We probably need to get through that process.
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“We had a tremendous fourth quarter and our defense tightened up”, Kerr said. “We’ve been down and out before…”
One thing the Warriors do is share the ball, and if you wanted your high school players to watch the National Basketball Association that would be a positive thing to take away from the pro game.
Kyle Lowry’s half-court shot tied it at the buzzer, capping Toronto’s six-point comeback in the final 20 seconds of regulation.
Curry could be in uniform for that, if he has recovered from a sprain to his right knee. Steve Kerr told reporters in Oakland following Thursday’s practice that the soon-to-be back-to-back MVP did not participate in live drills and would be unlikely to play in Game 3 against the Blazers, which is Saturday at the Moda Center.
If the Golden State Warriors can win in Saturday’s Game 3, it could change the timing of Stephen Curry’s return from injury. Aided by some sloppy Warriors transition defense, Portland attacked them the way the Warriors blitz so many opponents.
Klay Thompson scored 27 points for Golden State, including a three with a little over five and a half minutes to play, to give the Warriors their first taste of the lead.
The latest display came in Tuesday’s Game 2 at Oracle Arena, where Rip City led for most of the night until the Dubs completely out-executed the inexperienced Blazers down the stretch.
The Warriors, led by Klay Thompson gradually picked up their game, but were still in major trouble as Oakland-born Trail Blazers guard Damien Lillard, backed by vocal support from his family behind the Portland bench stunned the home crowd with an incredible third quarter.
Then Portland heated up offensively, with Aminu hitting four of his first five shots, including a pair of 3-pointers, to help the visitors go up by as many as 14 en route to a 34-21 advantage at first quarter’s end. Everybody was healthy and head caoch Terry Stotts said this morning that they were approaching Game 3 as if Curry would play. And we weren’t playing with that good of poise in the first three quarters.
The NBA playoffs are in full swing and you would think that as teams are eliminated in the playoffs the second round series would be better games than the first round series.
It only counts as one win, though the Miami Heat had to work twice as hard to get it. Lowry struggled all night going 0-for-5 from 3-point range prior to the game-tying shot.
Since Golden State and Portland opened their series before the Eastern Conference concluded its first round, the schedule allows for the two teams to get three days of rest.
The fifth-seeded Blazers were led by their sharpshooting guard tandem of Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum, who scored 25 points and 22 points, respectively.
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Andrew Bogut’s two blocks gave him 65 in the playoffs, most in Warriors franchise postseason history.
