The fifth-seeded Trail Blazers gave the Warriors a battle in Game 5, leading early by as many as 11 and hanging within 118-116 with the basketball inside the final 50 seconds. Golden State Warriors’ Andrew Bogut, center, dunks between Portland Trail Blazers’ Al-Farouq Aminu (8), Damian Lillard (0) and Mason Plumlee (24) during the first half in Game 5 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff s…
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“Finally, video-game Stephen will be as remarkable as real-life Stephen”. After guiding Golden State to its first championship in 40 years, Curry & Co. took that success even further to finish with 73 regular-season wins to top the mark set by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls team that went 72-10. “When you play a great scorer like Dame, you don’t let him get into a good rhythm and that’s what he was in the first half”.
“I know how hard Steph works and how great of a team player he is”, Brady added. Shout out to him for elevating his game on both ends of the floor.
“No disrespect at all from me”, Wade said.
“We really needed that energy from the home crowd to just find a way to have some huge offensive possessions and get some stops down the stretch”, Curry said. McCollum torched Golden State for 16 of his 27 points in the fourth.
“I couldn’t imagine anybody not voting him first, and yet there always seems to be somebody who has to stand out”, Coach of the Year Steve Kerr said.
“I think we need to appreciate what we have right now”, Curry said.
Thompson scored 33 points with six 3-pointers, while Curry added 29 and sealed it with a 3 with 24.9 seconds left.
“If we come out and put our best foot forward, then nothing else matters”, Green said.
It occurred after Curry missed more than two weeks with a sprained right knee and while Portland was hammering away at the Warriors, trying to save the series. “He’s unbelievable…. It’s much easier for us when he makes those plays in crucial moments”. You look at the last few rookie classes we’ve had – they’ve all been guys who only stayed in college for one year and they all have one thing in common – they all are not very good.
So, Golden State played. “You obviously lose a little bit but deep down when I got the work the last four days and broke a sweat and put the time in, that helped me get through these 38 minutes”.
Now, of course, the Warriors have nine more playoff games to win this postseason to record back-to-back championships, and they might stumble on the way, who knows. The games had an intensity resembling some Game 7s. “You came back this year dramatically better”.
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The Hall of Fame player continued with his thoughts on one-and-done players shortly after in the interview. “I wouldn’t say we’re better, we’re more seasoned, so that may make us better because we’ve been through so much, the experience, I think makes us better”, Green said.
