Utterly amazing and exciting game. The endgame has cemented Curry as the best 3 bomb shooter I've ever seen in situations where they were trailing and about to lose the game. Superhuman nerves. Raptors seemingly had the game won but Curry and Klay just won't let themselves be beaten, and they made 3s like making a money shot like a skyhook of Kareem, that easy. One game at at time is always the battle cry of teams trailing 1-3 and by the time it gets to 2-3 it always suddenly seem so bright to win one more game to tie it. Home teams have not been a factor here as in the last 5 games the home team has lost 4. Boils down to execution and most important - grit. Curry and Klay are the new Bird, Magic and Jordan. They want the ball in the end and they want to win it. A very sad sight to see KD go down like that but my homebrew simple mind would have whispered to the coaches to tell KD not to drive, crossover but just catch and shoot, to protect the freshly healed calf. I would have been happy to make him just a pure shooter, but what do I know. Just a wishful thought at home. Bob Meyers was in tears at the press con re KD's injury and anyone can feel for him and the top brass of the Warriors. KD is a most misunderstood guy, he said. So many rumors about him moving to the east without him saying anything or any hint given. KD is a good pro, doing his job where he signed up to play. Hope he gets well very soon. Injuries suck.
I saw a clip of Tim Legler showing frame by frame the defense of the Warriors on the last play and it was a master stroke of team defense. Klay was defending Kawhi, and when Kawhi moved in to his right he was met by Iggy to trap. Kawhi then passed the ball to Van Vleet who then swung it to Lowry in the corner. But before that, Legler showed a critical move by Draymond, who was a the back of Gasol, moving to meet Lowry by curving right side instead of left side. By moving right side of Gasol, Green was in a perfect position to block Lowry's right handed shot as it would have been difficult to block Lowry had Green moved to the right of Gasol, as he would ended up being on the non shooting hand of Lowry. That play of Green saved the season.
And here is the saddest news of all....
It is feared that Durant has now suffered an achilles tear and faces a long rehab
To see Bob Myers crying and Steph choked up at the press conference shows the love they have for KD
It was the only classless thing the Toronto crowd did all playoffs as they cheered when he went down. Yet the sportsmanship of the raptors players by raising their hands to tell them to STFU was also a sign of true athletes respecting one of the greatest
They say he could miss all next season'
Devastating news
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