Ayesha Curry Reveals True Reason Behind Stephen Curry’s Insane Start to the Season

Steph Curry scored 44 points in Minneapolis on Oct. 28, including 16 free throws without a miss. It was his first 40-point game since Dec. 14, 2025. His wife, Ayesha Curry, has her own explanation for the early hot streak.

"Oh, I think there's always that, especially like on opening night and all of that stuff, but he's prepared himself so well. I don't know a single person that works harder than he does. And so, as we can see so far in the season, that's paying off. I'm like, we didn't even have to turn the heat on at home this year. He's doing that for the whole house," Ayesha said.

She made the comments on NBC's TODAY Show while promoting Second Chance Holiday, her first leading role in a Roku Channel film. She answered a question about whether her husband still feels nerves after nearly two decades in the league.

Ayesha also spoke about how her husband approaches game days.

"I'm not superstitious at all. But my husband, Stephen, he definitely is," she said.

She added that he has pregame routines, including a nap at a certain time, and that she took inspiration from him for her character.

His start backs that up. Curry led the Warriors to their eighth straight win on Monday, 138-87, over the New Orleans Pelicans. He finished the game with 25 points, five rebounds and two assists. He currently averages 30.6 points, 4.1 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game this season, shooting 50.3% from the field.

Steve Kerr's own view was that Curry's talent works on an unpredictable clock. "What makes him special is that it can happen at any time," he said.

The timing is also important for Golden State. The Warriors opened the season with three losses, and the Minnesota win was their second in a row.

Ayesha's description of a routine-driven player matches how Curry's best games have unfolded. His 44-point night in Minnesota came from a deliberate plan. The Warriors' coaching staff wanted to get Rudy Gobert out of the paint, so they ran high screen action with Curry in the first half to pull Gobert into space.

By halftime, Curry had 23 points on 8-of-16 shooting, including five three-pointers, the last from 31 feet.

The milestones show how long he has sustained it. Curry reached 40 points for an NBA-record 47th time since his 30th birthday, and 16 of his 77 career 40-point games have come after he turned 35, passing LeBron James for the most in NBA history after that age.

Those numbers describe a player who hasn't slowed in his late 30s, and his wife says the credit goes to the work he puts in away from the games.

He has also had help. The Warriors beat the Nuggets in Denver two days earlier behind 31 points, 12 rebounds, and six assists from Yaxel Lendeborg in his fourth career game. That supporting cast is part of why Golden State has started to recover from its 0-3 opening.