Reiter: Steph shows what greatness is all about

WARRIORS TAKE 3-1 SERIES LEAD | CURRY’S RECORD OVERTIME OUTBURST

PORTLAND, Ore. — His greatness held in check by injury, his dominance diminished by rust for four quarters, his impending Most Valuable Player award criticized by so many playing the contrarian. This was the context of the moment as Steph Curry, back from injury and mired in a 2-for-13 3-point shooting night, stepped onto the court for overtime.

The doubters, the critics, the record books, the Trail Blazers, those first inefficient and unimpressive 48 minutes of basketball in Game 4 of this series — Curry demolished every last one of them.

What transpired over five stunning minutes of basketball was nothing short of all-time greatness. Literally. Curry’s 17-overtime points, a playoff record, pushed the Warriors to a 132-125 win, a 3-1 series lead and a historic reminder that they are playing with the best basketball player on earth, bar none.

“There’s very few games,” Steve Kerr said, “where you sort of take a moment during the game and say, ‘Wow, this is something.’ And tonight was one of them. I turned to Luke Walton a couple times and said, ‘Can you believe this?'”

None of us could. What Curry …

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