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00:04and good evening from los angeles for an elimination game as the nba postseason is
00:11underway featuring two future hall of famers two nba champions two of the biggest names in the game
00:20the clippers led by 34 year old kawaii leonard who is playing better than ever and the warriors
00:28steph curry at 38 paddling injury now back and ready to roll they meet on the biggest stage before
00:36and again tonight the winner lives for another day the loser well for the loser the season ends
00:48welcome to nba on prime tip-off the golden state warriors have staggered to the finish line
00:56dealing with two starters lost and curry gone for a third of the season but now he's back the
01:02clippers had battled back from a horrible start to pull out a historic finish led by leonard the
01:10winner here advances to play the phoenix suns friday for the loser the season will come to a conclusion
01:17steve kerr has this starting five and this is a group candace barker that has not spent
01:23a lot of time in the starting five and on the floor at the same time well this is the
01:29starting
01:29lineup that has only started one other game as a result of trades acquiring for zingas but also
01:36steph curry injury so steve kerr like he said there's not a lot of momentum coming into this
01:41but they got a lot of experience so the clippers at home went 23 and 18 their start 6 and
01:4921
01:51incredible finish historic in so many ways lopez is new has been starting since he became a clipper
01:57mid-season but kawhi leonard that is the story 34 years of age the number six score in the nba
02:0428 points a game alternate john corbin and in the replay center for a second consecutive
02:11night ed molloy we just had this crew last night in phoenix i didn't see him on the flight i
02:17don't
02:17know how they well they play in private obviously not us uh-uh it's garland and he has been terrific
02:25since taking the place with a shot right there that goes down sometimes you have to live with certain
02:31players taking threes and right now the clippers are using their defense to fuel their offense right
02:37here leonard wow what a scoop and there is a reason why the clause number four always have love and
02:44respect for him and we know that this respect goes both ways great story thank you curry miss
02:49podjemski collects three is lost and right there that second effort
02:5815 consecutive seasons for the clippers with a record of 500 or better
03:02a try by carland wow is he off to a hot start
03:09warriors on the road when 15 and 26 they go inside and they get the two
03:15they're hitting from both ends and that's going to force lou to call a timeout
03:19and santos who started is back in the game d'anthony milton is coming for the first time
03:26nice spin twirling for two he's hentos what might work against the clippers yes al horford with that
03:33playoff experience but let's not forget mathren as john collins gets the nice roll to go these are
03:42two guys coming in off the bench that would be starters on a lot of teams they've taken their
03:46role to another level for the clippers three and collins was right there he is having an extra
03:53efficient season this year al horford how can a man that old get that high but that time he did
04:02advancing to the playoffs for the first time in about five years oh my zingas drops the anvil
04:09parachutes in and slams it home with kawaii against berzingis right here warriors going to a
04:15jump defense right here take the ball out of your playmaker's hands
04:20then mathren said i'm true to this not new to this leonard and he'll go
04:26against payton and mathren will tee up a triple
04:31bench points clippers 15 to 4 it's berzingis in trouble
04:36pochemski is found and drives for two and right there santos has it behind the back the drive
04:45and the mathren to lean in for two crafty move inside and guys santos is putting on a show without
04:53step in
04:54those 27 points it's it's earned him a big role here oh perzingis erases the shot collins hits the deck
05:02pochemski driving hard and looking underneath on the wing on top perzingis three called
05:10how about the warriors the golden state warriors points off turnovers this quarter
05:16seven zip nine zip uh-oh and it looked like perzingis did he just twist an ankle it looked like
05:22he just
05:23twisted her higher shortly after that in may the rest is in history good cut santos what a feed by
05:31tremond green and right there as a player you get confidence
05:38it's green underneath the ball deflected slow developing but there he was and got it to go
05:43and kevin we talk about gravity did you see that on that play he distorts the view in the corner
05:48the drive by dunn the cutting kawhi leonard a lot of traffic got it fouled he went into a nest
05:56of
05:56defenders and found the two to get the refs to notice the moving screen kawhi leonard lopez couldn't get
06:04it dunn does inside jones hammers at home the lead is six let it off balance three no rebound santos
06:14bad pass the outlet picked off by dunn it's garland and in the corner jones a three
06:24they've never won in this building which has been open a couple years curry green the fake lost it
06:30kicks petzinski triple they needed that petzinski on the move lopez will follow they swing it around curry three
06:45fighting in san tromento had a career high 30. curry got the screen the three oh perzingis again
06:53uncovered untouched and hammers it home
06:57it's mathurin this is a three with petzinski's defense
07:03benedict mathurin nails the train
07:07gary payton and draymond doing everything they can to keep the ball out of kawhi leonard but right there
07:14that space allows it's picked up by leonard traffic fending him off staggers ahead did you see this
07:21are you kidding me are you kidding me obviously slowing down step in the second half eight points
07:30on two of nine shooting through the first half what's it going to take to sustain that warriors
07:35with the terrific start it's green pounds at home there's lopez countering at the other end all right
07:40lopez has lived you can just tell in terms of the intensity cool as darius garland gets that pretty
07:48floater to go the intensity in terms of his rhythm was five games playing before this clean and then
07:58porzingis curry on the move tailed by jones porzingis he'll put up a three
08:08christoph spursingis knocks it in he's got 14 for golden state it's garland again the move by
08:14petzinski on the defense of golden state and curry on the move again into done by done up in town
08:22step
08:22curry and is there an underrated part of step curry's game i don't know but some people say force him
08:29to
08:29the basket but he's one of the best finishers in the league is kawaii green broke up that play
08:35blew it up and curry gets the ball thought about a wrong three pick pocketed by jones green is back
08:42jones to the hole
08:46jones and green shot clock is down to four 19 footer won't go gets his own miss
08:55derrick jones approaching seven and a half to play in the third curry got it the bump into jones the
09:02maneuver into the paint and curry's got 12. the warriors the only team with the losing record
09:19and for the dean curry with a nice play inside in the two right there
09:29lopez got it to go curry at the other end his shot is down again and curry on a 7
09:35-0 run
09:39santo's cuts feeds peyton rejected by lopez but peyton stuck right with it a rebound inside it's grabbed
09:47by dunn down court mathlin off the bench in the game watching a three no oh what a bounce and
09:55what a
09:56triple and ben mathlin this young man is gonna turn down collapsing pozemski loses the ball on the
10:03ground is collins and it's done the other way the hesitation the drive into horford
10:11and are able to capitalize on the other end seven up and one by la since the timeout curry three
10:17good nails it from outside inside collins mathlin is in there the diving pozemski trying to dig it out
10:26and comes up with it done and leonard fakes fires finds it it's a two
10:37curry again collins is there it's a three another one oh he's a machine
10:47or go the double teams and go one-on-one collins in the corner persangas with the clothes
11:00three at the other end battle of the others kevin
11:07it's removed by sanders it's a feed outside matter in three another one he's red hot five of six from
11:15three
11:20a drive inside by melton
11:25melton on top santos down low matthew watches persangas doubled by garland outside santos
11:32the three is down and he's got 16 for golden state
11:38it's it's curry catches it's a three wow off the bench and a triple curry with 27
11:46gets it off on his belt peyton's got it persangas hard into lopez
11:52count it foul
11:58persangas it's a three
12:00bullseye
12:02three-point game at the same time on the floor that was tonight's drive to the finish presented by honda
12:11and inside wow garland and persangas through traffic inside curry cuts he's got it the pitching of
12:24persangas got the two and again step on the other end have been on the brink but the warriors
12:30keep fighting their way back in
12:33it's lopez the puck take in the two
12:39garland in control playing with five fouls sets up with a three wow
12:49corporate is in it's green oh shuffling grinding getting two santos the hard way right there going
12:57right at dairies garland 29 points on 20 shots trying to get three it's worth it for three got it
13:08and right there
13:12hard charging santos quarter three horford
13:17and this is the reason why the warriors signed al horford
13:22that threw in with 21 off the bench he's been spectacular to the right
13:27not settling benedict matherin getting to the paint he's lived beyond the arc
13:32curry trying to untangle he finds harford it sends us in the corner
13:38can you do it again another one and he dies another one harford knocks down the three
13:45right here kawaii giving the ball up trying to get it back
13:48matthewan outside lopez a three
13:51we got a shootout here it's pijemski it's curry john is there got screen down the rack slithers
14:01and gets the two on the scoop 31 for step curry and santos
14:08got away drives takes it home one point game timeout clippers
14:19four for three for the lead
14:21got it
14:2410 is on
14:28buck curry three
14:3034. matherin to inbound oh look at the defense green
14:44steel pijemski
14:46oh he can't get it at the doorstep
14:51and a foul
14:54and a foul
14:58i want to go back to that play defensively
15:02leonard is not scored in the fourth and here he's got the ball in green in front
15:05green steals the ball green stole the ball
15:12curry drives nice
15:15bumped fouled clock at 32 seconds curry at the line
15:24oh and they missed the number one free throw shooter in the league
15:35it's a 14-2 run by golden state green is there doubled by petonski
15:43and a streak jacket but he gets it away
15:47one pass
15:48flippers gotta go they don't have enough time
15:50lopez inside leonard first basket of the fourth
15:54and he hammers it home and he's got 21
15:56the full court pressure weaving out knife and free curry got it to pijemski
16:01clock at nine
16:04experience supersede the lack of momentum and i think that they've answered that question today
16:12even though they turned it over 20 times
16:18they hit 19 threes
16:20here goes jones they let him drive he puts it down
16:25reno inbound quickly to harford
16:27kawaii can't knock it away petonski is there the warriors have won
16:32the golden state warriors have won
16:35steve said you guys may not have had a lot of momentum on your side but you had experience
16:41where did that show up when it mattered most
16:44you look at the guys on the floor down the stretch i mean everybody contributed
16:48but the guys on the floor down the stretch
16:50beginning of fourth quarter you know kp is a big shot see the champion uh gee and bp
16:57g uh gary they all have shown them what they can do all the course of the regular season
17:02and when the lights are bright they showed up al horford
17:06that man's been hurt in and out of the lineup all year
17:10grinding uh but when it's when it's winning time that's what champions champions do
17:15and i don't know what to say about draymond i got some ice for you what's this from your brother
17:20the playmaker chain what do you think
17:27uh you've seen a lot throughout your career this might be a new one this is definitely a new one
17:31i love that my brother had to give it to me but draymond and defense on kawaii all night
17:36two big steals uh that's why i love this team and they're thankful that we had an opportunity
17:42to come out and just win one game now we gotta do it again i do have to ask about
17:47al just a little
17:48bit more because we're so used to watching you hit three after three after three what was going through
17:53your mind when you watched him drain one after the other nothing but confidence like
17:59he's been doing it when he's been available and healthy all year and his whole career
18:03uh but you can say there's no hesitation read what the defense was giving him
18:08knock knock shots down shoot with confidence it was uh it was beautiful to watch and no disrespect to
18:14the clippers they're a great organization but it was amazing when he was making those shots
18:18what the energy in this arena turned into um and that's what the nba is about for you you had
18:24eight at the half you finished with 35 but bigger than that you promised draymond that you would be
18:29back steph how'd you get yourself to yet another gear first year you thank god uh for just the
18:37patience and perseverance i know i was only out for two months but it was a a difficult two months
18:42because i didn't know on a day-to-day how i was going to feel i thought i was going
18:45to be out for
18:45four days um rick celebrini all the doctors that have helped kind of get me through this last two
18:53months i appreciate all the work because there's a lot of hours um and then i just love to play
18:57basketball when i'm out here and able to do what i get to do uh i'm blessed you said you
19:03wanted to be
19:03a part of meaningful basketball get a match up with the suns on friday for a trip to the playoffs
19:08what's it going to take the same resiliency uh coach talked about it in the locker room before
19:13these uh win or go home scenarios we think we know the team but you got to be able to
19:19withstand
19:19the runs and stay in it emotionally uh it was uh 12 4 8 2 10 i was back and
19:27forth the whole game
19:28and then we got over the hump the last three minutes so stick with it know it's not going
19:33to be perfect but just try to find a way to uh to win appreciate the time step as always
19:37thank you
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