Steph Curry's former coach said his 3-pointers are 'hurting' basketball

Golden State Warriors' point guard Steph Curry
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Former Golden State Warriors head coach Mark Jackson criticized Stephen Curry, the team's star point guard, during Friday's game.

"He's hurting the game," the ABC analyst said. "And what I mean by that is I go into these high school gyms, I watch these kids and the first thing they do is run to the 3-point line. You are not Steph Curry. Work on other aspects of the game."

Curry chuckled in response to the comments from Jackson, who was fired in 2014.

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"I have to talk to him," Curry told Yahoo Sports. "I don't know what he means by that. If you can shoot, shoot. If you can't, stop."

The Warriors topped the Cleveland Cavaliers 89-83 in the NBA finals rematch.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.