Luka Doncic and Stephen Curry are the two top scorers in the league, respectively.
DALLAS — Tuesday’s rematch of the Western Conference Finals will be a high-interest game across the country. Not because major stakes are on the line this early in the season. But because the nationally televised game will have two of the best guards the league has seen in years squaring off.
Not that Curry is paying much attention. Curry said he doesn’t follow the chatter surrounding the NBA MVP Award like he once before. Nonetheless, he’s probably heard the talk from those wondering when Doncic will finally overshadow Curry’s dominance and become the king of the Western Conference. Curry’s name had slipped out of the MVP conversation in recent years. Part of that was the result of the Warriors suffering two down seasons riddled with adversity before reasserting themselves as the league’s best team last summer to win their fourth title of the Curry era. Another factor could be voter fatigue, with Curry winning back-to-back MVP honors in 2015 and, unanimously, 2016.Curry is putting up numbers that rival his MVP seasons. His 31.
“The beauty of Steph is that he keeps just getting better, he keeps working harder and adding something to his game and he’s never been better,” coach Steve Kerr said. “Voting is just, that’s more political, human nature stuff, but as far as his play, he’s better now than he was as a back-to-back MVP. The voting is just so subjective.”
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