That seemed to be occurring in an impossible dimension with an unimaginable conclusion. The Warriors were in pursuit in being crowned the best team ever.
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By now, the fact Golden State Warrior Steph Curry was thrown out of June 16th’s Game 6 of the NBA Finals for throwing his mouthguard is old news.
They waited. They witnessed. “It’s right to tell them congratulations”, said Green.
I’ve been bullish on the Warriors for a while now.
And while Golden State players were gracious enough in defeat – Draymond Green was particularly thoughtful in his post-game reverence for LeBron James – the internet can be a cruel, cold place, and it has plenty of jokes in the aftermath of the NBA Finals. “It sucked to watch them celebrate, and we wish that would have been us”.
They were supposed to back up last season’s championship with another title this season, they were supposed to finish off Cleveland again.
Curry’s struggles all series were encapsulated in two late possessions in Game 7.
He knew there wouldn’t be any more quiet moments in the near future after the grind of another extended National Basketball Association season. Those two have combined to play just 61 regular-season games.
When Golden State Warriors beat what appeared an insurmountable 72-10 regular season record held by the legendary Chicago Bulls (of 1995-1996), it was assumed that a repeat win of the Larry O’Brien trophy for 2016 was guaranteed.
“I never got really trapped by the dogma and living with the results of other people’s thinking”, the champagne-soaked Love said after the win. We’re going to be careful how we evaluate things and not evaluate things on one game or four games or six games.
“It’s not a good feeling, like I said”, Stephen said after the Championship game to ESPN.
“But this is why you can’t mess around”.
The series as a whole averaged 20.2 million viewers, Nielsen said.
Both are restricted free agents, meaning the Warriors have the right to match any offer. After the game, Green was assessed a flagrant 1, giving him a fourth flagrant foul point of the playoffs and a suspension for game five, the first Finals suspension since Jerry Stackhouse in 2006.
So is this a failed season after the record 24-0 start, the awards, the raucous times at Oracle?
Curry knows that must change Sunday if the Warriors are going to repeat as champions. “I think we can”.
“We didn’t reach the end prize, but there will be more years for that”. Owner Joe Lacob “is aggressive when he wakes up in the morning, he’s aggressive when he goes to bed”, Myers said of continuing to build and improve.
That’s what the Warriors thought they were getting with Green in 2012 – an ultracompetitive, versatile rotation player.
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James has nearly single-handedly brought the Cavaliers to the verge of a title, using back-to-back 41-point games to stave off elimination and force this decisive final game. “We’re sorry it didn’t go the way we wanted it to, but it’s not the last time we’ll be on this stage, on this platform, we’ll be back”, he said. They were able to stay on the floor due to their ability to switch onto and bother Golden State’s wing players defensively.
