Steph Curry's ballet proving to be a winner

Fans celebrate after the Golden State Warriors won their game against the Los Angeles Lakers and broke the NBA record at 16-0 for longest winning streak at the start of their season at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)Are the Steph Curry-led Warriors orchestrating a ballet in their 16-0 sprint from the starting blocks? Members of the San Francisco and Oakland ballet corps were asked that question by The New York Times, and they say absolutely. ``It's beautiful to watch,'' Graham Lustig, the artistic director of the Oakland Ballet Company said. ``We don't want to see any pain when dancers are finishing their final variation of something. ``Steph doesn't really look like he's putting in a lot effort, does he? I'm not suggesting at all that he doesn't use effort. It's just that he doesn't display it, and I think that's probably at the core of what this is about." Taras Domitro, a principal dancer with the San Francisco Ballet, was not a basketball fan, until watching Curry at work. ``What I see the most when I watch Steph is the incredible coordination he has with his arms, his legs and the way he handles the ball,'' Domitro, 29, said. The 29-year-old then drew a comparison between Curry's ball handling and the way male ballet dancers support women during lifts and jumps on stage.

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