PHOENIX — Jordan Poole, opening at point guard as the Warriors continue their experimentation without Stephen Curry, found himself bottled up on an early first-quarter drive, forced to flub out a pass to Draymond Green on the wing.



This is not unlike a position in which Curry, always probing, regularly finds himself: stonewalled on a drive and forced to kick out. But part of Curry’s greatness is his constant movement. When he’s briefly halted on a drive, defenders typically relax, believing their job is complete. That’s when Curry will dart away, often to the corner, for a deadly relocation 3 before his defender recovers.



Poole is not Curry. But on this particular play, he fakes the role perfectly, continuing his route to the corner after giving it up to Green, while his defender stays in the paint. It leads to the exact type of 3 Curry gets multiple times per game.



But rewatch that clip. I’ll freeze-frame it with 14 on the shot...