On Point

If there’s one thing that you can set your watch to in the NBA, it’s that the Golden State Warriors will live or die with an up-tempo offense keyed by a star guard. In the ‘90s, Tim Hardaway led the charge. In the ‘00s, Baron Davis. This decade, it appears...

By Ed Kummerer

February 10, 2011

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If there’s one thing that you can set your watch to in the NBA, it’s that the Golden State Warriors will live or die with an up-tempo offense keyed by a star guard. In the ‘90s, Tim Hardaway led the charge. In the ‘00s, Baron Davis. This decade, it appears that Stephen Curry will carry the torch. The second-year point guard has helped the Warriors stay exciting in spite of the team’s lack of talented big men.

Curry will bring his picture-perfect jump shot to US Airways Center when the Warriors take on the Phoenix Suns.

Thu., Feb. 10, 7 p.m., 2011

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