Warriors wake up the echoes of their championship past in vintage comeback win over Clippers
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry hit seven 3-pointers while scoring 35 points, holding every fan at Intuit Dome in his thrall with another dazzling display of his unmatched shooting skill. In the fourth quarter of an elimination game, Draymond Green bodied up to Kawhi Leonard and utterly shut down one of the greatest scorers of their generation.
Curry and Green have already done it all and won it all during their 14 years and four championships together. The Golden State Warriors ' visit to the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night was merely a play-in game for the right to travel to Phoenix after a trying regular season that ended with Golden State sitting eight games below . 500 and in 10th place in the Western Conference.
And yet both the style and substance of this 126-121 comeback victory indelibly evoked the brilliance of the Warriors' golden era. The few remaining men who have been around for the whole ride were thrilled to travel back in time. “For one night, we’re us.
We’re champions again,” coach Steve Kerr said. “And I know that may sound crazy to everybody out there. It’s a play-in game.
I don’t care. Just absolutely beautiful to watch. ” Curry put it even more simply: “That’s what you live for right there.