When a guy first plays against his former team, there’s always a little extra juice added to the matchup. That’s what happened to Philadelphia 76ers security guard Seth Curry on Thursday when he faced the Dallas Mavericks for the first time since the trade.
The Mavericks sent Curry to the Sixers on a draft night in November in exchange for Josh Richardson. It was the second time that Dallas let Curry escape, and he reminded them on Thursday just how valuable he is to a team.
He scored 15 runs and knocked out all three of his triples in a 111-97 victory over the Mavericks.
“Never nothing personal, man,” Curry said with a smile. “I got a lot of respect for a lot of those guys there. I just think they made a bad business decision but it happens all the time, you know what I mean? It is what it is.”
In addition to what he brought offensively, he was very active on the defensive side of the floor. The Duke veteran has been a great harassment of Richardson from the start and he has had an impact in that area too.
“Seth Curry got his hands, we told him he should have known their game, so he did it,” laughed coach Doc Rivers. “I just thought our defensive energy, I’m looking at, we shot 43%, we didn’t have a great offensive night, and yet we’re leading by 20 most of the game. Dallas is a great offensive team, and it was special for us to defend like that. “
Most importantly, the Sixers got another victory and that’s all that matters at the end of the day. The team has to keep growing and that was another impressive victory for Philadelphia, no matter who the opponent is.
“Another night to go out and take a win and play well as a team,” added Curry. “That’s the ultimate goal is to win, so the main thing was to see a lot of my guys at the end of the floor, just catch up and then play again.”
The Sixers will take on the Cleveland Cavaliers at home on Saturday.
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