OAKLAND, Calif. -- It's understandable the Warriors feel wronged after the result, given that Chris Paul made contact with Stephen Curry
on the game's final shot. When asked if Paul fouled him, Curry
succinctly answered, "100 percent," while also elaborating further with,
"Point of emphasis this year is you can't body-contact a guy shooting a
jump shot, so, I thought that's what happened."
While you can hardly fault their frustration, it's difficult to come
away from the game believing Golden State to be the better team. It
trailed for three quarters and needed a couple of furiously contested
Curry 3-pointers to get within striking distance. Though the Warriors
feel robbed, victory would have meant stealing this game.
It was a spirited comeback from 18 points down in the third quarter,
though, and the Warriors should be credited for it. They went small,
blitzed the Clippers and nearly wrenched away victory from a team that
was looking indomitable. Much of the late surge was created by Golden
State's indefatigable utility player Draymond Green,
who ended the game with 13 points, 11 rebounds, four blocks and three
steals. All three of the steals came in during the frantic
fourth-quarter comeback.
"We just defend, scrapping, got out in the open floor," Green said of
the small-ball push. The fourth-quarter success was a reminder of
Warriors' struggles throughout the season, flaws that will probably
prove fatal now that Andrew Bogut's out with a rib injury.
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