The Warriors, who defeated the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night to advance to the Western Conference Finals, will resume play either Monday or Wednesday, pending the outcome of the second-round series between the San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder. Stephen Curry scored the Warriors’ final seven points, the last four on free throws, and the defending champions escaped with a 125-121 win. With years and series of experience in the past few seasons. the Warriors are relying on their veteran guile to pull out these games.
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The Warriors are leading the series with a 3-1 count and Curry’s performance in Game 4 coming off the bench due to an injury has sparked things for them on both ends of the floor. Golden State Warriors’ Shaun Livingston (34) dunks in front of Portland Trail Blazers’ Ed Davis (17) during the first half in Game 5 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series Wednesday, May 11, 2016, in Oakland, Ca…
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“None of this is possible without you”, Curry said, according to People.
Curry is the first two-time MVP in franchise history, and Wilt Chamberlain (1959-60) is the only other Warriors victor.
The fifth-seeded Trail Blazers made the Warriors work for their win on Wednesday.
“If you do it by a year-to-year basis, I think sometimes the word “valuable” or best player of the year, you can have different results”, he said. “Steph, get the ball” and ‘Get the ball, Steph, ‘” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “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. Portland fought admirably, even stealing a game against a Curry-less Golden State to avoid the sweep, but couldn’t survive any longer against the superior opponent.
“It was kind of draining”, Lillard said. Miami got within one with less than two minutes to play before Toronto held on.
He averaged 30 points with nearly 7 assists and 5 rebounds per game throughout the season as mentioned in a report by SB Nation. “You know, that’s not taking anything from anyone that’s ever won the award”.
The Trail Blazers used an early 10-0 burst to build a lead.
The Golden State Warriors are headed back to the Western Conference finals, making this the first time they’ve made consecutive conference finals appearances since 1974-75 and 1975-76.
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If the 2015-16 season proved anything for the Blazers, it’s what a special backcourt they have in Lillard and McCollum. Curry made a 3-pointer in his 44th straight playoff games, tying Reggie Miller’s record set from 1995-2000….
