Quote Originally Posted by La Frescobaldi
Nobody questions that to the point we can take it as given. But OP specifies no make it take it.

So the real question is can Mike stop Curry over every square inch of the entire area from the basket to 35 feet out.... all the way around both sides of the court.... and do that perfectly... so good that he doesn't even get that tiny paper-width of separation which is all Curry needs to be a Splash Brother.

I'm saying no.
Kerr is right, nobody can guard every inch of the court.

the math is simple. curry would have to hit 70% of his 3's to beat mike hitting 100% of his 2's. mike would just have to stay with the game plan and not fk around. bust his ass in the paint and go for guaranteed paint buckets. none of these slow half-ass off balanced shots that he sometimes showboats at his camp against tiny teenagers or fat executives.

then on defense, you're talking about mj the defender here. it's a half court game. there's no running up and down. so bald guy got all the energy in the world and he's going all out 100% on turbo defense on every play. curry ain't hitting 70% of his 3's with defense like that.

in a 1-on-1 game, mj's body would be so locked down and close to curry's that people might think they're having gay sex. total encapsulation. there are no screens to buy room. no one else to pass to. is curry hitting 70% of his outside shots like that??? does he even easily hit 70% of his 3's in a 3-point contest with no defenders anywhere?? he ain't hitting 70% on mj.

only important criteria that OP left out was shot clock. only weak ass way for curry to win -- if curry hits the first 3 and michael gets a quick 2 with 9 minutes on the game clock. then curry might just dribble for 9 whole minutes without taking another shot until game time.