Curry said that he could not see himself playing until age 40, but that he wasn’t worried about extra weight in spite of his injury history. He said he was ready to dig deep — even though “I don’t know who our starting lineup is going to be next year.”

“This regular season was the hardest one we’ve ever had in terms of keeping everything together,” Curry said. “Not because of anything more than it’s just mentally challenging to perform at this level every single night. When we got to the playoffs, it was the most fun I think we’ve had, minus the injuries, obviously. That was tough all the way across the board.

“But it was as fun, if not more, than years past. Because one, we were challenged. Two, there was a constant communication in the locker room like, ‘Yo, this is what we live for.’”

They ended the season on their home floor, at Oracle Arena, but it was the Raptors who were celebrating a championship. Then the scene suddenly changed. As Toronto’s players and their family and friends flooded the court, Masai Ujiri, the Raptors’ president, was stopped by a sheriff’s deputy who would not let him on the court because he said he did not have the proper credential. (The police said Ujiri, who is black, struck a white officer in the face, though some bystanders have disputed this account; prosecutors are investigating the incident.)

“You know what’s crazy? I saw him after,” Curry said, referring to Ujiri. “I didn’t know anything about this situation. But looking back, I saw his face and I could tell something had happened.”