After stunning the Timberwolves in Game 1 without Stephen Curry, the Golden State Warriors never recovered. In the fight of their lives, they lost a fourth straight game. The Wolves advanced to the Conference Finals for the second straight season. As for the Warriors. their now diminished championship window adds greater pressure on Steve Kerr and the team. But do they think their current formation is capable of claiming a title?
The biggest discussion from the series will be around Curry missing the last four games. Had the Warriors been with the Chef, could the outcome of this series have been different? At first, Kerr didn’t want to undervalue what Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves had achieved.
“I don’t want to take away anything from what Minnesota accomplished. No sense in talking about Steph,” he said about the 37-year-old being forced out of the series due to a hamstring injury.
Steve Kerr on losing Steph Curry in this series: “I don’t want to take away anything from what Minnesota accomplished. No sense in talking about Steph.”
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But now, speaking about the future. Kerr does hold a few reservations in his mind. Since adding Jimmy Butler, he and Curry led the Warriors to the third-best regular-season record in the league since the All-Star break. Additionally, against an opposition of a similar profile such as the Houston Rockets, they were able to gut out a win in seven games.
And although Steve Kerr didn’t want to take away from the Timberwolves’ series victory, he couldn’t keep his thoughts suppressed for long. “I know we had a shot. I know we could’ve gone the distance,” he said about the Warriors with a fully healthy roster.
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