On Saturday in Portland, they answered that question.
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Golden State star Stephen Curry is making progress but remains unlikely to play Monday when the Warriors take on the Trail Blazers in Portland in the second round of the National Basketball Association playoffs.
The Warriors lead the series 2-1 despite Curry missing all three games.
As the starter in Game 3, Livingston rested for the first portions of the second and fourth quarters (Curry’s usual rest periods), and that’s precisely when the Warriors got clobbered.
Now Lillard makes millions playing a game while living with his mother, sister and girlfriend in the large suburban home he purchased. “Our team, I think we match up well with these guys”. Obviously, we didn’t want to come out 0-3, we didn’t want to be down 0-3, so I thought our effort in trying to get the win was the key.
If anything, others’ doubt – not self-doubt – has been the driver of the Trail Blazers season.
Thompson scored 18 points in the first quarter as the Warriors built a 28-22 lead. “I could tell they had doubt and we didn’t take advantage of it. And that’s on me”.
“I didn’t do what I do for this team”, Green said. However, I believe he shouldn’t play in Game 4. “I wanted to come out aggressive and leave it all out here, and that’s what I did tonight”. “So not to say it’s going to happen or anything like that, but we would like to win the next game in order to even it up”. Aminu has really stepped it up in these past nine games for the Blazers-him exceeding expectations was not something Portland (or their foes) were expecting.
The Warriors were caught a step slow or completely flat-footed when the Blazers seemed constantly in motion. But that wouldn’t be the case Saturday at the Moda Center.
Klay Thompson dropped 35 points in a game 3 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers.
“When we come home, we feel unbeatable for some reason”. Doubters didn’t vote Lillard into the All-Star Game; the Blazer point guard averaged 25.1 points and 6.8 assists per game in 2015-16, both career highs.
“You know, you kind of run out of superlatives, but he’s such a great competitor”, said Stotts of Lillard.
Good enough to play Game 4? The Golden State Warriors have won 10 of their last 14 road games.
And then, there was Aminu.
Aminu was 8-of-9 overall and 4-of-5 from the arc, adding 10 rebounds.
On and off the court, he might add. Lillard has been heavily involved in community activities since the Trail Blazers made him the sixth overall pick in the 2012 draft. And yet, now that Pandora’s box has been opened, these are shots that teams have to account for, which can stretch even the most stringent defenses to their breaking points.
“They’ve got his back because he’s got your back, too”. Reserve Allen Crabbe sank two threes and scored 10 points.
They looked, quite frankly, more like the Kobe Bryant Lakers of a couple years ago, with Klay Thompson in the role of Kobe.
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Golden State has played six games without Curry this postseason, winning four of those.
