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Following a champagne shower and an emotional road back to the sidelines coupled with a consequent second NBA championship through his three-year run as head coach of the Golden State Warriors, Steve Kerr was ultimately complimentary of his opposition in the post-ceremony press conference.
“I just want to say congratulations to Cleveland. That's a championship team and an amazing group of players, and it's a hell of a series. Five games didn't do it justice, just for how competitive it was,” Kerr said before taking any questions from the media, via ASAP Sports. “There were times where I was just stunned looking at the talent on the floor between both teams.”
“As I said, they're a championship group. We have so much respect for their players, for coach [Tyronn] Lue and his staff. Incredible basketball, incredible high-level basketball out there.”
The Warriors seemed to be coasting to a sweep before getting the proverbial punch in the chin in Game 4, with the Cleveland Cavaliers pulling out all the stops en route to a record-breaking 49-point first quarter and 24 three-pointers made in the game.
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While most people would look at Game 4 as the only hiccup in what could have been a landslide win for Golden State, the man at the helm cautioned that closeout games like the one the Warriors had on Monday night, are as dangerous as it gets at this stage of the game.
“I think it was a typical closeout game,” Kerr said. “I've been lucky to be part of seven of these, actually, five as a player and two now as a coach. Seems like every closeout game is just difficult.”
“You're nervous, you got all this energy, it's usually not pretty from the beginning.”
The Warriors and Cavs had their most competitive games from Game 3 and on, going toe-to-toe with their immense offensive firepower, one that ultimately resulted too imperative to mute despite the series taking a more physical turn in the last two games.
