Curry tops our grades at 7.1 — but we're not signing the 8.8

Verdict first: our index keeps Stephen Curry honest. A 34-point, 6-rebound, 7-assist night tops the Pred1x board at 7.1 — still 1.7 short of the reference's 8.8. An 0.183 defensive component and minutes weighting tell us this was a spectacular scoring line that never became total control of the game.

Zero points in 7.4 minutes earns 0.0 across every component here — no rebounding, no playmaking, no defensive registers — so a reference mark near 6.0 reads as generosity. The same logic trims Luke Kennard to 4.8 against a 6.6 and Oso Ighodaro to 5.5 against 7.2. Jalen Green is the exception the index respects: an 11-point, 8-rebound, 8-assist line graded 7.0, matching the reference exactly and finishing level with Curry. Meanwhile Booker's 26 points drew just a 6.2 and Brandin Podziemski's 20 landed at 5.7 against a 6.9 — volume without efficiency never impresses this board, which is also why Golden State's 116-113 rally from 19-31 down produced no mega-grade beyond Curry's 7.1.