What is Stephen Curry’s Achilles heel?

On By Littum

For all the years of dominance, winning multiple MVP awards and four NBA championships, Stephen Curry can’t escape one negative aspect of an otherwise all-time career. The Golden State Warriors host the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas Day. Although both teams have similar competitive windows, there is more to the game. Curry gives the Warriors one concern heading into Christmas.

Curry is averaging 24.7 points on remarkable shooting splits in his 979 NBA games. The percentages show a Hall of Fame career: 47 from the field, 42 from 3 and 91 from the free throw line.

Despite his decorated NBA career, however, there is one time of the year when he consistently fails to perform: Christmas Day.

During his illustrious NBA career, Curry averaged 15.6 points in 10 games as of December 25. Well below his career mark, Curry disappears during one of the biggest days of the year without proper explanation, like Santa after eating your homemade milk and cookies.

Coupled with the lower scoring averages, Curry’s shooting percentages on Christmas dump coal on the Warriors’ Christmas performances. Curry is shooting 31.7 percent from the field and 23 percent from 3 on the special holiday.

Unfortunately for Warriors fans, Curry’s Christmas Day ailments came early for the 2024-25 season.

Curry’s stats during the Warriors’ 1-4 stretch in their last five games reflect the overall struggles of a team slipping in the Western Conference standings.

The Warriors superstar is averaging 17.6 points, 37.7 percent shooting from the field, 35.8 clip from 3 and 84.6 percent from the charity stripe in the aforementioned five-game span.

Typically, Curry’s terrible shooting games seem to come only once a year, but in a premonition, he’s hitting his yearly deficits in time for Christmas.

While such negative performances could cause concern for the Warriors, fans could try to turn the scenario around.

Perhaps Curry’s recent poor shooting streak indicates he’ll turn on the switch for what may be the final Christmas Day game against LeBron James, reversing the curse that began in 2010.