Warriors Coach Mike Brown Nearly Arrested While Driving To The Game

The 2017 Western Conference Finals might already be just about over, but any hope of the San Antonio Spurs coming back and making it a competitive series rests on the ankle of Kawhi Leonard.

And Spurs coach Gregg Popovich saw the whole thing. I said this after Game 1 and I’ll say it again: Curry has arrived and put the rest of the National Basketball Association on notice. “It’s not that we are satisfied with that or we feel that we are finding excuses, those are the reasons I find, and I am not proud of it, but that’s over”.

He added that he’ll have “a lot of input” on whether he plays. “Once we settled in, as opposed to trying to get it all back in one play, it started working for us”.

Leonard remains questionable for Saturday’s Game 3 at San Antonio.

What’s the pain like now? “I mean, it’s still not ready”. “If he’s got it going, give him the ball”.

“So I’m, like, feeling myself a little bit. So, we’ll see tomorrow”.

Apparently, that’s where San Antonio’s $84 million complement to Leonard – LaMarcus Aldridge – fit.

Kerr is recovering from a May 5 procedure at Duke University to fix a spinal fluid leak and Mike Brown has been coaching during his absence, but the reigning NBA Coach of the Year has been attending practices again and addressing the team in the locker room while watching games behind the scenes.

The Spurs held a 23-point lead when Leonard left the game and lost 113-111.

Even though Leonard’s MRI results on Monday revealed no structural damage, according to sources, the forward’s availability remains perhaps the team’s most significant concern headed into Game 3. Pachulia was whistled for a foul on the play, and found himself in the center of controversy after many on social media questioned whether he had tried to injure Leonard intentionally.

“You’re not going to stop a guy like Patty, especially in offence with the way he moves and all that, but you just want him to try to take as tough shots as you can”, Brown said. The Warriors became the first team since the 1990 Boston Celtics to have eight players record at least three assists in a playoff game and Game 2 was their fifth wire-to-wire victory this postseason.

“They came out with a sense of urgency from the beginning and they played that way for 48 minutes”, acting Warriors head coach Mike Brown told reporters. “I’m not anxious about that”. The Warriors lead the series 2-0.

“It’s frustrating”, he said. Pachulia’s closeout on Leonard in Game 1 which was called out by Popovich led to Leonard’s third sprained ankle in a week, which swung the series in the Warriors’ favor.

For the second game in a row, Steph Curry top-scored for the Warriors, scoring 29 points. They were ahead 72-44 at halftime and were up 106-75 heading into the fourth period. Plus, other parties are losing far more money as a result of Leonard’s injury, like TNT and ESPN who now have to broadcast a totally boring Western Conference Finals that may last only four games.