Another unbelievable feat for the Warriors is they haven’t lost back-to-back games since the NBA Finals last season, though now they are playing without Curry.
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Curry is now sidelined with a sprained knee he suffered in the first round of the playoffs, in which the Warriors defeated the Houston Rockets 4-1.
The Warriors led 28-22 after the first quarter and felt they could have had an even larger lead.
Curry made a stunning 402 3-point shots, shattering the previous National Basketball Association record of 286 3-pointers that he set last season. Instead, they now must win two of the next three, and the questions that seemed to be answered about Lowry’s shooting struggles worked their way back up again.
Spears of ESPN’s The Undefeated said before the game, “Warriors coach Steve Kerr says [Curry] has no time restriction in his likely return and its more about how he feels conditioning wise”.
Curry has not been himself in the playoffs because of troublesome injuries – first to his ankle, now to his knee.
On the other hand, Portland can put the pressure on Golden State with a win, tying the series. It pushes him higher into the pantheon among the NBA’s all-time greats (ESPN already ranked Curry as the 23rd-best player of all time earlier this year). After a big offensive game in Game 3, which saw Draymond Green score 37 points, he was disappointed with his effort on the defensive end after and vowed to change that in Game 4.
Lillard, the Oakland native, was confident enough to score 40 points and dish out 10 assists in the 120-108 win that cut the Warriors’ series lead in the Western Conference semifinals to 2-1.
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“And that goes for more than just scoring the ball”. He also joins Barry and Wilt Chamberlain as the only players in team history to average 30 or more points in a single season. Going shot for shot with them might work in one game out of a few, but overall, even without Curry, it seems that tactic doesn’t really work. Klay Thompson has picked up much of the slack, yet expecting him to do it on a nightly basis would be foolish.
