Stephen Curry also also became the first professional basketball player to complete more than 400 three-pointers in a a regular season, finishing the 2015-16 NBA season with 402.
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The Warriors were thankful to close out Portland early so Bogut, Green and Curry – still recovering from knee and ankle injuries – can rest.
The Warriors have a 3-1 series lead and the chance to close out the Western Conference semifinals at home, get some extra rest before the conference finals and avoid a return trip to Portland with a win Wednesday night. With the banged-up Warriors able to use that time to get healthy.
Under a preferential voting system, players receive 10 points for a first choice vote, seven points for each second place vote, five points for third, and three points for fourth and one point for fifth.
There were a series of turnovers, mainly in transition by the Warriors and coach Steve Kerr also pointed it out saying they have to be smarter with the ball at the mid way stage.
‘Then the way Steph finished the game, that step-back shot to put it to a five-point lead was probably a shot only he can make.
“I think sometimes the word “valuable” or best player of the year, you can have different results”, LeBron told ESPN. “It wasn’t our best stuff, but we got it done”.
The Golden State Warriors point guard has re-written the record books by nailing a frankly ridiculous 403 three-point shots this season on the way to leading the Warriors to 73 wins and just nine losses during the regular season.
“We’re talking about the $20 million range, as opposed to $11 million range, so it will be interesting to see how Warriors negotiate that”, Michael Goldman said.
Stephen Curry might have found the flawless response to LeBron James’ recent comments: no response.
Once again, Golden State delighted its raucous home crowd at Oracle Arena, where yellow confetti fell immediately after the final buzzer. Curry has never been really that great, as I have stressed lately.
DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry went from invisible to indispensable for the Toronto Raptors.
Fellow Splash Brother Klay Thompson, who carried the load on both ends of the floor during Curry’s absence for much of the first two rounds, is counting on it.
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Dwyane Wade led the Heat with 20 points, while Goran Dragic and Josh Richardson posted 13 points apiece.
