Is this really the way the Warriors’ 2015-16 season is going to end? After winning 73 games during the regular season—73 games!—is Golden State really going to bow out of the NBA Playoffs before they even make it to the NBA Finals? And are they going to do it without putting up much of a fight against the Thunder, a team that has looked leaps and bounds better than the Warriors during Games 1, 3, and 4 of the Western Conference Finals?
Golden State got blown out by Oklahoma City 118-94 on Tuesday night to fall behind 3-1 in their WCF playoff series, and the immediate future isn’t looking real bright for them. Steph Curry has looked like a shell of himself over the last two games. Draymond Green hasn’t looked right ever since he kicked Steven Adams in the groin. And for whatever reason, the Warriors just don’t appear to be the same team that routinely blew out other teams out during the regular season.
It doesn’t sound like they’re ready to give up just yet, though. While the Thunder are ready to close out their series with the Warriors on Thursday night in Oakland, the Warriors are still determined to make this a series. Following Game 4, Curry told reporters that the series “isn’t over” and revealed that the knee injury he suffered earlier in the playoffs isn’t the reason he’s struggling right now:
Green reportedly apologized to his teammates in the locker room after Game 4 and told them he’s going to be better in Game 5:
Klay Thompson called Game 4 “an uncharacteristic game for us” and pointed out that the series “is a long ways from over”:
Andrew Bogut said the Warriors have made history before and can do it again by rebounding from their back-to-back losses:
Steve Kerr called his team out for being careless with the basketball and for not playing with the same intensity as the Thunder:
Marreese Speights jumped on Twitter to let everyone know that “this story is not over” for the Warriors:
And even Curry’s wife Ayesha chimed in by looking ahead to Game 5:
Will the Warriors be able to bounce back? They can't really go out like this, right? Stay tuned to find out. Game 5 will take place Thursday night.
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