That seemed to be occurring in an impossible dimension with an unimaginable conclusion. Iguodala received treatment Saturday while the Warriors held a light practice but is planning to play Game 7, and coach Steve Kerr expects him to be improved come game time.
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They waited. They witnessed. But can they still play like the Warriors?
But it will be no joking matter if the Warriors become the first team to lose the NBA Finals after taking a 3-1 series lead, which is one historical mark these players are looking to avoid in a season full of records led by the 73 wins after a record 24-0 start.
Comment: “A bouncy interior player with good speed, impressive fluidity, and the type of elite leaping ability that allows him to play above the rim with absolute ease, Johnson’s explosiveness is his clear calling card as a prospect”. There was never even any doubt that he was the Finals MVP, leading all players from either team in all major statistical categories points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks a first in league playoff history regardless of series length. So are we. I’m sure even Cleveland wants to get better.
Coming off back-to-back memorable seasons, they do not feel the slightest compulsion to do anything dramatic.
The Warriors are in a precarious spot in one regard: With emotions raw from the loss to Cleveland, there is a danger in letting the season’s crushing conclusion drive draft night decisions.
Warriors general manager Bob Myers will need to weave the tapestry of his life for the Bay’s team to remain contenders over the next 10 seasons. Because in this society, you win or you’re everybody else, and right now we’re everybody else.
Impossible. Unthinkable. That was the reaction of the Oracle fans, and that was the reaction – for a while – in the Warriors’ locker room afterward.
Curry and Thompson each topped the previous record for 3s in a seven-game series, 28 by Dennis Scott and Ray Allen.
“We drove this idea of small ball, and it’s a different style of play”, Lacob said. We were a minute away from winning a championship.
While that is still a theory up for grabs, if you didn’t think Game 7 was a great contest then it’s likely you took not having a dog in the fight to a new level.
“But this is why you can’t mess around”. The Dubs led 49-42 at the turn, but the Cavs were ahead in all other departments, masked by the huge disparity in their 3-point conversions.
In Game 7, the Warriors’ last score was with 4:39 left, which is a stunning concept for such a powerful offensive team. “We lost in the NBA Finals, in the seventh game”.
In a possible history-altering event, the National Basketball Association suspended Draymond Green for Game 5 for which his team wound up losing, and since then, Andrew Bogut was lost to a knee injury, and Andre Iguodala is hobbled with back pain.
He forced Festus Ezeli and Anderson Varejao into this game, and they both struggled, with Ezeli’s short stint in the fourth quarter a particular turning point. Unlike the Cavs, the Warriors have not had much difficulty finding offense. The only thing standing in the team’s way?
There is barely an offseason, and in an Olympic year, there won’t be one for numerous league’s stars.
“He’ll continue to be aggressive”, Warriors forward Harrison Barnes said.
He wanted to pay respects to the Cavaliers, but he also wanted to remember.
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“Because like Draymond said, this ain’t the last time you’re going to see us on this stage”.
