The MVP win comes as no surprise given Curry’s dominance during the 2016 regular season, in which he shattered his own single-season 3-point shooting record, nailing 402 threes, and became only the second player in league history to shoot more than 50% from the floor. “That’s the theme of the last two years”, Curry said. They can dance around, rope-a-dope and absorb a punch, but no matter how many hits they take, you know they are just one punch away from putting their opponents on their backs.
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The MVP announcement last season came the day before Game 2 of Golden State’s second-round series against the Memphis Grizzlies.
The Golden State Warriors and Portland Trailblazers are set to play the fifth game of their Western Conference semi-finals series. “Defending Dame, exhausting all his energy to make it uncomfortable for him, and what he was able to do offensively, hopefully that doesn’t get lost in our series and the way we played as a team”.
Andrew Bogut strained his right adductor (thigh) and left the game in the second quarter without returning.
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. “I think it prepared us for the next round”.
Lillard, an Oakland native, was 7-for-24 shooting in his final game of the season back home in the East Bay.
If the 2015-16 season proved anything for the Blazers, it’s what a special backcourt they have in Lillard and McCollum.
The Thunder lead 3-2 and can knock out the Spurs on Thursday with a win in Oklahoma City although, if San Antonio are victorious, it will be decided with a game seven on Sunday on their home court. He came off the bench in a 132-125 overtime win in Game 4 and scored an NBA-record 17 points in the extra period on the way to 40. “You’ve given me the opportunity to go out here and work as hard as I do, spend the hours I need to do at the gym, during practice, in games, on the road – all the while holding down the house and doing the little things that keep our family going”.
“We just tried to go out there and be aggressive”, DeRozan said.
“Look at Steph’s numbers”, LeBron continued.
The 135 combined 3-pointers – 71 by Portland, 64 for Golden State – were most ever in a five-game series.
“I think sometimes the word “valuable” or best player of the year, you can have different results”, he said.
The only problem was getting late stops, and that’s something most teams have struggled with against Golden State.
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The Warriors got past Portland even with Curry missing the first three games as he recovered from a sprained right knee. Green has four technicals this postseason.
