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Steph Curry finishes season with NBA scoring title

Fred Jeter | 5/27/2021, 6 p.m.
Steph Curry enjoyed a banner season, but his team, the Golden State Warriors, didn’t.
Stephen Curry

Steph Curry enjoyed a banner season, but his team, the Golden State Warriors, didn’t.

The 33-year-old veteran used a strong finish to win his second NBA scoring title, edging the Washington Wizards’ Bradley Beal for the honor.

Curry averaged 32.0 points per game, with Beal a strong runner up at 31.3 points per game.

Also, Curry broke his own record for 3-pointers per game, recording 5.3 per game.

Despite the former Davidson College star’s heroics, the Warriors failed to make the NBA playoffs for the second year in a row. Their season ended with play-in tournament losses to the Los Angeles Lakers and the Memphis Grizzlies.

Curry, who finished the regular season with 46 points against Memphis, scored 30 or more points on 38 occasions, with highs of 62, 57, 53 and 49 twice.

Along with his prolific scoring, Curry averaged 5.5 rebounds and 5.8 assists an outing.

Curry was league MVP in 2015 and 2016, and led the Warriors to NBA cham- pionships in 2015, 2017 and 2018.

In doing so, he joins Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with multiple scoring titles, MVPs and championships.

He is the second oldest player to win a scoring title after Jordan, who was 35 when he won his record 10th scoring crown in 1998.

The NBA playoffs are underway and will continue through July. The Utah Jazz had the best overall record during the regular season, 52-20, followed by the Phoenix Suns, 51-21, and the Philadelphia 76ers at 49-23.

First round, best-of-seven matchups:

Miami vs. Milwaukee

Dallas vs. Los Angeles Clippers

Boston vs. Brooklyn

Portland vs. Denver

Washington vs. Philadelphia

Los Angeles Lakers vs. Phoenix

Atlanta vs. New York Knicks

Memphis vs. Utah

Leaders of the pack

Here are the NBA’s individual statistical champions for 2020-21:

Scoring: Steph Curry, Golden State, 32.0; Bradley Beal, Washington, 31.3; Damian Lillard, Portland, 28.8.

Rebounding: Clint Capela, Atlanta, 14.3; Rudy Gobert, Utah, 13.5; Jonas Valanciunas, Memphis, 12.5.

Assists: Russell Westbrook, Washington, 11.7; Trae Young, Atlanta, 9.4; Chris Paul, Phoenix, 8.9

Blocked shots: Gobert, 2.7; Nerlens Noel, New York, 2.2; Capela, 2.0

Steals: Jimmy Butler, Miami, 2.1; T.J. McConnell, Brooklyn, 1.9; Fred VanVleet, Toronto, 1.7.

3-pointers per game: Curry, 5.3; Lillard, 4.1; Buddy Hield, Sacramento, 4.0.