Kerr, Curry each fined $25000 for Game 6 incidents
Questions like those seem a bit more valid now.
If James were to edge Thompson in rebounds and everything else holds (barring an unforeseen clunker from James in Game 7, no one’s going to catch him in any other category), he’d of course become the first player to ever lead both teams in all items. No team has ever come back from a 3-1 deficit in the Finals to win.
The nadir of this particular game might have actually validated Kerr’s decision to bench Curry with foul trouble. The Warriors’ first quarter performance was again horrific. “Those guys have home-court advantage but at the end of the day my whole mindset is how I can put myself in position to help these guys be successful”.
The Warriors are just hoping that it doesn’t continue in a third game. One slight issue: As happened in the second half of Game 5, the shots kept missing.
Stephen Curry was briefed by an National Basketball Association official about the situation with his father-in-law after he spoke to media following Game 6. With Australian Andrew Bogut out injured, Ezeli should come into the starting team and has a major role to play in cutting down LeBron.
The fourth quarter of the Game 6 sputtered on in freakish fashion, that’s to be sure. “It’s going to pop off, let it pop off and let it fall right on the street”. All it got the Warriors was a 20-point deficit.
Without that three, Steph Curry’s exposed?
Regardless, Curry fouled out and the Warriors lost.
Oakland - Being a Warriors fan wasn’t supposed to be this nerve-racking, this frustrating, this maddening.
The first foul in which he got Tristan Thompson was a legitimate call. Harrison Barnes was worse, going 0-5.
There is of course a case to be made for his Finals MVP candidacy, win or lose. In the third quarter, when the Warriors started to close the 20-point gap and the team went on a 10-point run, the arena was so electric, so packed, so delirious, you nearly expected to see the Warriors on the floor. As head coach Steve Kerr fired off after the loss, “He gets six fouls on him; three were absolutely ridiculous”. It may be too late. They were largely individual efforts - the type of hero ball Kerr sought to avoid - not team oriented offense.
“Pulling in. It’s 9 p.m. Anywho”. Garbage time is a constant.
“Records are made to be broken”, James said.
Sure, road teams are 3-15 all-time in Game 7s in the NBA Finals.
Curry didn’t like numerous calls either, and let some words - and his mouthpiece - fly after fouling out.
CLEVELAND - It’s hard to know which Cleveland scene might haunt the Golden State Warriors more if they complete the collapse.
The Splash Brothers got off to a slow start and the Warriors were trying to play catchup all night after Cleveland raced to a 31-11 lead after one quarter at home.
She’ll see another game live on Sunday night. Despite a vicious block from James, followed by extended jawing, Curry started penetrating again. In one she asked, “How many people does ryan tannehill have to get fired before you realize he’s the problem?”
Once the Cavaliers and Warriors finish playing Game 6 and the arena is finally cleared some time in the early morning hours on Friday, the keys to Quicken Loans will be handed over to the Republican National Committee, which is holding its convention in Cleveland next month.