241 --> 01:03:47,704
When you go to an NCAA practice,
there's more cameras.
733
01:03:49,581 --> 01:03:51,625
It's a different energy
and a different vibe.
734
01:03:53,793 --> 01:03:57,631
Even just seeing your same jerseys
with the NCAA patch on it,
735
01:03:58,882 --> 01:04:00,383
you know this is different.
736
01:04:02,219 --> 01:04:05,597
And for us,
we definitely felt the pressure,
737
01:04:06,181 --> 01:04:10,727
knowing that this was our best chance
to make some noise in the tournament.
738
01:04:19,194 --> 01:04:24,157
{\an8}Davidson and Gonzaga.
The Wildcats and the Bulldogs.
739
01:04:27,869 --> 01:04:29,246
{\an8}Davidson College,
740
01:04:29,246 --> 01:04:32,415
{\an8}last year got knocked out
by Maryland in the first round.
741
01:04:33,500 --> 01:04:35,669
But this season,
riding a 22-game win streak,
742
01:04:35,669 --> 01:04:36,753
longest in the nation.
743
01:04:40,257 --> 01:04:42,217
And for Bob McKillop,
744
01:04:42,217 --> 01:04:46,304
this is the fifth time he's directed
Davidson College to the NCAA tournament.
745
01:04:47,264 --> 01:04:49,015
Has yet to win one though, Jim.
746
01:04:55,730 --> 01:04:57,774
That's a three by Steven Gray.
747
01:04:58,358 --> 01:05:00,694
Curry gets caught.
Gray gets another open look.
748
01:05:00,694 --> 01:05:03,780
And he's now knocked down
two from behind the arc.
749
01:05:05,782 --> 01:05:07,367
Rejected by Lovedale.
750
01:05:08,159 --> 01:05:10,787
Gray now, for the third time hits a three.
751
01:05:15,125 --> 01:05:18,420
Gray. Still hasn't missed!
He's five for five.
752
01:05:19,546 --> 01:05:23,091
A 13-2 run by Gonzaga.
753
01:05:26,386 --> 01:05:28,805
{\an8}Davidson's starting to panic a little bit, Jim,
754
01:05:28,805 --> 01:05:30,974
{\an8}and the fact that this game
is getting away from 'em.
755
01:05:33,143 --> 01:05:35,604
{\an8}Dangerous time for Davidson right now.
756
01:05:36,563 --> 01:05:38,189
{\an8}Gonzaga in total control.
757
01:05:57,584 --> 01:06:00,545
Curry with the steal.
Taking on Bouldin. And one.
758
01:06:10,305 --> 01:06:12,766
Curry, right back with a three.
759
01:06:14,684 --> 01:06:15,685
And there's room.
760
01:06:15,685 --> 01:06:17,020
Curry again!
761
01:06:18,021 --> 01:06:19,022
This kid's amazing.
762
01:06:21,191 --> 01:06:22,943
They're a Curry three away from tying it.
763
01:06:22,943 --> 01:06:25,737
Here it is. We're all tied in Raleigh.
764
01:06:26,404 --> 01:06:28,615
A 17-6 run.
765
01:06:30,158 --> 01:06:31,201
He is lighting it up.
766
01:06:38,124 --> 01:06:40,001
Ninety seconds remaining. Game tied.
767
01:06:42,796 --> 01:06:45,757
{\an8}Two great teams,
a season coming down to the last minute.
768
01:06:47,300 --> 01:06:50,637
{\an8}Richards on the baseline. Kicks it corner.
769
01:06:51,221 --> 01:06:52,222
Line drive.
770
01:06:52,222 --> 01:06:54,933
They had to beat the shot clock. Gosselin.
771
01:06:55,850 --> 01:06:58,728
And Lovedale keeps it for 'em. Curry!
772
01:06:58,728 --> 01:07:00,647
Are you kidding me?
773
01:07:00,647 --> 01:07:02,857
And he points over to his parents.
774
01:07:13,952 --> 01:07:15,453
In the arms of Curry.
775
01:07:15,453 --> 01:07:19,165
America had heard about him,
and now we know about him.
776
01:07:20,000 --> 01:07:23,420
A star on the NCAA tournament stage.
777
01:07:23,420 --> 01:07:27,090
Stephen Curry leads Davidson
into the second round.
778
01:07:46,234 --> 01:07:50,655
I remember thinking,
"What the heck is going on?"
779
01:07:52,073 --> 01:07:56,453
Like, "You-- What are you doing?
How are you doing this?"
780
01:07:56,453 --> 01:08:00,373
And, like, almost like,
"Why are you doing this?
781
01:08:00,373 --> 01:08:01,374
And is this real?"
782
01:08:04,628 --> 01:08:05,921
That's probably to this day
783
01:08:05,921 --> 01:08:08,548
one of my favorite moments
as a basketball player.
784
01:08:11,760 --> 01:08:13,929
Playing in the tournament
that you grew up watching.
785
01:08:15,222 --> 01:08:18,391
But just knowing, like, you're doing
something historically special.
786
01:08:18,975 --> 01:08:21,686
Being this small Division I college
787
01:08:21,686 --> 01:08:24,522
that hadn't won a tournament game
in a long time
788
01:08:26,316 --> 01:08:27,484
and you're breaking through.
789
01:08:31,029 --> 01:08:35,200
It just felt like something
changed almost immediately for us.
790
01:08:36,701 --> 01:08:41,455
The big thing that happens after that is,
"We can do this, right?"
791
01:08:43,625 --> 01:08:45,085
This was our moment,
792
01:08:46,753 --> 01:08:50,382
because winning that game finally showed...
793
01:08:52,049 --> 01:08:53,051
we belonged.
794
01:09:07,147 --> 01:09:11,652
Winning our first NCAA
tournament game was just magical.
795
01:09:13,280 --> 01:09:14,906
It's like you're floating almost.
796
01:09:17,741 --> 01:09:20,411
But our first-round game against Gonzaga
797
01:09:20,411 --> 01:09:22,789
was one of the first games
of the tournament.
798
01:09:24,583 --> 01:09:26,084
So we go back to the hotel,
799
01:09:27,085 --> 01:09:30,045
and we have roughly 48 hours
to prepare for the next game.
800
01:09:31,882 --> 01:09:34,718
So our players take advantage
of that time,
801
01:09:34,718 --> 01:09:36,969
and they do their homework.
802
01:09:42,893 --> 01:09:44,393
It's still hilarious to me
803
01:09:44,393 --> 01:09:47,606
that in the biggest basketball moment
of the year,
804
01:09:47,606 --> 01:09:50,859
we're all in the hallway
with other students, doing papers.
805
01:09:53,570 --> 01:09:56,031
But that's just the Davidson experience.
806
01:09:57,407 --> 01:10:00,577
And it's the best thing in the world.
807
01:10:01,077 --> 01:10:02,579
It's still funny to me.
808
01:10:23,558 --> 01:10:26,603
-Here we go.
-March Madness!
809
01:10:27,896 --> 01:10:31,942
{\an8}In Greenville, South Carolina,
Davidson, the Wildcats,
810
01:10:31,942 --> 01:10:34,569
{\an8}taking on Michigan State, the Spartans.
811
01:10:34,569 --> 01:10:37,447
{\an8}The winner to face Duke
on Sunday on this floor.
812
01:10:37,447 --> 01:10:38,949
{\an8}Let's go!
813
01:10:39,574 --> 01:10:43,161
{\an8}Game four. Hello, friends.
Jim Nantz, Grant Hill, Bill Raftery.
814
01:10:43,161 --> 01:10:45,080
{\an8}Ready for one more, guys? Let's do it.
815
01:10:45,080 --> 01:10:46,665
-What do you say?
- Jim Nantz is good luck.
816
01:10:46,665 --> 01:10:48,208
Hello, friends.
817
01:10:48,208 --> 01:10:50,752
This is big.
Bill Raftery's doing this game?
818
01:10:50,752 --> 01:10:52,546
With a kiss.
819
01:10:52,546 --> 01:10:56,383
-Bob McKillop. Tom Izzo...
- Takes it to the tin for two.
820
01:10:56,383 --> 01:10:58,051
-Tom, older...
- Can-Can.
821
01:10:58,051 --> 01:10:59,177
Say, "Go Cats."
822
01:10:59,803 --> 01:11:01,221
Get buckets!
823
01:11:01,221 --> 01:11:04,015
- Get buckets. That's right. Yes.
- Get buckets?
824
01:11:04,015 --> 01:11:06,226
{\an8}...I think manhandled, in a sense. Loyer.
825
01:11:06,226 --> 01:11:08,478
{\an8}There he is, using power and strength.
826
01:11:08,478 --> 01:11:10,188
He's the one guy that can get a basket.
827
01:11:10,188 --> 01:11:11,273
Come on, Foster.
828
01:11:12,482 --> 01:11:14,859
Feel you, bruh.
I used to get picked on all the time.
829
01:11:18,446 --> 01:11:19,864
{\an8}Another pass sails.
830
01:11:21,783 --> 01:11:23,451
Always in the right spot, this team.
831
01:11:23,451 --> 01:11:25,954
It's a Sparty party, baby!
832
01:11:27,664 --> 01:11:32,878
{\an8}Dad, I want candy. Daddy.
833
01:11:32,878 --> 01:11:34,713
We just did a nasty turnover.
834
01:11:34,713 --> 01:11:38,842
I like this though.
We're right where we wanna be, baby.
835
01:11:38,842 --> 01:11:40,260
'Cause y'all too comfortable right now.
836
01:11:40,260 --> 01:11:43,179
Y'all think y'all can just turn it on
and just blow us out by 20.
837
01:11:43,179 --> 01:11:45,015
And one!
838
01:11:45,849 --> 01:11:47,058
His confidence is soaring.
839
01:11:47,058 --> 01:11:49,352
I might have to send a halftime text.
840
01:11:49,352 --> 01:11:50,729
Dada, I don't want this.
841
01:11:50,729 --> 01:11:52,355
- I'ma holler at you. We're gonna talk.
-Bye.
842
01:11:52,355 --> 01:11:55,692
-Saw it right there.
- Uh-oh. Silver fox.
843
01:11:56,443 --> 01:11:59,654
Bob McKillop. We saw that '08 team.
844
01:12:00,572 --> 01:12:02,741
My gosh, that was something special.
845
01:12:02,741 --> 01:12:04,492
Had a pretty good player on that team too.
846
01:12:04,492 --> 01:12:05,911
What's he doing now?
847
01:12:05,911 --> 01:12:07,662
I haven't heard from him in years.
848
01:12:09,331 --> 01:12:10,790
Steph, we know you're watching.
849
01:12:13,209 --> 01:12:14,920
Their great defense right here.
850
01:12:14,920 --> 01:12:16,254
I've never asked you this.
851
01:12:16,755 --> 01:12:18,965
What was your thought
when Lovedale got that rebound?
852
01:12:19,466 --> 01:12:20,383
Against Gonzaga.
853
01:12:20,383 --> 01:12:22,677
Dude, it was
freaking like a song started playing.
854
01:12:22,677 --> 01:12:26,932
And it was like a-- it was like a melody,
'cause I-- My first thought was like,
855
01:12:26,932 --> 01:12:30,268
"Pass me the ball."
And then I saw he had no hesitation.
856
01:12:30,268 --> 01:12:35,106
Probably the biggest play
857
01:12:35,106 --> 01:12:37,192
- in Davidson history...
- 1,000%.
858
01:12:37,192 --> 01:12:39,778
- ...the offensive rebound.
- 1,000%.
859
01:12:40,862 --> 01:12:44,658
{\an8}Defense! Defense! Defense! Defense!
860
01:12:47,786 --> 01:12:50,830
If beating Gonzaga
was getting over a hump,
861
01:12:50,830 --> 01:12:54,376
the Wildcats' next opponent
will be climbing a mountain.
862
01:12:55,085 --> 01:13:00,090
{\an8}Up next, second-seeded Georgetown
and their 7-foot star center, Roy Hibbert.
863
01:13:08,306 --> 01:13:11,351
{\an8}I remember, we were tailgating
out in the parking lot.
864
01:13:12,310 --> 01:13:13,478
{\an8}We're having a good time.
865
01:13:16,648 --> 01:13:19,025
And then I see Doc Rivers.
866
01:13:20,860 --> 01:13:23,572
{\an8}He's come to watch his son play
for Georgetown.
867
01:13:24,364 --> 01:13:26,575
{\an8}And he's like, "Hey, Dell."
I'm like, "Hey, Doc."
868
01:13:27,242 --> 01:13:29,411
He goes, "Y'all guys have fun.
869
01:13:29,411 --> 01:13:31,246
Enjoy yourself. It's, you know--
870
01:13:31,246 --> 01:13:33,206
This is the last time
you're gonna be doing this."
871
01:13:33,707 --> 01:13:37,252
I went, "Look, there goes Doc.
He thinks we don't have a chance."
872
01:13:37,252 --> 01:13:39,087
I'm thinking, "The-- Is he right?"
873
01:13:39,087 --> 01:13:41,798
I hadn't seen a lot of Georgetown,
but it's Georgetown.
874
01:13:41,798 --> 01:13:43,550
{\an8}- One, two, three.
- Wildcats.
875
01:13:43,550 --> 01:13:47,429
{\an8}- Let's have some fun, boys!
- When we get to play Georgetown,
876
01:13:48,471 --> 01:13:50,223
the ten versus the two seed,
877
01:13:51,892 --> 01:13:56,563
I think most people
were predicting that we had no chance.
878
01:13:59,524 --> 01:14:02,277
We knew we had to play
pretty much a perfect game to beat 'em.
879
01:14:04,446 --> 01:14:06,823
But we felt we could do that.
880
01:14:19,753 --> 01:14:20,879
Beautiful pass.
881
01:14:20,879 --> 01:14:23,798
Curry gives it up,
but that is swatted away.
882
01:14:36,478 --> 01:14:37,854
That one was halfway down.
883
01:14:45,070 --> 01:14:47,614
Ewing drives for the dunk. And one.
884
01:14:52,077 --> 01:14:54,704
Georgetown shooting over 70%,
and they hit again.
885
01:14:55,997 --> 01:14:58,291
{\an8}And this lead now has ballooned to 17.
886
01:14:59,834 --> 01:15:00,919
{\an8}My goodness.
887
01:15:03,505 --> 01:15:06,758
They're holding Davidson to 27% shooting.
888
01:15:08,009 --> 01:15:10,637
Boy, they shut you down better
than anybody in the country.
889
01:15:16,643 --> 01:15:20,981
I just remember the moment.
We're down 17 points.
890
01:15:23,608 --> 01:15:24,901
We come to the bench.
891
01:15:26,152 --> 01:15:27,445
And Coach is in the huddle...
892
01:15:29,322 --> 01:15:30,407
and he's smiling.
893
01:15:33,451 --> 01:15:35,787
And it was like, "What's going on here?
894
01:15:37,330 --> 01:15:38,915
Is there something that we're missing?"
895
01:15:40,959 --> 01:15:42,294
It was surprising.
896
01:15:44,212 --> 01:15:46,423
Coach was saying, "We're fine.
897
01:15:47,465 --> 01:15:50,802
We did this against Gonzaga.
898
01:15:52,220 --> 01:15:53,430
We've been here before."
899
01:15:58,643 --> 01:16:01,146
Right now,
you can see why Georgetown worked
900
01:16:01,146 --> 01:16:04,024
their way to a regular season
number one in the Big East.
901
01:16:05,567 --> 01:16:07,444
Tough pass. Richards with the steal.
902
01:16:08,320 --> 01:16:10,530
That's Curry leading the break,
and now the lob.
903
01:16:10,530 --> 01:16:12,949
And the lay-in by Paulhus Gosselin.
904
01:16:17,621 --> 01:16:21,082
Tipped out to Richards.
Hoyas though got three men back.
905
01:16:23,960 --> 01:16:26,296
And one. It could be a four-point play.
906
01:16:31,051 --> 01:16:33,178
And how about this? They're pressing.
907
01:16:40,143 --> 01:16:41,645
{\an8}Curry, tough shot.
908
01:16:42,229 --> 01:16:45,398
Ball on the floor
and into the arms of Sander for the layup.
909
01:16:45,941 --> 01:16:47,150
And it's down to nine.
910
01:16:49,194 --> 01:16:51,947
Curry whips it inside.
Lovedale easily for the layup.
911
01:16:58,870 --> 01:17:00,038
Beautiful pass!
912
01:17:00,038 --> 01:17:02,332
Lovedale makes it a two-point game.
913
01:17:09,214 --> 01:17:10,423
What a pass.
914
01:17:15,345 --> 01:17:17,597
What a nifty move. With a dipsy--
915
01:17:24,980 --> 01:17:28,191
Here's Curry. Oh, my goodness.
Another three.
916
01:17:31,027 --> 01:17:34,364
{\an8}The two in the Midwest
is in serious jeopardy
917
01:17:34,864 --> 01:17:38,076
{\an8}after losing a 17-point second-half lead.
918
01:17:43,623 --> 01:17:46,334
And you do see the North Carolina fans now
919
01:17:46,334 --> 01:17:47,878
getting into the action.
920
01:17:49,379 --> 01:17:52,215
And they're rooting
for this upstart mid-major Davidson,
921
01:17:52,215 --> 01:17:53,842
out of the Charlotte area.
922
01:17:57,137 --> 01:17:58,597
Well, you talk about a giant-killer.
923
01:17:59,890 --> 01:18:01,808
{\an8}-This is big right here.
-Yep.
924
01:18:01,808 --> 01:18:03,643
{\an8}What Davidson could pull off right here.
925
01:18:06,521 --> 01:18:09,274
{\an8}It's a four-point game, with nine seconds.
926
01:18:10,483 --> 01:18:11,484
{\an8}Wallace.
927
01:18:13,028 --> 01:18:14,029
{\an8}Shot up, Sapp.
928
01:18:14,571 --> 01:18:16,823
{\an8}-No. They--
-Oh, Lovedale.
929
01:18:16,823 --> 01:18:19,492
{\an8}And talk about David and Goliath,
930
01:18:19,492 --> 01:18:24,789
{\an8}I submit to you,
Davidson College to the Sweet 16.
931
01:18:39,095 --> 01:18:40,305
Hey! Let's go, everybody!
932
01:18:41,514 --> 01:18:45,143
It's all y'all! All y'all right here!
933
01:19:14,798 --> 01:19:18,927
In the moment, you don't know
the magnitude of what's going on.
934
01:19:21,555 --> 01:19:24,224
But the next day, my roommate and I,
935
01:19:24,224 --> 01:19:27,936
Thomas Sander, was going
to the local gas station to fill up gas.
936
01:19:30,355 --> 01:19:33,400
I'm there filling up,
and somebody comes out of the store.
937
01:19:34,568 --> 01:19:37,028
And she goes, "Hey.
You're the guy in the newspaper."
938
01:19:37,988 --> 01:19:42,576
So, I look over, and on the USA Today,
it's Steph and I
939
01:19:42,576 --> 01:19:44,536
in probably one of the most awkward hugs
940
01:19:44,536 --> 01:19:46,496
you'll ever get from a celebration.
941
01:19:47,080 --> 01:19:49,916
That's when it started to really feel
a little different.
942
01:19:49,916 --> 01:19:52,544
Like, this is a little bit bigger
than we ever expected.
943
01:20:02,012 --> 01:20:03,179
{\an8}This isn't supposed to happen.
944
01:20:03,179 --> 01:20:05,307
{\an8}Davidson's not supposed to
beat Georgetown.
945
01:20:05,307 --> 01:20:08,768
{\an8}Davidson's not supposed to beat Georgetown
down 17 in the second half.
946
01:20:10,145 --> 01:20:14,900
{\an8}Stephen Curry looks like a little kid,
but he has got the game of a grown man.
947
01:20:14,900 --> 01:20:16,026
{\an8}Get familiar!
948
01:20:18,320 --> 01:20:20,572
Stephen Curry.
I mean this is unbelievable.
949
01:20:20,572 --> 01:20:22,824
{\an8}You're down 17 in the NCAA tournament.
950
01:20:22,824 --> 01:20:25,577
The kid played
with ice water in his veins.
951
01:20:26,369 --> 01:20:28,204
{\an8}Really, one of the great stories
952
01:20:28,204 --> 01:20:30,790
{\an8}in college basketball
is Curry at Davidson.
953
01:20:30,790 --> 01:20:34,127
{\an8}It's a wonderful story. Wasn't recruited
by others and ended up there--
954
01:20:34,127 --> 01:20:35,295
We had him in our camp.
955
01:20:35,295 --> 01:20:36,671
- And missed him?
- Missed him?
956
01:20:36,671 --> 01:20:38,715
He was about 5'6".
957
01:20:39,174 --> 01:20:43,011
{\an8}They are now the darlings of America.
Even though they're not the lowest seed,
958
01:20:43,011 --> 01:20:45,055
they are obviously
the Cinderella in this tournament.
959
01:20:46,139 --> 01:20:51,353
{\an8}And good morning to you
from the campus of Davidson College.
960
01:20:51,853 --> 01:20:57,692
{\an8}You know what, Maggie? The last time
this college was in the Sweet 16 was 1969.
961
01:20:57,692 --> 01:21:00,737
{\an8}And we've got the entire campus out here.
962
01:21:01,613 --> 01:21:05,742
{\an8}Folks, much more from Davidson College
coming up in just a little while.
963
01:21:06,910 --> 01:21:09,537
{\an8}Harry, Maggie, we'll send it back to you
in New York.
964
01:21:25,428 --> 01:21:28,890
Coming up on today's
Locked On NBA, we rank the playoff teams
965
01:21:28,890 --> 01:21:32,894
in order of which ones
have the best chance of making the finals.
966
01:21:32,894 --> 01:21:35,021
This is the easiest pick
in the world for me.
967
01:21:35,021 --> 01:21:36,314
It's gotta be the Phoenix Suns.
968
01:21:36,314 --> 01:21:38,358
Phoenix is the best team in the NBA.
969
01:21:38,358 --> 01:21:40,151
I think the Suns
are gonna win it all this year.
970
01:21:40,151 --> 01:21:41,236
1,000%.
971
01:21:41,236 --> 01:21:43,530
The Golden State Warriors are much more
972
01:21:43,530 --> 01:21:45,365
about the sum of their parts,
973
01:21:45,365 --> 01:21:49,244
and they haven't been on the court
at all together, their three star players.
974
01:21:49,244 --> 01:21:53,081
It's really as simple as,
is Steph healthy?
975
01:21:53,081 --> 01:21:56,960
It's gonna be a close call
about his availability on Saturday.
976
01:21:56,960 --> 01:21:59,796
Honestly, if he's not right,
I don't think they get to the West finals.
977
01:21:59,796 --> 01:22:02,173
I feel like I know
to a degree who Golden State is,
978
01:22:02,173 --> 01:22:04,885
but Klay not playing for two years,
trying to find his way,
979
01:22:04,885 --> 01:22:08,096
Steph coming off the injury
this late in the season.
980
01:22:08,096 --> 01:22:09,431
There's some questions around
981
01:22:09,431 --> 01:22:11,933
whether they will be that team
hitting on all cylinders.
982
01:22:42,172 --> 01:22:44,174
I can't wait to see you in a little bit.
983
01:22:44,174 --> 01:22:46,968
Can't wait to see you too. I love you.
984
01:22:48,386 --> 01:22:50,555
I love you more. I'm so excited.
985
01:22:51,056 --> 01:22:52,682
- Me too.
-Have a great--
986
01:22:53,642 --> 01:22:56,061
Have a great game. I'll be watching,
rooting and praying for you.
987
01:22:56,061 --> 01:22:57,145
Thank you, baby.
988
01:22:58,980 --> 01:22:59,981
Get buckets.
989
01:22:59,981 --> 01:23:01,066
And you know it.
990
01:23:03,777 --> 01:23:04,861
-Hey.
- What's up?
991
01:23:05,695 --> 01:23:06,696
Have fun out there.
992
01:23:06,696 --> 01:23:07,781
I will.
993
01:23:26,299 --> 01:23:30,470
As we left for Detroit
to go to the Sweet 16,
994
01:23:31,888 --> 01:23:34,266
the streets of Davidson
were lined with people
995
01:23:34,975 --> 01:23:38,061
as if it was a Fourth of July parade.
996
01:23:39,771 --> 01:23:40,772
And...
997
01:23:43,108 --> 01:23:45,402
it was as if
you never wanted the ride to end.
998
01:23:58,456 --> 01:24:00,792
{\an8}The excitement was unbelievable.
999
01:24:02,210 --> 01:24:06,756
And we started talking about,
where are we playing next, which arena.
1000
01:24:08,675 --> 01:24:10,844
And someone said,
"We're going to Ford Field."
1001
01:24:12,554 --> 01:24:14,306
We're playing at a football stadium.
1002
01:24:23,815 --> 01:24:25,859
Playing in a football stadium,
1003
01:24:25,859 --> 01:24:28,111
it was an environment
we had never been in before.
1004
01:24:30,155 --> 01:24:32,782
But we were so comfortable, I think,
in that moment,
1005
01:24:34,242 --> 01:24:36,286
'cause we were playing
with unlimited confidence
1006
01:24:36,286 --> 01:24:38,413
that we were supposed to be there.
1007
01:24:46,338 --> 01:24:50,550
{\an8}So, we were driving back
from shootaround before the game,
1008
01:24:51,927 --> 01:24:53,136
and I got a phone call.
1009
01:24:54,012 --> 01:24:55,639
It was some Nike executives,
1010
01:24:56,723 --> 01:25:00,602
and they said,
"We just got a call from LeBron.
1011
01:25:01,478 --> 01:25:04,940
He wants to come to your Sweet 16 game
against Wisconsin tonight.
1012
01:25:05,857 --> 01:25:07,192
Can he get eight tickets?"
1013
01:25:07,817 --> 01:25:10,028
And my first thought was,
"You gotta be kidding me."
1014
01:25:16,493 --> 01:25:19,037
Hearing that Bron
was gonna be at the game,
1015
01:25:19,829 --> 01:25:21,706
we didn't know what to do with ourselves.
1016
01:25:23,208 --> 01:25:27,295
But also, we didn't know
that the Davidson Board of Trustees
1017
01:25:27,295 --> 01:25:31,633
was gonna sponsor busloads of our students
to come to Detroit.
1018
01:25:33,343 --> 01:25:36,555
So we had a huge contingency
of fans show up,
1019
01:25:38,431 --> 01:25:39,599
and it was a scene.
1020
01:25:46,565 --> 01:25:47,983
Hi, Mrs. Curry.
1021
01:25:49,526 --> 01:25:52,070
Yeah!
1022
01:25:52,070 --> 01:25:56,324
{\an8}Go! Go, go, go! Yeah!
Defense! Defense! Defense!
1023
01:26:13,967 --> 01:26:17,470
Curry, four to shoot.
He's gotta fire and does.
1024
01:26:17,470 --> 01:26:20,390
And has! That's another three.
1025
01:26:21,224 --> 01:26:25,145
Richards, he's got Curry on the wing.
He's gonna spot up. There he goes.
1026
01:26:27,480 --> 01:26:28,607
And rips it!
1027
01:26:29,316 --> 01:26:32,611
Folks, we got a star in the Motor City!
1028
01:26:35,280 --> 01:26:36,698
Finds a cutting Curry.
1029
01:26:36,698 --> 01:26:39,659
Oh, my goodness!
1030
01:26:41,453 --> 01:26:42,495
Young fella!
1031
01:26:51,880 --> 01:26:53,757
{\an8}And how about this?
1032
01:26:53,757 --> 01:26:58,470
{\an8}The Davidson Wildcats
running Wisconsin out of the gym.
1033
01:27:08,688 --> 01:27:11,483
This is incredible.
We're about to go to the Elite Eight!
1034
01:27:14,277 --> 01:27:15,779
This is amazing.
1035
01:27:17,739 --> 01:27:19,074
Are you crying?
1036
01:27:26,373 --> 01:27:28,500
As a Davidson sports fan,
1037
01:27:29,793 --> 01:27:33,171
that game almost
rejiggered my expectations.
1038
01:27:34,798 --> 01:27:39,094
It was no longer what a thrill,
and in some ways, what a surprise.
1039
01:27:39,094 --> 01:27:40,178
It was...
1040
01:27:41,763 --> 01:27:44,349
"Is--
Are they the best team in the country?"
1041
01:27:53,066 --> 01:27:54,651
{\an8}Downtown Detroit,
1042
01:27:55,360 --> 01:27:58,071
we are ready
for the Midwest Regional final.
1043
01:27:58,071 --> 01:28:01,449
Top-seeded Kansas
against tenth-seeded Davidson.
1044
01:28:03,785 --> 01:28:04,911
{\an8}Tell you what,
1045
01:28:04,911 --> 01:28:07,831
{\an8}Davidson has played killers
this year, folks.
1046
01:28:08,582 --> 01:28:11,585
They are not afraid of this Kansas team.
1047
01:28:15,255 --> 01:28:18,925
I looked at Kansas, and I thought,
1048
01:28:20,093 --> 01:28:22,012
"The pressure that they're under."
1049
01:28:22,846 --> 01:28:27,183
Can you imagine Kansas loses to Davidson
to get to the Final Four?
1050
01:28:29,144 --> 01:28:30,270
This was our moment.
1051
01:28:32,397 --> 01:28:33,398
Take what is yours.
1052
01:28:36,026 --> 01:28:39,404
Puts it on the floor.
To the bucket. Left-hand scoop!
1053
01:28:43,700 --> 01:28:44,910
Curry again.
1054
01:28:44,910 --> 01:28:46,620
And buries it.
1055
01:28:52,250 --> 01:28:54,920
Tough shot. And it counts!
1056
01:28:56,254 --> 01:28:57,881
Chalmers. Lobs it.
1057
01:28:58,423 --> 01:29:01,593
Sasha Kaun bangs it down! And the foul.
1058
01:29:03,011 --> 01:29:04,679
Barr. He hits it from deep.
1059
01:29:04,679 --> 01:29:07,390
Barr again deep in the corner.
And hits it again!
1060
01:29:07,390 --> 01:29:12,270
Barr again from downtown.
The White Lobster is cookin'!
1061
01:29:16,483 --> 01:29:17,484
And a steal.
1062
01:29:17,484 --> 01:29:20,946
Chalmers drives straight to the basket
and lays it in.
1063
01:29:21,863 --> 01:29:23,531
Arthur, wheeling.
1064
01:29:24,699 --> 01:29:27,827
{\an8}Jayhawks, a minute away
from the Final Four.
1065
01:29:28,787 --> 01:29:30,455
{\an8}Curry lets it go.
1066
01:29:30,455 --> 01:29:31,790
{\an8}And buries it!
1067
01:29:32,540 --> 01:29:34,584
{\an8}59-57.
1068
01:29:35,794 --> 01:29:38,463
{\an8}Three to shoot. Lets it go!
1069
01:29:38,463 --> 01:29:40,131
{\an8}Off the front rim. No.
1070
01:29:41,091 --> 01:29:43,093
{\an8}And with 16.8 to go,
1071
01:29:43,093 --> 01:29:45,554
{\an8}Davidson with life.
1072
01:29:47,722 --> 01:29:49,391
Two-point game.
1073
01:29:49,391 --> 01:29:51,560
{\an8}A Final Four slot on the line.
1074
01:29:58,692 --> 01:30:01,278
{\an8}Here's Curry. He may not give this up.
1075
01:30:06,866 --> 01:30:08,702
Against a team like Kansas,
1076
01:30:10,287 --> 01:30:12,455
there was just another level
that we got to.
1077
01:30:14,749 --> 01:30:17,085
We put ourselves in a position
to win the game.
1078
01:30:18,086 --> 01:30:20,171
All the way down to that last possession.
1079
01:30:21,464 --> 01:30:22,924
Frees himself, Curry.
1080
01:30:26,386 --> 01:30:28,096
We had done everything possible.
1081
01:30:30,181 --> 01:30:32,142
We did everything right.
1082
01:30:35,562 --> 01:30:36,563
We had them.
1083
01:30:38,982 --> 01:30:42,068
And for everyone in the arena...
1084
01:30:44,446 --> 01:30:47,073
it was a moment that time had stopped.
1085
01:30:58,126 --> 01:31:00,003
And as the buzzer went off,
1086
01:31:01,171 --> 01:31:05,508
I see the coach of Kansas, Bill Self,
on the other sideline
1087
01:31:07,135 --> 01:31:10,555
falling to his knees with his hands
in his face as the shot missed.
1088
01:31:11,806 --> 01:31:14,768
Pumps. Kicks it out. Richards.
1089
01:31:14,768 --> 01:31:16,728
That is it!
1090
01:31:17,270 --> 01:31:20,357
Kansas holds on!
1091
01:31:20,357 --> 01:31:23,193
And the Jayhawks are heading
to the Final Four.
1092
01:31:51,012 --> 01:31:52,556
We had emptied our tank.
1093
01:31:56,309 --> 01:32:01,147
And everyone felt the pain
1094
01:32:02,482 --> 01:32:04,526
that individually Jason felt...
1095
01:32:06,903 --> 01:32:08,321
because he took that shot.
1096
01:32:14,452 --> 01:32:17,122
It really didn't hit me until,
like, the locker room.
1097
01:32:19,958 --> 01:32:23,253
It's like the family, you know?
1098
01:32:23,253 --> 01:32:26,506
It's, like, not that you let,
like, the team down,
1099
01:32:26,506 --> 01:32:27,924
but, like, it's...
1100
01:32:30,552 --> 01:32:35,056
Like, that's the last thing,
you don't wanna let your teammate down.
1101
01:32:35,056 --> 01:32:36,349
Like, that's the whole part.
1102
01:32:40,061 --> 01:32:44,274
But it wasn't so much about,
"We're not going to the Final Four."
1103
01:32:46,318 --> 01:32:49,237
It was,
"We're never gonna play again together."
1104
01:32:49,779 --> 01:32:52,866
Because Thomas, myself and Boris
were graduating.
1105
01:32:53,450 --> 01:32:55,660
So it was kinda like the end of an era.
1106
01:32:58,663 --> 01:33:00,624
I had to know what
that was gonna mean for me
1107
01:33:00,624 --> 01:33:02,292
coming back the next year.
1108
01:33:06,379 --> 01:33:13,094
{\an8}But I think about what Jay Rich
and Thomas and Max and Boris
1109
01:33:13,094 --> 01:33:18,058
all meant to, like,
me and my confidence as a player,
1110
01:33:18,058 --> 01:33:21,728
and, like, you don't do anything
in this life by yourself.
1111
01:33:21,728 --> 01:33:24,481
And, you know, like, the confidence
of the group is your superpower.
1112
01:33:24,481 --> 01:33:27,525
And those four guys unlocked that for me.
1113
01:33:36,451 --> 01:33:37,452
{\an8}You go first.
1114
01:33:41,748 --> 01:33:42,916
Good morning, everybody.
1115
01:33:43,500 --> 01:33:44,918
Thanks for coming today.
1116
01:33:47,587 --> 01:33:53,051
After a lot of discussion with my
parents, Coach McKillop and my teammates,
1117
01:33:54,094 --> 01:34:00,058
I have decided to forgo my senior year
and enter the NBA draft this year.
1118
01:34:02,269 --> 01:34:05,855
The last three years have been some
of the most enjoyable times of my life,
1119
01:34:05,855 --> 01:34:07,274
both on and off the court,
1120
01:34:07,274 --> 01:34:09,859
and I will always cherish
my time here at Davidson.
1121
01:34:11,570 --> 01:34:14,072
I wanna thank Coach McKillop
and our coaching staff
1122
01:34:14,072 --> 01:34:16,283
for just giving me a chance to do well.
1123
01:34:17,450 --> 01:34:20,745
And I hope to finish what I started
and get a Davidson degree at some point.
1124
01:34:26,918 --> 01:34:29,254
I've been incredibly fortunate...
1125
01:34:33,800 --> 01:34:36,761
to have this opportunity to coach him
for these three years.
1126
01:34:40,515 --> 01:34:45,228
You know, we're here with a sense of
sadness. Almost like we're at a funeral.
1127
01:34:45,812 --> 01:34:48,106
But we also have
a tremendous balance in life.
1128
01:34:48,106 --> 01:34:49,566
There's a celebration here.
1129
01:34:49,566 --> 01:34:52,027
Celebration
of what this young man represents.
1130
01:34:52,569 --> 01:34:57,032
And we're just thrilled
for this opportunity for him,
1131
01:34:57,032 --> 01:35:01,202
and we know that he's gonna
continue to wear Davidson on his heart
1132
01:35:01,202 --> 01:35:03,455
as he has done for these past three years.
1133
01:35:07,709 --> 01:35:09,085
He cherished it.
1134
01:35:10,212 --> 01:35:13,423
And giving up something
that you cherish is never easy,
1135
01:35:15,217 --> 01:35:18,011
but he felt he was ready
for that next step in his journey.
1136
01:35:30,482 --> 01:35:35,737
The Golden State Warriors select
Stephen Curry from Davidson College.
1137
01:35:41,701 --> 01:35:44,162
The question is,
can he make the transition?
1138
01:35:45,163 --> 01:35:47,749
Is he gonna be strong enough
against NBA defenders
1139
01:35:47,749 --> 01:35:49,793
over the course of an 82-game schedule?
1140
01:35:56,341 --> 01:35:57,676
And there's just this sense
1141
01:35:57,676 --> 01:36:00,262
that he's not a big-time athlete
on the basketball floor.
1142
01:36:00,262 --> 01:36:03,014
So it's gonna be interesting to see
where he pans out.
1143
01:36:08,103 --> 01:36:11,314
{\an8}Steph is hurt. Steph Curry is hurt.
1144
01:36:11,815 --> 01:36:13,858
Shot clock down to five seconds.
1145
01:36:14,442 --> 01:36:16,319
{\an8}Uh-oh. And you don't wanna see that.
1146
01:36:17,487 --> 01:36:18,863
{\an8}I don't know what happened.
1147
01:36:20,699 --> 01:36:22,534
Curry hurt his foot again.
1148
01:36:23,034 --> 01:36:24,536
{\an8}Just heartbreaking.
1149
01:36:26,371 --> 01:36:28,665
-Same ankle.
-Look at that.
1150
01:36:28,665 --> 01:36:30,458
Holy macaron--
1151
01:36:30,458 --> 01:36:32,752
Over and over and over again.
1152
01:36:34,254 --> 01:36:37,090
Curry underwent surgery
on his right ankle.
1153
01:36:37,090 --> 01:36:39,384
He will miss three to four months.
1154
01:36:43,138 --> 01:36:45,098
Over. Good.
1155
01:36:55,191 --> 01:36:56,985
Curry through the lane. And in!
1156
01:36:57,861 --> 01:36:59,738
How did he make that?
1157
01:37:00,655 --> 01:37:02,741
{\an8}-Curry splits the defense.
-Behind the back.
1158
01:37:03,325 --> 01:37:05,535
Fires a three. It's good!
1159
01:37:05,535 --> 01:37:07,746
{\an8}And the dream season is complete.
1160
01:37:07,746 --> 01:37:11,541
{\an8}The Golden State Warriors
are the 2015 NBA champions.
1161
01:37:11,541 --> 01:37:14,252
{\an8}Their first title in 40 years.
1162
01:37:15,837 --> 01:37:20,300
{\an8}There it is.
The Warriors are NBA champions again.
1163
01:37:21,968 --> 01:37:24,554
{\an8}There's a new dynasty in the NBA.
1164
01:37:24,554 --> 01:37:27,098
Back-to-back titles. Three in four years.
1165
01:37:29,935 --> 01:37:32,062
{\an8}Thompson grabs his left knee.
1166
01:37:32,646 --> 01:37:34,147
{\an8}Now writhing in pain.
1167
01:37:35,607 --> 01:37:36,983
It's over.
1168
01:37:36,983 --> 01:37:40,904
The Raptors, the 2019 NBA champs.
1169
01:37:42,989 --> 01:37:44,574
This is how it ends.
1170
01:37:44,574 --> 01:37:47,410
The Warriors dynasty,
I think it ends tonight.
1171
01:37:48,119 --> 01:37:51,122
We will never
see Steph in another NBA Finals ever.
1172
01:37:51,122 --> 01:37:52,540
They have no path forward.
1173
01:37:52,540 --> 01:37:54,960
This group will not
make the playoffs next year.
1174
01:37:54,960 --> 01:37:57,212
Players get old, injured.
1175
01:37:57,212 --> 01:37:58,838
Curry can't do it.
1176
01:37:58,838 --> 01:38:01,841
He's dripping sweat.
There's just nothing left.
1177
01:38:16,606 --> 01:38:18,733
{\an8}Tough shot. Got it.
1178
01:38:22,571 --> 01:38:28,118
{\an8}And the Golden State Warriors
dispatch the Nuggets in five games.
1179
01:38:31,204 --> 01:38:35,166
{\an8}It's gonna be a different
series now against the Memphis Grizzlies.
1180
01:38:35,166 --> 01:38:37,836
This Warriors team's
not winning more playoff games.
1181
01:38:37,836 --> 01:38:39,963
It is impossible for me to believe.
1182
01:38:41,673 --> 01:38:46,428
Curry dishing.
Looney, extra D. To Green for the flush.
1183
01:38:46,428 --> 01:38:50,390
Thompson, back to Curry.
Curry, a three. He got it!
1184
01:38:51,641 --> 01:38:57,230
{\an8}The Golden State Warriors are heading back
to the Western Conference Finals.
1185
01:38:58,732 --> 01:39:01,610
{\an8}I'm still not
completely sold on Golden State.
1186
01:39:01,610 --> 01:39:06,781
Is Steph tall enough? Strong enough?
Defensive enough?
1187
01:39:08,199 --> 01:39:13,246
It was blocked by Curry.
Blocked by Curry on the three.
1188
01:39:13,246 --> 01:39:14,748
Curry shooting.
1189
01:39:16,958 --> 01:39:18,168
They're on their feet,
1190
01:39:18,168 --> 01:39:24,299
{\an8}and their Warriors
are going to the NBA Finals again.
1191
01:39:27,427 --> 01:39:30,680
{\an8}With Golden State,
I don't see how they win this series.
1192
01:39:31,473 --> 01:39:33,016
I like the Boston Celtics.
1193
01:39:33,016 --> 01:39:34,601
Like the Celtics in six.
1194
01:39:34,601 --> 01:39:36,978
The Celtics are winning it all. Period.
1195
01:39:38,521 --> 01:39:41,775
{\an8}Tatum on the drive.
Kicks it out. Smart, corner three.
1196
01:39:44,069 --> 01:39:46,321
Gets it back. Layup blocked by Brown.
1197
01:39:46,988 --> 01:39:48,865
Boston Celtics take game three.
1198
01:39:48,865 --> 01:39:50,784
They're two wins away from a title.
1199
01:39:52,953 --> 01:39:54,996
Now the Warriors
have to win three out of four.
1200
01:39:54,996 --> 01:39:57,040
Even the most die-hard Warriors fan's
1201
01:39:57,040 --> 01:39:58,833
gonna say that's very unlikely.
1202
01:39:59,417 --> 01:40:01,169
The Celtics look like the better team.
1203
01:40:01,169 --> 01:40:04,214
The Celtics are the younger team.
They're the more athletic team.
1204
01:40:04,214 --> 01:40:06,466
We talk about what kind
of player you have to have
1205
01:40:06,466 --> 01:40:07,842
to win a championship.
1206
01:40:07,842 --> 01:40:09,636
If Steph Curry isn't that, who is?
1207
01:40:09,636 --> 01:40:11,471
Well, he's borderline not that now.
1208
01:40:11,471 --> 01:40:13,014
I have yet to see
1209
01:40:13,014 --> 01:40:17,269
a no-excuses-Steph-led Warriors team
win a championship.
1210
01:40:20,355 --> 01:40:23,817
{\an8}Curry with a beautiful move
and off the glass.
1211
01:40:23,817 --> 01:40:25,694
Curry steps back. Three pointer. Got it.
1212
01:40:26,236 --> 01:40:27,988
Another long-distance shot. It's good!
1213
01:40:27,988 --> 01:40:30,865
Steph Curry launches a three. Curry again.
1214
01:40:31,950 --> 01:40:35,745
Steph Curry from way downtown.
He's got 30 points.
1215
01:40:36,663 --> 01:40:38,999
What a performance from Stephen Curry.
1216
01:40:38,999 --> 01:40:41,710
The NBA Finals are tied
at two games apiece,
1217
01:40:41,710 --> 01:40:46,298
as the brilliance of Steph Curry
on full display here in Boston.
1218
01:40:47,757 --> 01:40:49,968
{\an8}Curry goes coast to coast,
lays it up and in.
1219
01:40:49,968 --> 01:40:52,888
{\an8}Curry to Wiggins.
Wiggins, the layup. It's good.
1220
01:40:52,888 --> 01:40:58,852
{\an8}Wiggins drives and finishes!
Exclamation point from Andrew Wiggins.
1221
01:41:00,687 --> 01:41:04,232
{\an8}Curry drives on Smart.
Gets inside. Left-handed, banks it home.
1222
01:41:04,232 --> 01:41:06,276
Curry catches. Fakes.
1223
01:41:06,276 --> 01:41:08,612
Fires three-pointer. Bang!
1224
01:41:08,612 --> 01:41:12,407
{\an8}Steph Curry from downtown.
A 15-point lead.
1225
01:41:17,454 --> 01:41:20,832
The realization is underway
for Golden State.
1226
01:41:27,255 --> 01:41:29,341
Steph Curry getting emotional.
1227
01:41:30,717 --> 01:41:33,345
It might be his fourth,
but it means so much.
1228
01:42:02,582 --> 01:42:06,503
Come on, 30! Come on, 30! Come on!
1229
01:42:06,503 --> 01:42:08,672
- Get my family up here.
- I'm gonna get 'em for you.
1230
01:42:08,672 --> 01:42:10,298
- My family...
- I'm gonna get 'em for you.
1231
01:42:16,638 --> 01:42:20,058
You gonna have red lipstick.
What the hell just happened?
1232
01:42:23,353 --> 01:42:25,647
He's a four-time NBA champion.
1233
01:42:26,731 --> 01:42:28,984
A two-time league MVP.
1234
01:42:29,568 --> 01:42:31,695
And for the first time ever,
1235
01:42:31,695 --> 01:42:35,949
the NBA Finals MVP award
goes to Stephen Curry!
1236
01:42:37,117 --> 01:42:46,751
MVP! MVP! MVP! MVP! MVP!
1237
01:42:50,547 --> 01:42:52,799
Yeah!
1238
01:43:12,319 --> 01:43:13,778
How did I get here?
1239
01:43:15,030 --> 01:43:17,908
If you walked into a gym
and saw me 20 years ago,
1240
01:43:18,783 --> 01:43:21,578
there's no way you would think
any of this was possible.
1241
01:43:24,331 --> 01:43:27,626
And that feeling
of being overlooked or underrated
1242
01:43:28,668 --> 01:43:31,630
will always be part of the drive
that keeps me going.
1243
01:43:34,216 --> 01:43:37,844
But also, I've just been blessed
to have so many people in my life
1244
01:43:37,844 --> 01:43:42,974
that took the time to get the sense
of who I really was.
1245
01:43:45,602 --> 01:43:47,270
I'll remember that forever.
1246
01:43:54,861 --> 01:43:58,865
{\an8}We are extremely proud
to call ourselves your home team,
1247
01:43:59,950 --> 01:44:03,328
{\an8}your base of support,
your cheering section.
1248
01:44:04,788 --> 01:44:08,625
I mean the entire Davidson community
who stands with you
1249
01:44:08,625 --> 01:44:11,586
and surrounds you
with our hearts and our minds.
1250
01:44:14,798 --> 01:44:16,466
It would have been so easy,
1251
01:44:17,133 --> 01:44:20,387
{\an8}so straightforward
not to complete your college degree.
1252
01:44:21,805 --> 01:44:26,518
But he did it.
And this is a dream come true for me.
1253
01:44:27,102 --> 01:44:30,981
I am so thankful and blessed
to be able to look at you,
1254
01:44:31,898 --> 01:44:35,860
see you with your gown on officially,
1255
01:44:35,860 --> 01:44:38,947
knowing you earned this.
1256
01:44:40,490 --> 01:44:42,701
Wardell Stephen Curry II,
1257
01:44:43,660 --> 01:44:47,247
I hereby affirm
the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
1258
01:44:47,247 --> 01:44:48,707
Congratulations.
1259
01:45:31,333 --> 01:45:35,337
This is an absolutely
amazing day, an amazing moment.
1260
01:45:37,047 --> 01:45:39,299
Every single person
that I got to play with
1261
01:45:39,799 --> 01:45:42,844
lives with me every single time
that I step foot on the court.
1262
01:45:43,511 --> 01:45:46,014
It speaks to how much
this place means to me.
1263
01:45:47,599 --> 01:45:49,351
But most importantly,
1264
01:45:49,351 --> 01:45:52,187
I played for an amazing man.
1265
01:45:53,563 --> 01:45:55,857
Somebody who has so much compassion,
1266
01:45:56,399 --> 01:45:58,026
care,
1267
01:45:58,026 --> 01:46:01,613
love for every single person
that you come in contact with.
1268
01:46:03,365 --> 01:46:05,325
None of this is possible without you.
1269
01:46:47,325 --> 01:46:49,411
All right, Steph. Ready?
1270
01:46:55,292 --> 01:47:00,130
Top two. Wing three. Top two. Wing three.
Here we go.
1271
01:47:02,924 --> 01:47:04,259
One.
1272
01:47:06,177 --> 01:47:07,178
Two.
1273
01:47:08,054 --> 01:47:09,973
- Three.
- Yeah!
1274
01:47:37,584 --> 01:47:40,378
"Needs to add some muscle
to his upper body
1275
01:47:40,378 --> 01:47:43,506
but appears as though
he'll always be skinny."
1276
01:47:44,549 --> 01:47:50,138
They said the same thing,
the exact same thing, about me.
1277
01:47:51,056 --> 01:47:54,601
I think what surprised me the most
1278
01:47:54,601 --> 01:47:58,230
was his ability to shoot from deep.
1279
01:47:58,230 --> 01:48:01,650
-Is he feeling it?
-Yes. Steph three.
1280
01:48:01,650 --> 01:48:03,360
Got another one!
1281
01:48:04,527 --> 01:48:09,115
He changed how people view the NBA now.
1282
01:48:09,115 --> 01:48:10,242
One player.
1283
01:48:10,242 --> 01:48:15,914
All 30 teams now base their play
off the three-point line,
1284
01:48:17,082 --> 01:48:18,959
and that is because of Stephen Curry.
1285
01:48:20,001 --> 01:48:24,005
Bang! Bang! What a shot from Curry!
1286
01:48:24,005 --> 01:48:28,301
And he ties the NBA record
with his 12th three-pointer of the game.