Steph Curry record, stats and history on NBA Christmas Day

With four NBA titles, one NBA Finals MVP Award, two regular season MVPs, 10 All-Star Game appearances, one All-Star Game MVP Award, 10 All-NBA selections, a pair of scoring titles and the most three-pointers in the NBA history to his name, Stephen Curry has obviously accomplished quite a bit during his illustrious career with the Golden State Warriors.

All that said, the future Hall of Famer has oddly struggled on Christmas Day, a streak that began in 2010 and currently spans 10 games, with an 11th set set for Wednesday against the Los Angeles Lakers.

Here’s a quick look at everything Curry did (or didn’t do) on December 25th.

As mentioned above, Curry has appeared in 10 games for the Warriors on Christmas Day, going just 4-6 in those contests.

After splitting the first six, including a split in a pair of NBA Finals rematches (and previews, as it turned out) with LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, the 10-time All-Star has lost three of his last four on Dec. 25 , including a 120-114 loss to the Denver Nuggets a season ago.

In his 10 appearances on Christmas Day, Curry has averaged just 15.6 points per game. game, which is well below his career average of 24.7.

And the main reason for the low scores is the fact that he connected on just 52 of 164 (31.7%) shots from the floor and just 18 of 78 (23.1%) from the three-point line. For a guy who has shot 47.2% from the field and 42.5% from beyond the arc, that’s obviously not good. He has hit 34 of 38 free throws (89.5%), but even that is below his career average of 91.0%.

Curry has contributed in other areas at least, with 6.4 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game. match.

As you can see in the table above, Curry hasn’t had many memorable Christmas Day performances throughout his career. In fact, he has failed to reach 20 points in nine of his 10 games on the holiday.

The only performance that really stands out was his outing against the Phoenix Suns in 2021, when he posted 33 points, six assists, four rebounds, three steals and a block in the Warriors’ 116-107 win.

Even there, however, Curry shot just 10-for-27 from the floor and 5-for-16 from the three-point line. So it’s not like he was called.

As mentioned, Curry is set for an 11th appearance on Christmas Day this Wednesday when the Warriors take on the Lakers, marking Curry’s fourth game against LeBron James on Dec. 25.

In addition to the two games against the Cavs mentioned above, Curry also faced James in 2018, which was LeBron’s first year with the Lakers. Steph shot just 5-for-17 in that matchup en route to 15 points, while James scored 17 in an easy 127-101 win for Los Angeles.

As far as this season goes, you’d think the Warriors would be on the NBA’s Christmas Day schedule as long as Curry is still playing. With Golden State easily one of the most popular teams and Curry easily one of the most popular players, you’d think the league would milk it for as long as possible.