With 189 points in clutch time, which is when a team is within five points with less than five minutes remaining in the game, Curry topped the league.

In close games, he outperformed his season norms with a field goal percentage of 49.6 and a three-point percentage of 45.7 percent.

On February 10, Curry made a game-winning 33-footer to defeat the Phoenix Suns, and in the In-Season Tournament, he laid up a game-winning layup to defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder.

“You’ve got to be able to fail,” Curry said to TNT during the award’s televised announcement.

“I don’t know if anything clicked other than just knowing how much time you put into the game and with that time comes deserved confidence of ‘OK, I’m ready for whatever moment.'”

Curry is one of just two people to ever get the honor. Last year, De’Aaron Fox of Sacramento took home the first-ever championship.

He shared the stage with DeMar DeRozan of Chicago and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of Oklahoma City as one of the three finalists. Aside from that, Gilgeous-Alexander is one of the MVP finalists.

In the playoffs, Curry isn’t facing any challenges with his clutch performance. The Warriors lost in the play-in round to the Sacramento Kings after finishing tenth in the Western Conference.