He isn't making excuses so... "Just Stop it already"

 This whole notion that Steph Curry is injured after the Warriors went down 3-1 to the OKC Thunder in Tuesday nights pivotal game 4 of the Western Conference finals speaks to how there is a double standard in the NBA. Several members of the media have gone as far to say "Steph can't be healthy, he just can't be". "How can he shoot 2-9 from the field?" How about ... maybe he is a human being and they are emotional and psychological components to having a bad game.

If you watched five minutes of OKC's victory over Golden State you would have seen Steph wasn't him self and it had nothing to do with his physical health. He ran up the court perfectly fine. His invincible release was there. There was nothing wrong with him physically. What was apparent was his energy and his attitude of "I'm just out of it. I'm over this thing already."

Typically Draymond Green is the teams emotional leader, and he like Steph were absent for games three and four of this series. What is to make of this ? A lot. The entire team is shook. We've never seen this before from Draymond, Steph or any other player on their squad. Once again the argument, Steph isn't physically healthy doesn't stand.

So lets rewind. Let's go back. Where did this hunch concerning Steph's physical health begin, because last night Steph answer to that question was "I'm fine". Curry does have an extensive injury past with him missing bulks of the regular season during his first four years in the league. Steph knows his body better then any reporter, family member, spouse etc. If he says he's fine then he is fine. If this were LeBron who sprained his knee nearly a month before the Eastern Conference finals he still wouldn't hear the end of it from the media. Steph is no different.

He's emotion isn't there and from the looks of things nor are his teammates emotionally invested in this series, which for some fans is concerning. My only concern is what's getting lost in this entire thing is how much reporters and members of the media neglect the other components of sports outside of the physical play. Sure... he hasn't made shots but like Steve Kerr said following their game four loss "It happens, even to the best players in the world". Does everyone remember Steph's game 2 third quarter explosion for 21 points. Nobody was talking about his health then. You can have a bad night or two and it have nothing to do with your physical health.