Warriors show depth in Game 2 win without Curry
For the boilerplate admirers affability in on Monday night, the angle of the Golden State Warriors not accepting Stephen Curry was absolutely accuracy to accept the Houston Rockets had activity again.How could the arresting champions win after their MVP, this absolute aptitude who has baseborn the spotlight all division continued in the a lot of amazing of ways? They showed how on Monday night at Oracle Arena — afresh — and took a advantageous 2-0 advance in their first-round playoff alternation adjoin the Rockets by way of a 115-106 win.
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Draymond Green, one of the best two-way players in the bold today, had the affectionate of all-around night (12 points, 13 rebounds, eight assists) that he has been accouterment for so continued now. Andre Iguodala, the cool sixth man who has been such a absolute fit back advancing actuality three years ago, had a adapted 18-point airing that was his best abhorrent night in three months. Shaun Livingston, who started in Curry’s place, played to his strengths in the affectionate of way that fabricated the aggregate assemblage so abundant stronger.
The acclimation from Curry to Livingston was about as acute as you’ll anytime find. While Curry is broadly accepted for the celebrated way in which he buries three-pointers, the 30-year-old who was in his abode hit a admirable absolute of two shots from above the arc in 78 amateur played. But he’s the affectionate of able aptitude that Warriors accepted administrator Bob Myers spent the accomplished few years stockpiling, a widely-respected adept who alive with Golden State two summers ago. Golden State had been analytic for a calm force to put abaft Curry, with players like Toney Douglas, Steve Blake and Jordan Crawford declining to stick in the role.
His mid-range and column bold demands that opposing defenses break honest, while his length, arresting versatility and all-embracing accuracy accomplish him a blackmail on that end of the floor. He’s able with his play-making as well, accepting accomplished seventh in the NBA this division in assist-to-turnover arrangement (3.04). It was all alive adjoin the Rockets, as he accomplished with 16 credibility and six assists.
They all helped apathetic down James Harden, accomplishing just abundant to accumulate the Rockets brilliant from abduction this attenuate befalling to down the Warriors after Curry. After not accepting to the chargeless bandy band already in Bold 1, Harden fabricated 15 trips to the alms band (making 13). But he hit just seven of 19 shots from the field, finishing with 28 credibility and 11 assists.
Curry did all he could to get the blooming light, missing the team’s convenance on Sunday and accepting analysis all throughout the Warriors’ shoot-around on Monday morning. But in adjustment to play, he bare to appearance himself and the blow of the Warriors’ decision-makers during a pregame countdown that he was at 100% health.
It was bright actual bound that he was not.
With hordes of cellphone-toting admirers and media associates watching his every move, Curry would cut his accepted abbreviate by several minutes. If he larboard the floor, he punched the brawl in the affectionate of way that fabricated it bright he wasn’t accessible just yet.
He was added than able of arena the role of arch cheerleader, though.
Curry was alive on the bank from the start, even bent a bit aboriginal on if the Warriors went up 11-6, and he had high-fives for every abettor advancing his way. He spent the additional bisected sitting in the additional row with Warriors abettor coaches, conceivably as a way to assure some restraint.
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