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Stephen Curry won't discredit the Golden State Warriors' effort even if they were short-handed against a Toronto Raptors team that beat them to the championship without two of their best players available to help them in the final quarter of Game 6.
Kevin Durant returned after a 32-day layoff and suffered a season-ending Achilles tear, while Klay Thompson tore his left ACL during a late play in the third quarter, rendering him unable to return.
Yet the Warriors found themselves down a point with 9.6 seconds left on the clock.
“We almost won. We still had a chance to win,” Curry told Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated, reminiscing of his potential game-winning shot with only seconds left in regulation. “I can shoot that 10 out of 10 times and make it. It was a pretty good play we had. A little bobble on the catch. Two dudes close out. It’s a make-or-miss league. It is what it is.”
Instead, Curry was more concerned with the health of his teammates, who were both awaiting the biggest payday of their lives in a few weeks, now potentially missing out on the money or the experience or proving it as newly-minted stars, as the injuries will set them back and render them unable to start the 2019-20 season.
“It’s not good. Klay and KD are two dudes who are supposed to be walking into the best summer of their lives,” Curry told The Undefeated. “It was taken away from them just like that. It’s tough. It is tough. Two really good dudes.”
It was a rather unexpected end for the Warriors, who were plagued by injuries that ultimately impeded their chances to three-peat, now likely to look like a very different team next season.
