1 00:00:03,789 --> 00:00:06,709 Speaker 1: Dubb Dynasty is a production of iHeartMedia and the NBA. 2 00:00:08,469 --> 00:00:10,749 Speaker 2: They do have a time out, decide not to use 3 00:00:10,749 --> 00:00:18,269 Speaker 2: a Curry wait on top with six steps of second 4 00:00:18,349 --> 00:00:28,149 Speaker 2: the morning, we'll polly join a touchdowns, beat the. 5 00:00:28,149 --> 00:00:34,949 Speaker 3: Clock from midport, Curry Hey back home, no file speaking 6 00:00:35,069 --> 00:00:35,549 Speaker 3: for Cleveland. 7 00:00:35,869 --> 00:00:36,669 Speaker 1: I had to Curry. 8 00:00:36,869 --> 00:00:42,149 Speaker 4: Curry sets fire, puts up back, Steph Curry home way. 9 00:00:41,909 --> 00:00:47,669 Speaker 5: Down from mid courtway. 10 00:00:50,909 --> 00:00:53,949 Speaker 1: Those were some of the moments that transformed Steph Curry 11 00:00:53,989 --> 00:01:00,109 Speaker 1: from most valuable to mostly magical. I'm Israel Utierres and 12 00:01:00,229 --> 00:01:05,869 Speaker 1: this is dubbed Dynasty. Curry shots often start from so 13 00:01:06,029 --> 00:01:09,068 Speaker 1: far out the ball could use a roadmap to find 14 00:01:09,068 --> 00:01:13,229 Speaker 1: the basket. The shots begin from such a distance you 15 00:01:13,229 --> 00:01:18,628 Speaker 1: could hold a short conversation about it between release and swish. 16 00:01:18,708 --> 00:01:22,148 Speaker 1: It's just one ingredient of Curry magic. It just so 17 00:01:22,268 --> 00:01:24,589 Speaker 1: happens to be his most mesmerizing trick. 18 00:01:27,869 --> 00:01:30,749 Speaker 6: Curl will just dribble it out and the friends, who 19 00:01:30,749 --> 00:01:34,589 Speaker 6: are also obviously aware of Paul George there one. 20 00:01:34,469 --> 00:01:45,109 Speaker 1: Tool ware whoa job by half Paul point five seconds 21 00:01:45,149 --> 00:01:54,309 Speaker 1: for Curry at three D three, The basketball like a 22 00:01:54,428 --> 00:01:58,028 Speaker 1: laser cutting through the atmosphere, regardless of the elements finds 23 00:01:58,069 --> 00:02:01,189 Speaker 1: its way to the rip, whether it's coming from seventy 24 00:02:01,229 --> 00:02:04,269 Speaker 1: feet away in a game that counts, or from well 25 00:02:04,269 --> 00:02:06,349 Speaker 1: off the court when they don't count. As part of 26 00:02:06,349 --> 00:02:09,509 Speaker 1: his pregame shooting routine at home, Curry seems to have 27 00:02:09,629 --> 00:02:13,109 Speaker 1: full control of the basketball even after it leaves his hands. 28 00:02:14,029 --> 00:02:18,189 Speaker 1: Only it's not an illusion. Shot clock winding down. 29 00:02:18,668 --> 00:02:19,709 Speaker 6: Rry's gonna have to put it up. 30 00:02:19,749 --> 00:02:20,429 Speaker 4: Launches it up. 31 00:02:20,429 --> 00:02:26,108 Speaker 3: Shot clock Wow, Steph Curry with the shock clock expiring. 32 00:02:28,709 --> 00:02:35,668 Speaker 1: Step Warriors assistant coach and Curry's shooting coach on the team, 33 00:02:35,749 --> 00:02:39,429 Speaker 1: Bruce Frasier, better known by the team as Q, has 34 00:02:39,469 --> 00:02:43,709 Speaker 1: watched Curry hit one long, ridiculous shot after another in 35 00:02:43,788 --> 00:02:48,309 Speaker 1: practice settings. He knows the secret to all of Curry's trips. 36 00:02:50,668 --> 00:02:55,349 Speaker 7: Somehow has a genetic gift with hand eye coordination. That's 37 00:02:55,349 --> 00:02:59,189 Speaker 7: his genetic gift and as far as superior than to 38 00:02:59,228 --> 00:03:03,669 Speaker 7: any human I've ever seen and in anything. So you 39 00:03:03,709 --> 00:03:06,228 Speaker 7: give him a bowling ball, you give him a tennis racket. 40 00:03:06,349 --> 00:03:10,788 Speaker 7: You know he's not professional, but he's elite at anything 41 00:03:10,869 --> 00:03:12,629 Speaker 7: that you hand him and say, this is the game. 42 00:03:12,668 --> 00:03:14,269 Speaker 7: So it's kind of the ball and stick. You do 43 00:03:14,388 --> 00:03:15,869 Speaker 7: this and we're going to and he's going to be 44 00:03:15,909 --> 00:03:20,589 Speaker 7: elite at it. Right. I can't imagine being able to 45 00:03:20,668 --> 00:03:22,869 Speaker 7: flip balls with my left hand the same as my 46 00:03:22,989 --> 00:03:24,989 Speaker 7: right hand, to shoot it from the here, to shoot 47 00:03:24,989 --> 00:03:28,228 Speaker 7: it from here. But this guy, it's not just in 48 00:03:28,349 --> 00:03:31,508 Speaker 7: these big games, but it's also just when he's messing 49 00:03:31,549 --> 00:03:34,949 Speaker 7: around in the gym. So I have seen these shots, 50 00:03:36,349 --> 00:03:39,109 Speaker 7: you know, throughout the years, over and over again. So 51 00:03:39,149 --> 00:03:42,309 Speaker 7: in that moment, you know, Steph has practiced these shots, 52 00:03:42,749 --> 00:03:45,469 Speaker 7: and he loves big moments. He loves the show. He 53 00:03:45,549 --> 00:03:47,829 Speaker 7: loves the moment. No moment's too big for him. That's 54 00:03:47,829 --> 00:03:48,589 Speaker 7: what he wants. 55 00:03:48,869 --> 00:03:52,708 Speaker 8: Two seconds to work with Curry from Midcorn. 56 00:04:02,829 --> 00:04:05,029 Speaker 7: If you were going to say, what's the mechanical brilliance, 57 00:04:05,069 --> 00:04:10,549 Speaker 7: He's able to generate power in a physics form like 58 00:04:10,669 --> 00:04:13,469 Speaker 7: I wouldn't know. But when you start a shot, there's 59 00:04:13,509 --> 00:04:16,709 Speaker 7: there's kind of a momentum that goes into it. Along 60 00:04:16,789 --> 00:04:19,509 Speaker 7: with a finely tuned skill, it's the kinetic chain that 61 00:04:19,669 --> 00:04:21,629 Speaker 7: you have to generate that power. Because if you look 62 00:04:21,629 --> 00:04:26,109 Speaker 7: at Stef's arms, he's got some you know, genetic beast Like. 63 00:04:26,149 --> 00:04:32,188 Speaker 7: He's not a superhero, he's a self made MVP. He's 64 00:04:32,229 --> 00:04:35,189 Speaker 7: a common man with thin arms and thin body and 65 00:04:35,509 --> 00:04:40,269 Speaker 7: six three, but he's able to generate that force where 66 00:04:40,269 --> 00:04:42,188 Speaker 7: that ball finishes right at the right moment. It's like 67 00:04:42,189 --> 00:04:44,509 Speaker 7: a golfer and he's got people. It's like that force 68 00:04:44,629 --> 00:04:46,709 Speaker 7: is generated and he's able to let it go right 69 00:04:46,709 --> 00:04:50,269 Speaker 7: at the right moment, and he's perfected that so he 70 00:04:50,389 --> 00:04:54,389 Speaker 7: shoots normal shots from range that most people aren't able 71 00:04:54,428 --> 00:04:56,588 Speaker 7: to generate that kind of power, no matter how strong 72 00:04:56,629 --> 00:04:59,229 Speaker 7: they are. That's one of his brilliances. It's the hand 73 00:04:59,308 --> 00:05:02,709 Speaker 7: eye and the ability to generate that connectic force as 74 00:05:02,748 --> 00:05:04,989 Speaker 7: you say to about ball, to release right at the 75 00:05:05,069 --> 00:05:07,109 Speaker 7: right time, and then to fine tune at the end. 76 00:05:08,229 --> 00:05:10,229 Speaker 1: If you ever get access to a hot tub time 77 00:05:10,308 --> 00:05:12,789 Speaker 1: machine and wanted to watch one of the most electric, 78 00:05:13,109 --> 00:05:17,269 Speaker 1: satisfying and transformative seasons ever, set that hot tub for 79 00:05:17,349 --> 00:05:20,988 Speaker 1: the twenty fifteen to sixteen NBA season and focus in 80 00:05:21,069 --> 00:05:21,589 Speaker 1: on Curry. 81 00:05:22,549 --> 00:05:23,549 Speaker 9: He was coming off. 82 00:05:23,349 --> 00:05:26,669 Speaker 1: His first NBA Most Valuable Player award and was on 83 00:05:26,748 --> 00:05:30,229 Speaker 1: the defending champion team that was effectively running it back. 84 00:05:31,109 --> 00:05:33,948 Speaker 1: Steph was twenty seven years old, at the peak of 85 00:05:33,988 --> 00:05:37,308 Speaker 1: his prime, and had overcome the ankle injuries and the 86 00:05:37,389 --> 00:05:40,988 Speaker 1: doubt he had helped Warriors Basketball go from a fun 87 00:05:41,069 --> 00:05:45,708 Speaker 1: brand to a franchise, lifting the NBA in a time 88 00:05:45,748 --> 00:05:48,549 Speaker 1: when peak of his powers Lebron and end of career 89 00:05:48,629 --> 00:05:52,549 Speaker 1: Kobe Bryant were still giving the NBA some life, Curry 90 00:05:52,549 --> 00:05:57,069 Speaker 1: and the Warriors were providing the energy and the electricity somehow. 91 00:05:57,509 --> 00:06:00,149 Speaker 1: Despite a surprise season that brought the Warriors their first 92 00:06:00,229 --> 00:06:03,948 Speaker 1: championship in forty years, it felt like Golden State still 93 00:06:03,988 --> 00:06:07,629 Speaker 1: had more to give, and Curry what's the best example 94 00:06:07,629 --> 00:06:11,589 Speaker 1: of that. His confidence shot through the roof this season, 95 00:06:12,109 --> 00:06:17,349 Speaker 1: and his play demonstrated as much. As Fraser explains, Curry 96 00:06:17,428 --> 00:06:20,628 Speaker 1: was prepared for even more of a breakthrough because his 97 00:06:20,709 --> 00:06:23,988 Speaker 1: initial point to believe under Steve Kerr was such a success. 98 00:06:25,988 --> 00:06:29,349 Speaker 7: I was lucky to be good friends with Steve and 99 00:06:29,428 --> 00:06:34,229 Speaker 7: former teammates, so I had a lot of insight into 100 00:06:34,428 --> 00:06:38,149 Speaker 7: what we may want to do offensively, but it was uncertain, 101 00:06:38,589 --> 00:06:42,309 Speaker 7: and Steve had a vision, but you know, we had 102 00:06:42,308 --> 00:06:46,109 Speaker 7: He had questioned, He had he had considered a lot 103 00:06:46,149 --> 00:06:48,628 Speaker 7: of the things that his former coaches that he really 104 00:06:48,789 --> 00:06:52,068 Speaker 7: liked did and he wanted to implement some of those things. 105 00:06:52,109 --> 00:06:56,709 Speaker 7: But Steph was the question marking it because and the 106 00:06:56,748 --> 00:06:58,508 Speaker 7: rest of the team, you know, like, do you put 107 00:06:58,549 --> 00:07:00,909 Speaker 7: in the triangle offense? Because he loved the triangle from 108 00:07:00,909 --> 00:07:04,229 Speaker 7: Phil and what they did in Chicago, and he loved 109 00:07:04,229 --> 00:07:07,789 Speaker 7: the movement and the re based actions of it. But 110 00:07:08,269 --> 00:07:10,189 Speaker 7: it might take the ball out of Steph's hands. That 111 00:07:10,309 --> 00:07:12,789 Speaker 7: was a question. And Steph with the ball in his 112 00:07:12,829 --> 00:07:16,749 Speaker 7: hands was brilliant. And then you know, with the other 113 00:07:16,829 --> 00:07:20,629 Speaker 7: pieces move in harmony with that. And you know, even 114 00:07:20,669 --> 00:07:22,829 Speaker 7: some of the stuff that Papovich did with the Horns 115 00:07:22,869 --> 00:07:26,509 Speaker 7: action in the Strong and Weeks, So he wanted to 116 00:07:26,629 --> 00:07:29,909 Speaker 7: include some of that. And ironically, he really loved some 117 00:07:29,949 --> 00:07:32,909 Speaker 7: of the kind of the split action that Sloan did. 118 00:07:33,069 --> 00:07:36,149 Speaker 7: And so there was Lennie Wilkins, there was some there 119 00:07:36,189 --> 00:07:38,629 Speaker 7: was some influence from some of his former coaches that 120 00:07:38,709 --> 00:07:41,709 Speaker 7: he was considering piecing together. But how would this all 121 00:07:41,789 --> 00:07:46,949 Speaker 7: work with Steph Curry and Klay Thompson. And so the 122 00:07:46,949 --> 00:07:49,389 Speaker 7: the take on it was a hybrid of that of 123 00:07:49,429 --> 00:07:52,629 Speaker 7: those things, knowing that Steph still had to have the 124 00:07:52,669 --> 00:07:55,708 Speaker 7: ball in his hands. And as we grew with Steph 125 00:07:55,749 --> 00:07:59,629 Speaker 7: and that team, the reality was is that we couldn't 126 00:07:59,709 --> 00:08:03,629 Speaker 7: take Steph's kind of Mustang spirit away. From him. So 127 00:08:03,669 --> 00:08:05,349 Speaker 7: he was going to make mistakes, he was going to 128 00:08:05,429 --> 00:08:06,989 Speaker 7: throw the ball around a little bit, and he was 129 00:08:07,029 --> 00:08:08,949 Speaker 7: going to shoot from wherever we wanted. And that was 130 00:08:08,989 --> 00:08:11,789 Speaker 7: good because if we started to talk about shot selection 131 00:08:12,149 --> 00:08:14,669 Speaker 7: or this is a good shot, there was a bad shot, 132 00:08:14,829 --> 00:08:17,709 Speaker 7: we felt like that would take away his spirit and 133 00:08:17,749 --> 00:08:19,749 Speaker 7: we wanted that spirit because it was it was a 134 00:08:19,789 --> 00:08:23,829 Speaker 7: brilliant spirit. So he sort of showed us what he 135 00:08:23,909 --> 00:08:28,709 Speaker 7: was capable of, and I think Steve, without contradicting myself, 136 00:08:28,749 --> 00:08:34,469 Speaker 7: bridled that enough to you know, to make it click 137 00:08:34,669 --> 00:08:37,869 Speaker 7: with all with all the others. So we had to 138 00:08:37,949 --> 00:08:40,949 Speaker 7: live through some of those crazy shots, but some of 139 00:08:40,949 --> 00:08:43,949 Speaker 7: those crazy shots went in. So is that a crazy 140 00:08:43,949 --> 00:08:47,389 Speaker 7: shot or is that a brilliance of this player? And 141 00:08:47,429 --> 00:08:50,789 Speaker 7: so we we learned that that was one of the stuff, 142 00:08:51,869 --> 00:08:53,709 Speaker 7: you know, strengths, and. 143 00:08:55,509 --> 00:08:59,549 Speaker 10: It really changed the game with the range he had 144 00:09:00,229 --> 00:09:03,429 Speaker 10: and the ability to shoot early in the shot clot 145 00:09:03,549 --> 00:09:05,269 Speaker 10: where he maybe you're going to get something better if 146 00:09:05,309 --> 00:09:08,269 Speaker 10: you run in and play, but we let stuff and Clay 147 00:09:08,269 --> 00:09:08,949 Speaker 10: both go. 148 00:09:09,629 --> 00:09:13,109 Speaker 1: With Curry as free and confident as ever, the small 149 00:09:13,189 --> 00:09:17,349 Speaker 1: details of his game began to improve, making him something 150 00:09:17,389 --> 00:09:20,589 Speaker 1: the game had never seen before. A mix of grace, 151 00:09:20,949 --> 00:09:24,909 Speaker 1: skill and killer instinct that could get his buckets from 152 00:09:24,909 --> 00:09:29,469 Speaker 1: anywhere on the floor. Somehow, he was better than the 153 00:09:29,509 --> 00:09:33,509 Speaker 1: previous season, an MVP season, because he read the game 154 00:09:33,669 --> 00:09:37,949 Speaker 1: so much better. According to Fraser, he. 155 00:09:37,949 --> 00:09:40,749 Speaker 7: Learned how to move without the ball. That was something 156 00:09:40,749 --> 00:09:44,109 Speaker 7: that he hadn't done much of prior to that time. 157 00:09:44,509 --> 00:09:46,829 Speaker 7: I've mentioned this about the Memphis series. He learned how 158 00:09:46,829 --> 00:09:51,309 Speaker 7: to relocate a similar he learned how to set screens 159 00:09:51,509 --> 00:09:55,389 Speaker 7: for others. He's a brilliant screamer. And then he became 160 00:09:55,429 --> 00:09:58,269 Speaker 7: a much better passer. He was always a capable passer, 161 00:09:58,549 --> 00:10:01,429 Speaker 7: but he learned how to pass. So the evolution of 162 00:10:01,469 --> 00:10:06,429 Speaker 7: stuff Curry as a player and the skill set evolved, 163 00:10:07,109 --> 00:10:08,708 Speaker 7: and the evolution of stuff. 164 00:10:08,549 --> 00:10:13,389 Speaker 11: Is as kind of the maturity of his game started 165 00:10:13,389 --> 00:10:16,389 Speaker 11: to grow too. And that's where it is now that 166 00:10:16,029 --> 00:10:20,189 Speaker 11: that was those were growing years for him to start 167 00:10:20,229 --> 00:10:22,669 Speaker 11: to see the game in different ways and then to 168 00:10:22,909 --> 00:10:27,828 Speaker 11: utilize it to his skill set. And so the championship 169 00:10:28,469 --> 00:10:33,589 Speaker 11: was proof that this is the way he could be elite, 170 00:10:34,469 --> 00:10:36,509 Speaker 11: not just in a high ball screen or not just 171 00:10:36,549 --> 00:10:37,109 Speaker 11: in a one. 172 00:10:36,949 --> 00:10:40,109 Speaker 7: On one action. He could be elite by using all 173 00:10:40,149 --> 00:10:43,189 Speaker 7: of these tools to perfect his game, and he had 174 00:10:43,189 --> 00:10:47,549 Speaker 7: the people around him Andre Rudala, Andrew Boget, brilliant passer, 175 00:10:47,629 --> 00:10:50,709 Speaker 7: Sean Livingston. He had these guys that could get him 176 00:10:50,709 --> 00:10:54,589 Speaker 7: the ball in places that he was unstoppable, and he 177 00:10:54,789 --> 00:10:58,869 Speaker 7: moved those places and they cater tuned. So I think 178 00:10:59,069 --> 00:11:01,989 Speaker 7: I think the mindset for him was I can evolve 179 00:11:02,389 --> 00:11:03,149 Speaker 7: in this way. 180 00:11:04,229 --> 00:11:07,829 Speaker 1: Steph wasted no time showing off the new, finer details 181 00:11:07,829 --> 00:11:11,309 Speaker 1: of his game in the fifteen to sixteen season. Chef Curtain, 182 00:11:11,589 --> 00:11:14,229 Speaker 1: as Drake first called him in a twenty thirteen song 183 00:11:14,389 --> 00:11:17,349 Speaker 1: zero to one hundred, was cooking with the sauce from 184 00:11:17,349 --> 00:11:20,829 Speaker 1: the jump, scoring forty in his first game, then fifty 185 00:11:20,869 --> 00:11:24,149 Speaker 1: three in his third game, both coming against the poor 186 00:11:24,229 --> 00:11:25,349 Speaker 1: New Orleans Pelicans. 187 00:11:26,949 --> 00:11:31,509 Speaker 3: Got babit switched out on a hurry for three and 188 00:11:31,869 --> 00:11:32,629 Speaker 3: fifty one. 189 00:11:33,389 --> 00:11:38,709 Speaker 1: Fuck, he makes believers out of it, but they still 190 00:11:38,709 --> 00:11:39,149 Speaker 1: don't get. 191 00:11:39,109 --> 00:11:39,789 Speaker 7: Up any closer. 192 00:11:40,069 --> 00:11:42,269 Speaker 12: Hurry, He's going to go to the line. 193 00:11:43,349 --> 00:11:46,149 Speaker 4: He hits New Orleans for forty opening night. 194 00:11:48,029 --> 00:11:53,189 Speaker 13: And sitting on fifty two right now fifty three. 195 00:11:54,189 --> 00:11:57,149 Speaker 1: Step talked to Warriors sideline with Porter ros Goold on 196 00:11:57,189 --> 00:12:01,949 Speaker 1: Blue Day after the game about his ever lengthening range. 197 00:12:02,189 --> 00:12:02,949 Speaker 7: So hard this season. 198 00:12:02,989 --> 00:12:06,429 Speaker 14: It looks like you are getting very comfortable taking deep, deep, 199 00:12:06,469 --> 00:12:07,589 Speaker 14: deep deep threes. 200 00:12:07,949 --> 00:12:10,189 Speaker 1: Are you working on that? I mean, what is your range? 201 00:12:10,229 --> 00:12:11,589 Speaker 1: Is there anywhere that you hesitate? 202 00:12:12,549 --> 00:12:16,149 Speaker 15: I mean, with that reason, bruh, I hope that I 203 00:12:16,229 --> 00:12:19,589 Speaker 15: keep making him. It gives me that much more confidence. 204 00:12:19,629 --> 00:12:22,989 Speaker 15: Is if you mess a couple in a row, No, 205 00:12:23,189 --> 00:12:24,829 Speaker 15: I get a little bit close if we keep shooting. 206 00:12:24,869 --> 00:12:26,309 Speaker 15: But I mean, as long as I'm making him, I'll 207 00:12:26,349 --> 00:12:26,989 Speaker 15: keep taking them. 208 00:12:26,869 --> 00:12:29,269 Speaker 3: Within those but then rhythm. 209 00:12:29,309 --> 00:12:32,429 Speaker 1: That fifty three point game would already be, by advanced 210 00:12:32,429 --> 00:12:36,349 Speaker 1: statistical measure, his best complete game of the season, but 211 00:12:36,429 --> 00:12:39,589 Speaker 1: it was just the beginning of jaw dropping shooting performances. 212 00:12:39,989 --> 00:12:42,389 Speaker 1: He was in such a comfort zone to start this season, 213 00:12:43,069 --> 00:12:45,429 Speaker 1: Curry put on some of the more efficient shows of 214 00:12:45,469 --> 00:12:48,389 Speaker 1: his career, like the time he visited his hometown of 215 00:12:48,469 --> 00:12:54,589 Speaker 1: Charlotte on December second, with his father Dell watching, as 216 00:12:54,589 --> 00:12:57,269 Speaker 1: he normally does in these contests because he's the color 217 00:12:57,269 --> 00:13:01,509 Speaker 1: analyst on the Hornets TV broadcast. Curry dropped forth, but 218 00:13:01,589 --> 00:13:06,149 Speaker 1: he did so on just eighteen shots with four free throws. 219 00:13:07,149 --> 00:13:10,669 Speaker 1: It sounds like a mathematical riddle, but he managed forty 220 00:13:10,709 --> 00:13:13,869 Speaker 1: points because he hit fourteen of his eighteen shots for 221 00:13:13,949 --> 00:13:17,509 Speaker 1: a seventy eight percent clip, including eight of his eleven 222 00:13:17,589 --> 00:13:21,309 Speaker 1: three point attempts. 223 00:13:21,389 --> 00:13:32,669 Speaker 16: Curry just incredible, Hope, That's what he does. He is 224 00:13:32,669 --> 00:13:36,229 Speaker 16: the best shooter on the planet today and he knows it. 225 00:13:36,589 --> 00:13:41,229 Speaker 1: He delivered. Now, I can totally understand if you're confused 226 00:13:41,349 --> 00:13:44,309 Speaker 1: given the reaction of that crap. But yes, that game 227 00:13:44,349 --> 00:13:48,309 Speaker 1: was in sharp. It was a road game. Until it 228 00:13:48,389 --> 00:13:54,749 Speaker 1: was After that game, the Warriors twentieth of the season, 229 00:13:55,349 --> 00:13:59,749 Speaker 1: Curry's team still hadn't lost. They were undefeated and stayed 230 00:13:59,789 --> 00:14:03,189 Speaker 1: so for another four games after that. It would immediately 231 00:14:03,189 --> 00:14:05,589 Speaker 1: spark the question of whether this team could break the 232 00:14:05,669 --> 00:14:08,549 Speaker 1: Chicago Bulls nineteen ninety six mark of seventy two to 233 00:14:08,589 --> 00:14:12,549 Speaker 1: ten as the greatest regular season ever, and the twenty 234 00:14:12,549 --> 00:14:15,069 Speaker 1: four wins to open the campaign broke the record for 235 00:14:15,109 --> 00:14:18,429 Speaker 1: the longest win streak to start a season by nine games. 236 00:14:19,069 --> 00:14:21,749 Speaker 1: It was a magical run in the midst of a 237 00:14:21,789 --> 00:14:25,789 Speaker 1: magical run, two ninety one Boston by one Curry. 238 00:14:27,309 --> 00:14:29,589 Speaker 16: Wow, I want to tell you if that is one 239 00:14:29,589 --> 00:14:31,149 Speaker 16: of the best huts I've ever seen. 240 00:14:31,189 --> 00:14:32,629 Speaker 1: Anybody think I'm ne'. 241 00:14:32,629 --> 00:14:35,269 Speaker 5: A minute to go in the game, Green they want, 242 00:14:35,309 --> 00:14:38,549 Speaker 5: you know, they want Curry handling the ball and Harry coups. 243 00:14:38,669 --> 00:14:46,109 Speaker 1: There it goes, ooh, you didn't be that wasn't just 244 00:14:46,189 --> 00:14:49,909 Speaker 1: another roadkie. That was teeny Garden in Boston. 245 00:14:50,829 --> 00:14:52,909 Speaker 17: Don't think we didn't hear a good amount of cheers 246 00:14:52,949 --> 00:14:56,629 Speaker 17: mixed in with those groans. The Warriors were becoming a 247 00:14:56,669 --> 00:15:01,629 Speaker 17: phenomenon everywhere, but it was missing something someone. 248 00:15:01,989 --> 00:15:06,069 Speaker 1: To be more precise, Steve Kerr had not been a 249 00:15:06,109 --> 00:15:09,749 Speaker 1: part of it. Two days into training camp, the Warriors 250 00:15:09,789 --> 00:15:13,149 Speaker 1: coach decided to take time off to address complications from 251 00:15:13,149 --> 00:15:15,549 Speaker 1: what was supposed to be a simple back procedure to 252 00:15:15,629 --> 00:15:16,749 Speaker 1: repair a ruptured disc. 253 00:15:18,669 --> 00:15:22,429 Speaker 18: So you know, when you when you have a surgery, 254 00:15:22,429 --> 00:15:26,309 Speaker 18: you asked, you know, what are the what are the risks? 255 00:15:27,429 --> 00:15:31,989 Speaker 18: And so I, my, my, my surgery was the least 256 00:15:32,109 --> 00:15:34,949 Speaker 18: risky of any vacks. You know, it's the most basic 257 00:15:35,069 --> 00:15:37,509 Speaker 18: micro diskected me where there you have a ruptured disc 258 00:15:37,549 --> 00:15:39,629 Speaker 18: and they're just taking the pieces of the discount. And 259 00:15:41,629 --> 00:15:45,709 Speaker 18: so I asked about what the risks were, and I said, well, okay, 260 00:15:45,789 --> 00:15:49,629 Speaker 18: well what are the chances of that? And I'm not 261 00:15:49,669 --> 00:15:52,269 Speaker 18: going to get into all the you know, the medical 262 00:15:52,549 --> 00:15:57,429 Speaker 18: detail of what happened, but basically the chances were incredibly 263 00:15:57,469 --> 00:15:59,829 Speaker 18: slim that anything would go wrong, but they did. 264 00:16:01,429 --> 00:16:04,589 Speaker 1: What had been considered routine far as back surgeries go 265 00:16:05,109 --> 00:16:09,189 Speaker 1: turned into a nightmare. During the operation in twenty fifteen, 266 00:16:09,749 --> 00:16:14,629 Speaker 1: Kerr's dura, the membrane surrounding the spinal cord was accidentally cut, 267 00:16:14,829 --> 00:16:18,829 Speaker 1: allowing some cerebro spinal fluid to leak. The leak caused 268 00:16:18,949 --> 00:16:22,589 Speaker 1: severe headaches and fatigue, and by September of twenty fifteen, 269 00:16:23,069 --> 00:16:26,109 Speaker 1: Kerr needed another surgery to address it. He was still 270 00:16:26,149 --> 00:16:29,549 Speaker 1: recovering from said surgery when training camp started, so the 271 00:16:29,629 --> 00:16:33,229 Speaker 1: riggers that come with coaching were impossible for him, and 272 00:16:33,269 --> 00:16:36,349 Speaker 1: the recovery would last far longer than the forty three 273 00:16:36,389 --> 00:16:37,189 Speaker 1: games he missed. 274 00:16:37,669 --> 00:16:42,989 Speaker 18: So it was pretty rough and life changing and changed 275 00:16:43,029 --> 00:16:46,789 Speaker 18: everything in my life in terms of how how I 276 00:16:46,829 --> 00:16:50,149 Speaker 18: had to approach things, how I had to work to 277 00:16:50,629 --> 00:16:53,269 Speaker 18: get my body right, how I had to work to 278 00:16:53,309 --> 00:16:58,029 Speaker 18: manage the chronic pain that ensued headaches. It was a 279 00:16:58,149 --> 00:17:00,829 Speaker 18: challenge of a lifetime and remains that. You know, that 280 00:17:00,949 --> 00:17:04,829 Speaker 18: was the biggest thing that I will ever face because 281 00:17:04,909 --> 00:17:07,829 Speaker 18: health trump's all, you know, the other stuff is all 282 00:17:08,789 --> 00:17:11,869 Speaker 18: all dependent on good health, you know, enjoying your life 283 00:17:11,909 --> 00:17:16,429 Speaker 18: and family and your work and it all is dependent 284 00:17:16,469 --> 00:17:20,589 Speaker 18: on health. So it was a tough, tough time. 285 00:17:21,229 --> 00:17:21,869 Speaker 1: It was terrible. 286 00:17:22,029 --> 00:17:24,388 Speaker 18: It was terrible. I mean I was I was thrilled for. 287 00:17:24,429 --> 00:17:26,869 Speaker 1: The team, but I felt left out. 288 00:17:26,989 --> 00:17:29,349 Speaker 18: You know, I'm laying at home on my bed and 289 00:17:29,509 --> 00:17:33,829 Speaker 18: watching this dominant team win night after night, and I'm 290 00:17:33,869 --> 00:17:37,869 Speaker 18: not there to enjoy being part of it. Yeah, it was. 291 00:17:37,989 --> 00:17:38,629 Speaker 18: It was rough. 292 00:17:42,229 --> 00:17:45,949 Speaker 1: Rick Welts, Warriors, team president at the time, compared this 293 00:17:46,029 --> 00:17:49,629 Speaker 1: extended stretch to the time Curry was battling ankle injuries. 294 00:17:50,589 --> 00:17:53,589 Speaker 1: There was uncertainty surrounding the future of one of the 295 00:17:53,669 --> 00:17:56,509 Speaker 1: key and most treasured figures of the organization. 296 00:17:57,469 --> 00:18:01,469 Speaker 19: Here's Wells one of my scariest times, you know, in 297 00:18:01,549 --> 00:18:04,789 Speaker 19: terms of the people that you're around and you see, 298 00:18:05,469 --> 00:18:08,109 Speaker 19: you know, the challenges that they face. And just as 299 00:18:08,109 --> 00:18:10,709 Speaker 19: you described, I mean just his face was a different color, 300 00:18:10,989 --> 00:18:14,869 Speaker 19: like he just wasn't uh, you know, you could just 301 00:18:14,909 --> 00:18:20,269 Speaker 19: see what he was battling and heroically but but still, 302 00:18:20,469 --> 00:18:22,509 Speaker 19: you know, pain is pain, and there's just no way 303 00:18:22,549 --> 00:18:26,829 Speaker 19: to completely avoid it or basket and you know, stepping 304 00:18:26,869 --> 00:18:30,469 Speaker 19: away in the midst of you know, an amazing run 305 00:18:30,629 --> 00:18:34,668 Speaker 19: playoff run right, and not knowing again if you're going 306 00:18:34,749 --> 00:18:37,949 Speaker 19: to be healthy enough to come back. For the same 307 00:18:37,989 --> 00:18:40,429 Speaker 19: reasons we talked about with Steph, just at that point 308 00:18:40,429 --> 00:18:43,229 Speaker 19: it was such a beloved part of the organization that 309 00:18:43,269 --> 00:18:45,829 Speaker 19: it was it was much more a personal thing than 310 00:18:45,869 --> 00:18:50,029 Speaker 19: it was like value to the team thing, because he 311 00:18:50,109 --> 00:18:53,189 Speaker 19: really wanted for him to recover in a way that 312 00:18:53,229 --> 00:18:57,429 Speaker 19: he could enjoy life the way that he always enjoyed life, 313 00:18:57,429 --> 00:19:01,349 Speaker 19: because that that that life joy he shared with everybody 314 00:19:01,349 --> 00:19:05,669 Speaker 19: around him and continues to to this day. 315 00:19:06,109 --> 00:19:09,429 Speaker 1: The warriors near spotless play for half that season didn't 316 00:19:09,469 --> 00:19:12,629 Speaker 1: mask the pain for Kerk, but it did take attention 317 00:19:12,749 --> 00:19:15,989 Speaker 1: away from the fact he was out. In fact, as 318 00:19:16,069 --> 00:19:19,908 Speaker 1: memory serves, there wasn't that much national sympathy for Kerr 319 00:19:20,229 --> 00:19:23,109 Speaker 1: because we really didn't know how bad the complications were. 320 00:19:24,029 --> 00:19:28,029 Speaker 1: There were, however, raging debates about whether Kerr deserved credit 321 00:19:28,069 --> 00:19:32,029 Speaker 1: for the wins. Those thirty nine wins and four losses 322 00:19:32,509 --> 00:19:35,909 Speaker 1: where the Warriors were coached by assistant Luke Walton, those 323 00:19:35,909 --> 00:19:39,829 Speaker 1: were credited to Steve Kerr. It was a technicality that 324 00:19:39,909 --> 00:19:43,629 Speaker 1: stirred so much debate it even reached Kerr directly before 325 00:19:43,629 --> 00:19:47,869 Speaker 1: he came back to the side, well maybe not directly. 326 00:19:49,789 --> 00:19:51,749 Speaker 18: The last few weeks before I came back, I was 327 00:19:51,789 --> 00:19:54,428 Speaker 18: traveling with the team before I started coaching, and we 328 00:19:54,429 --> 00:19:57,709 Speaker 18: were in Portland and Luke Walton and I went to 329 00:19:57,709 --> 00:19:59,749 Speaker 18: dinner with a couple of the other coaches and he 330 00:19:59,869 --> 00:20:02,309 Speaker 18: jumped in an uber and Luke's in the front seat. 331 00:20:02,349 --> 00:20:05,549 Speaker 18: I'm behind the driver and the driver says, hey, you're 332 00:20:05,589 --> 00:20:09,109 Speaker 18: Luke Walton and he goes yeah. He goes, man, it's 333 00:20:09,789 --> 00:20:14,189 Speaker 18: it's it's bull that coach Kerr is getting credit for 334 00:20:14,229 --> 00:20:16,229 Speaker 18: all your wins. I mean, you're like thirty nine and 335 00:20:16,269 --> 00:20:18,309 Speaker 18: two and they and I read the other day they're 336 00:20:18,309 --> 00:20:21,149 Speaker 18: given the given the credit to coach Kerr. He gets 337 00:20:21,149 --> 00:20:23,709 Speaker 18: the wins on his record, and we just it was 338 00:20:23,749 --> 00:20:24,509 Speaker 18: it was so fun. 339 00:20:24,549 --> 00:20:27,029 Speaker 20: We ran with it, you know. We all started chirping 340 00:20:27,069 --> 00:20:30,549 Speaker 20: away like yeah, it's such cool like and he's too 341 00:20:30,749 --> 00:20:33,549 Speaker 20: like that guy, you know, and he's taking credit for 342 00:20:33,669 --> 00:20:34,669 Speaker 20: and he's not even here. 343 00:20:36,069 --> 00:20:38,668 Speaker 1: Fraser was one of the coaches in that uber. He 344 00:20:38,749 --> 00:20:41,229 Speaker 1: remembers Walton nailing the dismount. At the end of the 345 00:20:41,229 --> 00:20:41,829 Speaker 1: car ride. 346 00:20:43,029 --> 00:20:44,709 Speaker 7: We get to the restaurant, we got out of the 347 00:20:44,749 --> 00:20:47,069 Speaker 7: car and Luth looks at the driver, said, Hey, what 348 00:20:47,229 --> 00:20:51,669 Speaker 7: your name? Guy's mad. He's like came out meet Steve Kerr. Guy, 349 00:20:52,429 --> 00:20:56,269 Speaker 7: guy who turned like ghostly white. It's funny that you know, 350 00:20:56,309 --> 00:20:58,229 Speaker 7: and Steve's got a good sense of Umisoda's luke. 351 00:20:58,309 --> 00:21:04,429 Speaker 1: So Kerr would struggle with back pain and headaches even 352 00:21:04,469 --> 00:21:08,188 Speaker 1: after returning, still occasionally taking time away from the team, 353 00:21:08,349 --> 00:21:12,429 Speaker 1: including during the twenty sixteen playoffs. As a sideline reporter, 354 00:21:12,949 --> 00:21:15,309 Speaker 1: I'd get access to Kerr before games along with the 355 00:21:15,349 --> 00:21:18,509 Speaker 1: rest of the broadcast team, and around this time he 356 00:21:18,629 --> 00:21:22,349 Speaker 1: often looked and sounded miserable. He tried to be as 357 00:21:22,389 --> 00:21:25,429 Speaker 1: pleasant as he'd always been and share stories like he 358 00:21:25,469 --> 00:21:29,189 Speaker 1: always had, but you can tell he was grinning through pain. 359 00:21:29,709 --> 00:21:33,069 Speaker 1: He couldn't sit properly in his chair. His face was 360 00:21:33,229 --> 00:21:37,029 Speaker 1: some combination of gray and pale green. His smile was 361 00:21:37,149 --> 00:21:40,469 Speaker 1: certainly forced, and this was after he'd been back for 362 00:21:40,509 --> 00:21:46,869 Speaker 1: some time. Needless to say, Kerr absolutely needed those forty 363 00:21:46,869 --> 00:21:51,189 Speaker 1: three games off. And while Walton's part in this usually 364 00:21:51,269 --> 00:21:54,429 Speaker 1: just restarts the debate about who deserves the wins, the 365 00:21:54,469 --> 00:21:57,789 Speaker 1: assistant coach who's now with the Detroit Pistons deserves a 366 00:21:57,829 --> 00:22:00,668 Speaker 1: ton of credit for nurturing this dynasty at a key period. 367 00:22:01,349 --> 00:22:04,269 Speaker 1: Bruce Fraser noticed Kerr's condition at the start of training 368 00:22:04,309 --> 00:22:07,269 Speaker 1: camp and notified Welton of what might come. 369 00:22:10,829 --> 00:22:12,629 Speaker 7: I don't want to sound like some whisper or some 370 00:22:12,709 --> 00:22:15,669 Speaker 7: of here, but I went to Luke and I said, 371 00:22:15,709 --> 00:22:19,109 Speaker 7: you you should be ready to coach this team. And 372 00:22:19,109 --> 00:22:20,829 Speaker 7: he's like, what I said, I don't know if he's 373 00:22:20,829 --> 00:22:22,269 Speaker 7: going to be able to do it, and he looked 374 00:22:22,309 --> 00:22:23,949 Speaker 7: at me like I was crazy. I said, you better 375 00:22:23,989 --> 00:22:29,389 Speaker 7: start preparing. And to credit to Luke, you know, Luke 376 00:22:30,429 --> 00:22:37,629 Speaker 7: prepared and was had the respect of the players in 377 00:22:37,669 --> 00:22:40,509 Speaker 7: a good way where he was he was a relevant 378 00:22:40,549 --> 00:22:44,589 Speaker 7: former player and capable, very very bright basketball mind. You 379 00:22:44,629 --> 00:22:48,629 Speaker 7: don't always get that through just talking to him because 380 00:22:48,629 --> 00:22:53,789 Speaker 7: he's pretty laid back, you know, California draws, but he's 381 00:22:54,189 --> 00:23:01,389 Speaker 7: very very bright mind and the player is Actually our 382 00:23:01,429 --> 00:23:04,509 Speaker 7: team was so such a well oiled machine at that 383 00:23:04,549 --> 00:23:07,388 Speaker 7: point after that first year and all the patterns that 384 00:23:07,429 --> 00:23:09,948 Speaker 7: we had rehearsed and gotten better at with what we 385 00:23:09,949 --> 00:23:14,589 Speaker 7: were doing. That credit to those guys. They they not 386 00:23:14,709 --> 00:23:18,269 Speaker 7: only were really good at, you know, the things we 387 00:23:18,349 --> 00:23:22,148 Speaker 7: had put in, but they gave Luke a lot of 388 00:23:22,229 --> 00:23:24,509 Speaker 7: rope and wanted to do well for him too, so 389 00:23:24,589 --> 00:23:26,989 Speaker 7: he had the respect of the players. I think they 390 00:23:27,069 --> 00:23:29,949 Speaker 7: knew that they gave him rope with some of our 391 00:23:30,269 --> 00:23:34,709 Speaker 7: you know ato's, and they came execution me. Luke and 392 00:23:34,789 --> 00:23:36,908 Speaker 7: I had a kind of a running joke. We had 393 00:23:36,909 --> 00:23:38,709 Speaker 7: a play called dive roll, which was just sort of 394 00:23:39,469 --> 00:23:41,829 Speaker 7: fake ball screen into a high ball screen for Steph. 395 00:23:42,229 --> 00:23:44,829 Speaker 7: And anytime we weren't certain of what we may want 396 00:23:44,909 --> 00:23:46,789 Speaker 7: to do, Luke would looked at me and say dive 397 00:23:46,869 --> 00:23:50,148 Speaker 7: roll and start laughing because we knew that that was 398 00:23:50,149 --> 00:23:52,229 Speaker 7: going to be the ball into STEP's hands and there's 399 00:23:52,269 --> 00:23:54,269 Speaker 7: a good chance something good was going to happen. 400 00:23:56,389 --> 00:24:00,029 Speaker 1: Behind Steph. The Warriors dived and rolled to a thirty 401 00:24:00,109 --> 00:24:02,869 Speaker 1: nine and four record on pace to break the record 402 00:24:02,869 --> 00:24:06,789 Speaker 1: for the best season ever. The difference in Curry was evident. 403 00:24:07,669 --> 00:24:10,229 Speaker 1: His three point attempts jumped from eight point one in 404 00:24:10,269 --> 00:24:13,029 Speaker 1: his first MVP season to eleven point two to a 405 00:24:13,069 --> 00:24:16,389 Speaker 1: game in the fifteen to sixteen season, yet he shot 406 00:24:16,429 --> 00:24:20,029 Speaker 1: those with even better efficiency. His scoring increased by more 407 00:24:20,069 --> 00:24:22,948 Speaker 1: than six points to a league leading thirty point one 408 00:24:22,989 --> 00:24:27,148 Speaker 1: a game, the largest leap ever for an MVP. Steph 409 00:24:27,149 --> 00:24:29,829 Speaker 1: finished fourth in the Most Improved voting that year also 410 00:24:30,229 --> 00:24:34,069 Speaker 1: but lost in a landslide to Portland CJ. McCullum. Just 411 00:24:34,189 --> 00:24:36,509 Speaker 1: like Rookie of the Year back in OH nine, Steph 412 00:24:36,669 --> 00:24:39,629 Speaker 1: probably should have won this award too. If there was 413 00:24:39,709 --> 00:24:43,069 Speaker 1: one moment where you could identify how confident Curry felt 414 00:24:43,069 --> 00:24:46,309 Speaker 1: in what would be his second MVP season, and the 415 00:24:46,349 --> 00:24:49,949 Speaker 1: moment the entire NBA realized Curry must be guarded anywhere 416 00:24:50,069 --> 00:24:53,109 Speaker 1: and everywhere. It was at the end of an overtime 417 00:24:53,149 --> 00:25:00,948 Speaker 1: game in Oklahoma City on February twenty seven. After the break, 418 00:25:01,629 --> 00:25:04,389 Speaker 1: we hear from Mike Breen himself on what may be 419 00:25:04,549 --> 00:25:08,309 Speaker 1: the most memorable single shot in Steph Curry's career and 420 00:25:08,349 --> 00:25:21,829 Speaker 1: the origin of the double bang. Klay Thompson had already 421 00:25:21,829 --> 00:25:26,149 Speaker 1: scored thirty two, Draymond Green had fourteen assists, six steals, 422 00:25:26,189 --> 00:25:29,388 Speaker 1: and four block shots, and yet the Warriors in thunder 423 00:25:29,549 --> 00:25:34,789 Speaker 1: wearin overtime and tied at one eighteen. Russell Westbrook missed 424 00:25:34,789 --> 00:25:38,509 Speaker 1: a jumper with eight seconds remaining, which Andre Iguidala rebounded 425 00:25:38,749 --> 00:25:42,709 Speaker 1: and kicked over to Curry. Having already nailed eleven three 426 00:25:42,709 --> 00:25:45,908 Speaker 1: pointers in this game, Curry casually brought the ball up 427 00:25:45,949 --> 00:25:48,148 Speaker 1: the left side of the court, and when he was 428 00:25:48,389 --> 00:25:51,909 Speaker 1: parallel to the r in the thunder logo mere steps 429 00:25:51,949 --> 00:25:56,069 Speaker 1: past half court, Curry launched one of the gutsiest regular 430 00:25:56,149 --> 00:26:02,029 Speaker 1: season shots, a thirty seven foot bomb that had everyone shot. 431 00:26:02,909 --> 00:26:04,989 Speaker 1: He heard this call at the top of the episode, 432 00:26:05,269 --> 00:26:09,749 Speaker 1: but it's well worth hearing again. They do have a 433 00:26:09,789 --> 00:26:11,229 Speaker 1: time out decide. 434 00:26:10,869 --> 00:26:12,269 Speaker 3: Not to use of Curry quite on. 435 00:26:14,709 --> 00:26:15,869 Speaker 7: A step of. 436 00:26:16,029 --> 00:26:21,349 Speaker 2: Curry what six steps of a second remating but probably 437 00:26:21,349 --> 00:26:22,789 Speaker 2: a choice of stuff. 438 00:26:22,509 --> 00:26:23,789 Speaker 9: But continues. 439 00:26:27,429 --> 00:26:30,509 Speaker 1: If Andre Rogerson, the defender on that play, who recognized 440 00:26:30,549 --> 00:26:33,309 Speaker 1: the situation a smidge too late, was the most shot 441 00:26:33,829 --> 00:26:38,429 Speaker 1: by Steph's launch, then Mike Breen was clearly second. Breen 442 00:26:38,469 --> 00:26:41,629 Speaker 1: had already coined the term bangon for whenever a player 443 00:26:41,629 --> 00:26:45,189 Speaker 1: would hit a big shot. This shot by Curry was 444 00:26:45,229 --> 00:26:49,149 Speaker 1: the first double bang of Breen's career. There would be 445 00:26:49,229 --> 00:26:52,109 Speaker 1: a handful of others over the years, but this was 446 00:26:52,429 --> 00:26:54,148 Speaker 1: the double bang origin moment. 447 00:26:54,709 --> 00:26:58,429 Speaker 13: That was the epitome of the self confidence that he 448 00:26:58,589 --> 00:27:02,909 Speaker 13: has and has always had. And you know, and so 449 00:27:02,989 --> 00:27:05,109 Speaker 13: he'll tell you all the time, his self confidence is 450 00:27:05,149 --> 00:27:07,789 Speaker 13: from all the work put into getting to that point. 451 00:27:08,429 --> 00:27:12,189 Speaker 13: But there was nobody in the building but Steph Curry, 452 00:27:12,669 --> 00:27:14,629 Speaker 13: who thought he was going to put off the shot 453 00:27:14,669 --> 00:27:18,509 Speaker 13: when he did, he had a little extra time. The 454 00:27:18,549 --> 00:27:20,229 Speaker 13: thunder didn't think he was going to shoot it there. 455 00:27:20,309 --> 00:27:22,429 Speaker 13: I certainly didn't think he was going to shoot it there. 456 00:27:22,589 --> 00:27:24,349 Speaker 13: I had to play catch up on the call because 457 00:27:24,389 --> 00:27:29,229 Speaker 13: I didn't expect it, and just again's that's the ultimate 458 00:27:29,789 --> 00:27:32,669 Speaker 13: self confident shot by the greatest shooter who's ever played. 459 00:27:32,949 --> 00:27:37,109 Speaker 13: It's a complete out of body experience. I don't plan it. 460 00:27:37,109 --> 00:27:40,589 Speaker 13: It just was so shocking and it happened so quickly 461 00:27:41,749 --> 00:27:44,549 Speaker 13: that I kind of lost my mind, and I remember 462 00:27:44,589 --> 00:27:47,389 Speaker 13: thinking after like, did I go over the top there? 463 00:27:47,509 --> 00:27:50,229 Speaker 13: Because I felt like I that's as much as I 464 00:27:50,269 --> 00:27:53,669 Speaker 13: ever lost it on a call. But it the moment 465 00:27:53,749 --> 00:27:56,349 Speaker 13: deserved it because of who he was, what they were doing, 466 00:27:56,749 --> 00:27:57,709 Speaker 13: and what he just did. 467 00:27:58,469 --> 00:28:02,349 Speaker 1: This was already four months into STEP's unanimous MVP season, 468 00:28:02,789 --> 00:28:06,709 Speaker 1: and the surprise were still coming. Defenses didn't know what 469 00:28:06,789 --> 00:28:09,229 Speaker 1: to do with him, and the wins were piling up. 470 00:28:11,109 --> 00:28:14,589 Speaker 1: Entering April of that season, the Warriors were sixty eight 471 00:28:14,669 --> 00:28:18,189 Speaker 1: and seven. That meant they could afford to lose two 472 00:28:18,229 --> 00:28:21,189 Speaker 1: of the final seven games and still break the Chicago 473 00:28:21,189 --> 00:28:24,469 Speaker 1: Bulls record of seventy two and ten. That seemed like 474 00:28:24,549 --> 00:28:27,869 Speaker 1: a guarantee. This team hadn't lost more than two games 475 00:28:27,909 --> 00:28:30,789 Speaker 1: in any month of the season. Surely going five and 476 00:28:30,869 --> 00:28:34,709 Speaker 1: two would be a cakewalk to end it. Not so fast. 477 00:28:35,429 --> 00:28:38,989 Speaker 1: On April first, the Warriors, in what seemed like a prank, 478 00:28:39,549 --> 00:28:41,789 Speaker 1: suffered their first home loss of the season to the 479 00:28:41,789 --> 00:28:46,189 Speaker 1: Boston Celtics. It was April and Golden State had been 480 00:28:46,309 --> 00:28:47,349 Speaker 1: undefeated at. 481 00:28:47,189 --> 00:28:54,149 Speaker 12: Home, no home losses this season. Golden State's gonna need 482 00:28:54,189 --> 00:28:57,549 Speaker 12: a miracle to keep that. Going down three to eight 483 00:28:57,589 --> 00:29:00,749 Speaker 12: point three to go, it is living stint to trigger 484 00:29:00,829 --> 00:29:03,629 Speaker 12: two players down, no timeouts, has to get it in 485 00:29:04,069 --> 00:29:06,069 Speaker 12: three at the top, to Curry. 486 00:29:06,029 --> 00:29:10,789 Speaker 21: Step fix free for the time to go, Timpson to 487 00:29:10,949 --> 00:29:15,269 Speaker 21: barn stepp back free for the time. And the Boston 488 00:29:15,429 --> 00:29:19,909 Speaker 21: Celtics have stopped the record run at home of the 489 00:29:19,949 --> 00:29:22,989 Speaker 21: Golden State Warriors. 490 00:29:24,469 --> 00:29:27,989 Speaker 1: Then, after a recovery win against the Blazers, the Warriors 491 00:29:27,989 --> 00:29:31,509 Speaker 1: lost another home game, this one feeling even more like 492 00:29:31,549 --> 00:29:35,109 Speaker 1: a joke because it was to the lowly Minnesota Timberwolves 493 00:29:35,149 --> 00:29:39,469 Speaker 1: behind a career best thirty five points from Shabbaz Mohammad, 494 00:29:40,149 --> 00:29:42,669 Speaker 1: Remember him, It's okay if you don't. 495 00:29:44,309 --> 00:29:49,309 Speaker 5: Bosma, I mean ol has fed off fire. He has 496 00:29:49,629 --> 00:29:50,749 Speaker 5: thirty ports. 497 00:29:51,749 --> 00:29:54,349 Speaker 1: That meant Golden State needed to win its final four 498 00:29:54,429 --> 00:29:58,869 Speaker 1: games to break the record. For context, seventy to ten 499 00:29:58,989 --> 00:30:01,669 Speaker 1: is one of those sports numbers that people just knew, 500 00:30:02,069 --> 00:30:06,069 Speaker 1: especially NBA fans. It was Michael Jordan's nineteen ninety six 501 00:30:06,109 --> 00:30:08,909 Speaker 1: Bulls team, the first full season after he came back 502 00:30:08,909 --> 00:30:12,829 Speaker 1: from retirement. They went on to dominate the postseason and 503 00:30:12,909 --> 00:30:15,509 Speaker 1: were widely considered the best team ever. 504 00:30:20,069 --> 00:30:27,269 Speaker 5: By five lighty shirts are trampis show that choke. 505 00:30:27,149 --> 00:30:32,589 Speaker 1: Before it six year as like a three bust products, eighty. 506 00:30:32,429 --> 00:30:39,589 Speaker 5: Shot shot, bar shoring wild one day shot. 507 00:30:41,629 --> 00:30:43,869 Speaker 1: Nike even released a seventy too to ten pair of 508 00:30:43,949 --> 00:30:46,869 Speaker 1: Jordan eleven's that were all the rage I had a pair, 509 00:30:47,709 --> 00:30:50,829 Speaker 1: truly cementing that season as one that will live in 510 00:30:50,869 --> 00:30:52,749 Speaker 1: the minds of basketball fans forever. 511 00:30:53,509 --> 00:30:55,949 Speaker 4: And the first time in the history of the NBA 512 00:30:56,469 --> 00:31:00,509 Speaker 4: that one player has won the regular season Most Valuable Player, 513 00:31:01,069 --> 00:31:05,709 Speaker 4: All Star, Most Valuable Flier, and NBA Finals, a tremendous 514 00:31:05,709 --> 00:31:07,309 Speaker 4: accomplishment by Michael Jordan. 515 00:31:10,989 --> 00:31:14,229 Speaker 1: So for the Warriors to best that, it would not 516 00:31:14,269 --> 00:31:16,349 Speaker 1: only mean they'd be in the conversation at the best 517 00:31:16,349 --> 00:31:19,829 Speaker 1: team ever, but it would mean anything short of a championship. 518 00:31:20,189 --> 00:31:25,149 Speaker 1: Would be wildly disappointed that come playoffs, everyone's record starts O. 519 00:31:25,229 --> 00:31:28,709 Speaker 1: And oh, so, what does the regular season wins record 520 00:31:28,749 --> 00:31:31,789 Speaker 1: really mean if it didn't get you any extra advantages 521 00:31:31,789 --> 00:31:35,789 Speaker 1: in the postseason. Yes, the Spurs were giving chase and 522 00:31:35,789 --> 00:31:38,469 Speaker 1: finished with sixty seven wins, but there was still a 523 00:31:38,549 --> 00:31:41,229 Speaker 1: six game gap between the two teams at season's end. 524 00:31:42,149 --> 00:31:45,269 Speaker 1: In fact, when the Spurs and Warriors played on April tenth, 525 00:31:45,869 --> 00:31:48,869 Speaker 1: the game was meaningless in the standings and only mattered 526 00:31:48,909 --> 00:31:52,789 Speaker 1: because the Warriors were chasing that record. In the second 527 00:31:52,829 --> 00:31:55,949 Speaker 1: to last game of the season, the Warriors needed overtime 528 00:31:56,029 --> 00:31:58,989 Speaker 1: to beat a thunder team that sat both Kevin Durant 529 00:31:59,109 --> 00:32:03,069 Speaker 1: and Russell Westbrook. So the road to seventy three wins 530 00:32:03,709 --> 00:32:07,229 Speaker 1: most turbulent at the end when the games didn't actually 531 00:32:07,229 --> 00:32:11,949 Speaker 1: mean that much. In the regular season finale, Golden State 532 00:32:11,989 --> 00:32:14,829 Speaker 1: faced a Memphis team that still had something to play for, 533 00:32:15,349 --> 00:32:19,029 Speaker 1: jockeying for playoff position with the Rockets and Mavericks. The 534 00:32:19,069 --> 00:32:21,389 Speaker 1: game was such a big deal as they chased the record. 535 00:32:21,989 --> 00:32:25,629 Speaker 1: ESPN broadcast the game simultaneous to Kobe Bryant's final game 536 00:32:25,669 --> 00:32:29,789 Speaker 1: on ESPN two. The Warriors looked like they'd coast to 537 00:32:29,829 --> 00:32:32,549 Speaker 1: the record win, going up by fourteen points in the 538 00:32:32,549 --> 00:32:35,589 Speaker 1: first quarter, So most of the viewing audience stuck with 539 00:32:35,629 --> 00:32:38,949 Speaker 1: the Kobe game after that, and those folks were rewarded 540 00:32:39,109 --> 00:32:41,749 Speaker 1: by watching Kobe drop sixty in his final game. 541 00:32:42,189 --> 00:32:46,229 Speaker 12: Well, Kobe, give them one last gamer. Bryant ti the 542 00:32:46,269 --> 00:32:47,469 Speaker 12: move with the jumper. 543 00:32:47,949 --> 00:32:54,949 Speaker 1: Ye I have sneakers for that game also. But the 544 00:32:54,989 --> 00:32:59,909 Speaker 1: greater historical accomplishment was happening in Golden State. The Warriors, 545 00:33:00,189 --> 00:33:03,309 Speaker 1: behind a player who'd soon be named the first unanimous MVP, 546 00:33:03,829 --> 00:33:06,469 Speaker 1: would finish the best regular season in NBA history. 547 00:33:08,269 --> 00:33:10,629 Speaker 4: That's official number seventy three. 548 00:33:11,269 --> 00:33:13,189 Speaker 1: The greatness regular season. 549 00:33:12,869 --> 00:33:16,749 Speaker 4: In NBA history now belongs to the twenty sixteen gold 550 00:33:16,789 --> 00:33:17,789 Speaker 4: and State Warriors. 551 00:33:19,949 --> 00:33:22,629 Speaker 1: Steph talked with Doris Burke on the court after the game. 552 00:33:23,709 --> 00:33:24,349 Speaker 7: What kind of. 553 00:33:24,389 --> 00:33:27,389 Speaker 14: Character has been required from your guys in the pursuit 554 00:33:27,429 --> 00:33:30,389 Speaker 14: of this historic marks? 555 00:33:30,509 --> 00:33:33,589 Speaker 15: That's everything for us. We have There's so many guys 556 00:33:33,589 --> 00:33:36,789 Speaker 15: that sacrifice that. Everybody has a role in this team, 557 00:33:36,829 --> 00:33:39,029 Speaker 15: and you can say they come in every night with 558 00:33:39,069 --> 00:33:41,229 Speaker 15: that focus of playing a run the best of ability 559 00:33:41,269 --> 00:33:43,469 Speaker 15: and just knowing that's gonna be the best way for 560 00:33:43,509 --> 00:33:47,349 Speaker 15: rest of win games. So practice days, travel days, Dana 561 00:33:47,389 --> 00:33:50,989 Speaker 15: days fifty all being locked in and tider together, that's 562 00:33:50,989 --> 00:33:51,549 Speaker 15: gonna take me. 563 00:33:51,749 --> 00:33:54,269 Speaker 14: Yeah, in what way did the pursuit of this mark 564 00:33:54,829 --> 00:33:57,149 Speaker 14: help you? And what will ultimately be your goal, which 565 00:33:57,189 --> 00:33:59,349 Speaker 14: is a championship? How did this pursuit help that? 566 00:34:00,429 --> 00:34:02,269 Speaker 15: I mean, it just keeps us focus down the stretch. 567 00:34:02,349 --> 00:34:06,709 Speaker 15: We don't have any room for er. You know, we're 568 00:34:06,709 --> 00:34:10,908 Speaker 15: getting everything's best shot, and for us to keep that 569 00:34:11,469 --> 00:34:13,828 Speaker 15: playoff kind of mentality and that playoff focus for our 570 00:34:13,909 --> 00:34:17,229 Speaker 15: ultimate goals, obvious championship. These last two weeks have been 571 00:34:17,989 --> 00:34:21,109 Speaker 15: mentally and physical challenges, So I think it's made us 572 00:34:21,149 --> 00:34:23,949 Speaker 15: better and we'll be fresh with this wecaus. 573 00:34:25,349 --> 00:34:28,909 Speaker 1: At the time, no one would publicly question the decision 574 00:34:28,949 --> 00:34:31,589 Speaker 1: to attempt to set the record despite not needing it 575 00:34:31,629 --> 00:34:35,229 Speaker 1: to claim the number one overall seat. That's probably because 576 00:34:35,509 --> 00:34:38,509 Speaker 1: at the time no one could envision this Warrior's team 577 00:34:38,549 --> 00:34:41,348 Speaker 1: losing in the postseason. But in the Warriors' locker room, 578 00:34:41,669 --> 00:34:44,829 Speaker 1: there were private discussions about how to approach the final 579 00:34:44,869 --> 00:34:50,268 Speaker 1: few games. Andrew Boget sounds regretful when he talks about 580 00:34:50,309 --> 00:34:51,589 Speaker 1: this team decision, the. 581 00:34:51,709 --> 00:34:53,509 Speaker 9: Plays in that locker room that wanted to go for 582 00:34:53,549 --> 00:34:56,989 Speaker 9: seventy three and nine. There were plays that will like, 583 00:34:57,229 --> 00:35:01,669 Speaker 9: let's just be healthy, and I get it, like we're 584 00:35:01,669 --> 00:35:04,549 Speaker 9: going to create history seventy three and nine. But the 585 00:35:04,629 --> 00:35:06,389 Speaker 9: argument from the guys that were like let's just be 586 00:35:06,429 --> 00:35:09,189 Speaker 9: healthy is seventy three and nine doesn't mean I don't 587 00:35:09,189 --> 00:35:14,429 Speaker 9: win the championship. So we as a group, the majority, 588 00:35:14,709 --> 00:35:16,509 Speaker 9: were like, Okay, let's just we're going to roll the 589 00:35:16,549 --> 00:35:19,269 Speaker 9: dice and go for it. We probably could have risted 590 00:35:19,269 --> 00:35:21,869 Speaker 9: guys towards the end of that season, made sure that 591 00:35:21,949 --> 00:35:24,229 Speaker 9: we're fine for the playoffs. So whatever is in the playoffs, 592 00:35:24,229 --> 00:35:25,308 Speaker 9: we'll go guys banged up. 593 00:35:25,989 --> 00:35:30,308 Speaker 1: Right, Injuries can happen in the postseason also, and one 594 00:35:30,349 --> 00:35:33,909 Speaker 1: injury in particular did happen in these twenty sixteen playoffs. 595 00:35:34,629 --> 00:35:38,509 Speaker 1: Steph Curry didn't suffer the most serious of setbacks, but 596 00:35:38,589 --> 00:35:42,349 Speaker 1: it was easily the most significant of this postseason, and frankly, 597 00:35:42,869 --> 00:35:45,589 Speaker 1: it probably would have happened even if the Warriors had 598 00:35:45,669 --> 00:35:48,669 Speaker 1: rested Steph down the stretch of the regular season. In 599 00:35:48,709 --> 00:35:51,589 Speaker 1: the first round against the Rockets. Just before halftime of 600 00:35:51,709 --> 00:35:56,429 Speaker 1: Game four, Golden State had its worst scare possible. Curry 601 00:35:56,429 --> 00:35:58,909 Speaker 1: had already missed the previous two games of this series 602 00:35:58,949 --> 00:36:01,669 Speaker 1: with a sprained ankle he suffered in Game one, and 603 00:36:01,709 --> 00:36:05,549 Speaker 1: he wasn't playing like his usual As the final seconds 604 00:36:05,549 --> 00:36:08,589 Speaker 1: were ticking off the second quarter clock and Trevor Ariza 605 00:36:08,709 --> 00:36:11,949 Speaker 1: was dribbling up the floor for one last shot, James 606 00:36:11,989 --> 00:36:15,829 Speaker 1: Harden and Dinazis Mantiunis clipped feet as they were heading 607 00:36:15,869 --> 00:36:19,629 Speaker 1: up court. That sent Mantiunis sliding on his back for 608 00:36:19,709 --> 00:36:22,269 Speaker 1: about ten feet, leaving a streak of sweat on the 609 00:36:22,309 --> 00:36:24,989 Speaker 1: floor behind him. As Curry was trying to get in 610 00:36:25,069 --> 00:36:28,229 Speaker 1: defensive position in front of Arisa, he slid on that 611 00:36:28,309 --> 00:36:32,629 Speaker 1: fresh Montiuna sweat, sending his feet spraying in opposite directions. 612 00:36:33,749 --> 00:36:36,748 Speaker 1: The inside of Curry's right knee hit the court and 613 00:36:36,789 --> 00:36:39,469 Speaker 1: he immediately grabbed at it, writhing in pain. As the 614 00:36:39,549 --> 00:36:42,109 Speaker 1: halftime buzzer sounded, he not up. 615 00:36:42,069 --> 00:36:45,429 Speaker 13: Yet, still time remaining, Orisa trying to find some room. 616 00:36:45,509 --> 00:36:47,989 Speaker 4: Curry falls down and grabs his right leg. 617 00:36:49,509 --> 00:36:51,469 Speaker 13: Curry asking for help to get up. 618 00:36:52,149 --> 00:36:55,949 Speaker 3: He fell awkwardly and immediately grabbed his right leg and 619 00:36:55,989 --> 00:36:57,269 Speaker 3: you see him hobbling. 620 00:36:56,949 --> 00:37:05,189 Speaker 1: Right now, Curry suffered that great one mcl spring on 621 00:37:05,229 --> 00:37:08,469 Speaker 1: April twenty four. He didn't play again until May ninth, 622 00:37:08,989 --> 00:37:10,949 Speaker 1: and probably would have sat out longer if it was 623 00:37:10,989 --> 00:37:16,229 Speaker 1: the regular season. Now, Steph did have forty points off 624 00:37:16,229 --> 00:37:18,788 Speaker 1: the bench in that comeback game, leading the Warriors to 625 00:37:18,829 --> 00:37:21,709 Speaker 1: an overtime win and hitting the crowd with an I'm 626 00:37:21,789 --> 00:37:23,829 Speaker 1: back after one of his five May threes. 627 00:37:24,869 --> 00:37:26,229 Speaker 13: Warriors could add to their lead. 628 00:37:26,309 --> 00:37:32,469 Speaker 22: Now Curry left wide open right between the eyes and 629 00:37:32,589 --> 00:37:36,349 Speaker 22: then on the bench and details the fans I am back. 630 00:37:37,029 --> 00:37:40,309 Speaker 22: I am back for he is in a big way too. 631 00:37:40,949 --> 00:37:43,709 Speaker 1: But for the rest of these playoffs, the playoffs where 632 00:37:43,709 --> 00:37:47,069 Speaker 1: Golden State needed a championship to complete a dream season, 633 00:37:47,949 --> 00:37:52,229 Speaker 1: Curry would look slightly off. Steph would need his splash 634 00:37:52,269 --> 00:37:56,029 Speaker 1: brother to step up. After the break we learn how 635 00:37:56,109 --> 00:38:08,029 Speaker 1: Game six, Clay was born. Steph Curry would hit five 636 00:38:08,109 --> 00:38:10,909 Speaker 1: threes to close out the Blazers in five games and 637 00:38:10,949 --> 00:38:14,748 Speaker 1: reach the conference finals. But against the Thunder step would 638 00:38:14,789 --> 00:38:17,748 Speaker 1: have two of his worst playoff games, Games one and four, 639 00:38:18,309 --> 00:38:21,989 Speaker 1: and the record setting Warriors suddenly found themselves down three 640 00:38:21,989 --> 00:38:26,029 Speaker 1: games to one to Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder. 641 00:38:28,149 --> 00:38:33,949 Speaker 6: That is the first time first season a Warrior for them, 642 00:38:34,269 --> 00:38:40,189 Speaker 6: after having the possible seven FIA Hive Thunder or conference 643 00:38:40,309 --> 00:38:43,909 Speaker 6: last seasons under the eight finals that they lost showing 644 00:38:43,949 --> 00:38:47,909 Speaker 6: it all at out there flashing Game five about a 645 00:38:48,069 --> 00:38:51,429 Speaker 6: possible close out so nice. 646 00:38:55,029 --> 00:38:59,429 Speaker 1: The next few games would spark discussion around Curry. Was 647 00:38:59,469 --> 00:39:03,189 Speaker 1: he actually physically limited by the knee injury or was 648 00:39:03,189 --> 00:39:06,788 Speaker 1: a nation full of Steph Curry fans creating excuses for 649 00:39:06,869 --> 00:39:11,349 Speaker 1: a player who we wanted to see succeed. In the 650 00:39:11,389 --> 00:39:14,669 Speaker 1: Game one loss at home, Steph shot forty percent with 651 00:39:14,789 --> 00:39:18,549 Speaker 1: seven turnovers. In a crucial Game four, he shot it 652 00:39:18,589 --> 00:39:23,469 Speaker 1: even worse, for just nineteen points with six turnovers. Whether 653 00:39:23,549 --> 00:39:27,069 Speaker 1: or not Curry was physically capable of carrying Golden State 654 00:39:27,549 --> 00:39:31,509 Speaker 1: was unclear. What was clear he wouldn't have to do 655 00:39:31,549 --> 00:39:35,229 Speaker 1: it alone. The Warriors won Game five with the Splash 656 00:39:35,269 --> 00:39:39,828 Speaker 1: Brothers combining for fifty eight. Then in Game six, Clay 657 00:39:39,949 --> 00:39:43,069 Speaker 1: Thompson managed to take all the attention away from Steph's 658 00:39:43,109 --> 00:39:47,469 Speaker 1: knee with a season saving Game six performance that earned 659 00:39:47,509 --> 00:39:59,909 Speaker 1: him the simple but fitting nickname Game six Clay. 660 00:39:56,389 --> 00:39:58,829 Speaker 8: Eight point lead for a fog. 661 00:40:00,389 --> 00:40:01,149 Speaker 1: Chris Thompson a. 662 00:40:01,229 --> 00:40:02,788 Speaker 16: Just checked by it pops out of. 663 00:40:02,829 --> 00:40:07,509 Speaker 8: Play now roll those fed a final twelve at of 664 00:40:07,629 --> 00:40:08,469 Speaker 8: the season. 665 00:40:10,269 --> 00:40:11,349 Speaker 16: Right Mada. 666 00:40:14,749 --> 00:40:18,829 Speaker 1: Top shot a rate fall of three top way. 667 00:40:18,749 --> 00:40:24,109 Speaker 8: Topsho Roveros has three quarter by off reapond the times made. 668 00:40:24,509 --> 00:40:27,429 Speaker 1: In what was his signature playoff game in a career 669 00:40:27,469 --> 00:40:30,989 Speaker 1: filled with them, Thompson scored nineteen of his forty one 670 00:40:31,029 --> 00:40:33,669 Speaker 1: points in the fourth quarter. It was a fourth quarter 671 00:40:33,669 --> 00:40:36,629 Speaker 1: that began with the Warriors trailing by eighth and their 672 00:40:36,669 --> 00:40:37,949 Speaker 1: season on the brink. 673 00:40:39,149 --> 00:40:44,269 Speaker 8: Over Give him alive for up Topson, time of shooting, 674 00:40:44,909 --> 00:40:47,829 Speaker 8: water shot, fight play Chompson. 675 00:40:48,149 --> 00:40:53,348 Speaker 5: He is putting off a top difficult three point shot exhibition. 676 00:40:54,269 --> 00:40:57,829 Speaker 1: That's all the heart and will. He's challenging itself. He 677 00:40:57,869 --> 00:40:59,828 Speaker 1: doesn't want to go home unless it's. 678 00:40:59,749 --> 00:41:00,709 Speaker 6: The play game seven. 679 00:41:01,189 --> 00:41:04,149 Speaker 1: The fourth quarter started with three threes from Clay to 680 00:41:04,229 --> 00:41:07,549 Speaker 1: keep his team close. After Steph played his part and 681 00:41:07,629 --> 00:41:09,788 Speaker 1: tied the game at ninety nine with his sixth and 682 00:41:09,989 --> 00:41:13,829 Speaker 1: final three of the game, Thompson would hit his eleventh 683 00:41:13,869 --> 00:41:17,429 Speaker 1: three moments later, giving the Warriors the lead for good. 684 00:41:17,909 --> 00:41:19,989 Speaker 1: Then Clay hit two free throws to close out the 685 00:41:20,029 --> 00:41:23,549 Speaker 1: game and send the series to a game seven. In open. 686 00:41:25,109 --> 00:41:25,429 Speaker 22: Again. 687 00:41:25,509 --> 00:41:32,829 Speaker 8: It was Equidado Thompson fires for three, Yes, Golden State 688 00:41:32,989 --> 00:41:34,709 Speaker 8: one three. 689 00:41:38,509 --> 00:41:41,229 Speaker 1: The Warriors went on to win a nervy game seven 690 00:41:41,549 --> 00:41:44,989 Speaker 1: behind thirty six from Steph and another six threes from Clay, 691 00:41:45,389 --> 00:41:49,709 Speaker 1: reaching their second straight NBA Finals. They'd prepare to face 692 00:41:49,789 --> 00:41:52,189 Speaker 1: Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers again. 693 00:41:53,269 --> 00:41:58,509 Speaker 6: Right, we'll cut it out, Lash, We'll shall here. 694 00:42:00,069 --> 00:42:09,388 Speaker 8: Oh Colorida, Lania sto coming over the tenth two out 695 00:42:09,389 --> 00:42:14,029 Speaker 8: of two hundred twenty three to win a Rush threw 696 00:42:15,069 --> 00:42:17,669 Speaker 8: twel We were getting still walk now. 697 00:42:18,189 --> 00:42:20,869 Speaker 1: Had the Thunder went on to win that Western Conference finals, 698 00:42:21,149 --> 00:42:24,109 Speaker 1: a matchup between Kevin Durant and Lebron James would have 699 00:42:24,109 --> 00:42:27,109 Speaker 1: been a welcome sight for the NBA. Durant had been 700 00:42:27,149 --> 00:42:30,029 Speaker 1: trying to reach James's level of winning, and it would 701 00:42:30,029 --> 00:42:32,189 Speaker 1: have been his second chance at Lebron in the finals, 702 00:42:32,189 --> 00:42:35,069 Speaker 1: having lost to the Miami Heat in twenty twelve. But 703 00:42:35,109 --> 00:42:37,949 Speaker 1: there was something about a rematch between Lebron and Steph 704 00:42:38,429 --> 00:42:41,589 Speaker 1: that felt like it was the best possible option, even 705 00:42:41,589 --> 00:42:44,589 Speaker 1: if they had just based off the previous year. Deep down, 706 00:42:45,389 --> 00:42:47,149 Speaker 1: it was only right there we got an opportunity to 707 00:42:47,149 --> 00:42:51,189 Speaker 1: play Colden State after lap and last year me personally, 708 00:42:51,749 --> 00:42:58,869 Speaker 1: I wanted to see Gold State again the force of 709 00:42:58,989 --> 00:43:01,788 Speaker 1: James and the Big three Caves versus the grace of 710 00:43:01,829 --> 00:43:06,309 Speaker 1: the Splash Brothers, or simply could Lebron v. Kerry be 711 00:43:06,389 --> 00:43:09,589 Speaker 1: the modern day Magic b Birth. It would be a 712 00:43:09,589 --> 00:43:13,389 Speaker 1: matchup that would spoil there happen for four straight fights. 713 00:43:14,149 --> 00:43:17,308 Speaker 1: But NBA fans weren't tired of this matchup just yet. 714 00:43:18,029 --> 00:43:21,229 Speaker 1: Mike Breen called all of those fins and he certainly 715 00:43:21,269 --> 00:43:22,469 Speaker 1: didn't mind the rematch. 716 00:43:22,669 --> 00:43:23,309 Speaker 9: And you can't. 717 00:43:23,349 --> 00:43:26,509 Speaker 13: You can't think that way because every season is so different, 718 00:43:26,629 --> 00:43:28,829 Speaker 13: and just from the standpoint, if they brought back the 719 00:43:28,869 --> 00:43:31,868 Speaker 13: exact same rosters the next season, it's so different. Then 720 00:43:31,909 --> 00:43:35,109 Speaker 13: you throw in injuries, you throw in contract situations, and 721 00:43:35,669 --> 00:43:39,268 Speaker 13: can you stay together, So there's no guarantee even if 722 00:43:39,309 --> 00:43:41,268 Speaker 13: you're the best team by far, even if you come 723 00:43:41,349 --> 00:43:43,629 Speaker 13: back home the next year, there's so many things that 724 00:43:43,709 --> 00:43:47,509 Speaker 13: can go differently, and that's the hard way to predict, 725 00:43:47,869 --> 00:43:51,229 Speaker 13: both with those two teams, and probably the fans of 726 00:43:51,269 --> 00:43:54,788 Speaker 13: twenty eight other franchises will completely disagree with me. Both 727 00:43:54,829 --> 00:43:57,788 Speaker 13: with those two teams. If it did happen, you knew 728 00:43:57,829 --> 00:44:00,509 Speaker 13: you had something special because not only were they great teams, 729 00:44:00,789 --> 00:44:02,869 Speaker 13: but you're looking at two of the greatest players to 730 00:44:02,909 --> 00:44:07,308 Speaker 13: ever play at their particular positions and overall in the NBA, 731 00:44:07,389 --> 00:44:09,869 Speaker 13: and the fact that it could lead to a rivalry 732 00:44:09,949 --> 00:44:11,949 Speaker 13: and one of them is going for a dynasty. It's 733 00:44:11,989 --> 00:44:14,189 Speaker 13: the stuff that makes history and what makes the game 734 00:44:14,269 --> 00:44:14,749 Speaker 13: so great. 735 00:44:17,909 --> 00:44:20,549 Speaker 1: The problem for the Warriors at the moment was health. 736 00:44:21,589 --> 00:44:24,908 Speaker 1: Curry's injuries were already noted, but there was another key 737 00:44:24,949 --> 00:44:29,069 Speaker 1: thing the last year's Finals MVP that was also working 738 00:44:29,109 --> 00:44:31,869 Speaker 1: through some knack and pink. It was exactly the vision 739 00:44:31,909 --> 00:44:34,629 Speaker 1: Boge didn't want to see after his team made the 740 00:44:34,749 --> 00:44:36,509 Speaker 1: choice to go for seventy three wins. 741 00:44:36,829 --> 00:44:39,189 Speaker 9: Andre Udala was dealing with a bunch of stuff. Steph 742 00:44:39,269 --> 00:44:42,029 Speaker 9: was dealing with stuff. The Goodala thing was big because 743 00:44:42,069 --> 00:44:44,629 Speaker 9: he was the guy that limited Lebrondi before. He's back 744 00:44:44,869 --> 00:44:47,309 Speaker 9: couldn't moved. He's back was meant up the whole final series. 745 00:44:47,989 --> 00:44:50,029 Speaker 9: We start well, we blow him out in the first 746 00:44:50,069 --> 00:44:54,469 Speaker 9: two games. It's obviously three to one, and then then 747 00:44:54,509 --> 00:44:55,549 Speaker 9: the Draymond thing happens. 748 00:44:56,309 --> 00:45:01,709 Speaker 1: Ah, Yes, the Draymond thing. The Golden State Warriors had 749 00:45:01,749 --> 00:45:04,429 Speaker 1: the most versatile defender in the Lee League and Draymond Green. 750 00:45:04,949 --> 00:45:06,909 Speaker 1: If they had one of the best communicators in the 751 00:45:06,989 --> 00:45:10,309 Speaker 1: league in Draymond Green, they have the perfect compliment to 752 00:45:10,349 --> 00:45:13,629 Speaker 1: the Splash Brothers and Draymond, But they also have one 753 00:45:13,709 --> 00:45:16,669 Speaker 1: of the louder voices in NBA history, one of the 754 00:45:16,749 --> 00:45:20,149 Speaker 1: most demonstrative players in NBA history, and a player who 755 00:45:20,269 --> 00:45:23,868 Speaker 1: often needs to play with unbridled emotion just to get 756 00:45:23,909 --> 00:45:27,029 Speaker 1: the best out of himself, especially in the biggest games. 757 00:45:28,189 --> 00:45:31,269 Speaker 1: In Game four of the twenty sixteen Finals, with his 758 00:45:31,389 --> 00:45:34,069 Speaker 1: team potentially on the verge of winning a second straight 759 00:45:34,149 --> 00:45:38,949 Speaker 1: championship and after the record setting regular season preparing to 760 00:45:39,029 --> 00:45:43,308 Speaker 1: hold the fictional but meaningful title of best team ever Green, 761 00:45:43,469 --> 00:45:46,149 Speaker 1: lets some of those qualities get the worst of them, 762 00:45:46,509 --> 00:45:50,349 Speaker 1: and with one angry swipe of an arm, he changed 763 00:45:50,389 --> 00:45:50,748 Speaker 1: the course. 764 00:45:50,789 --> 00:45:57,469 Speaker 3: At sports history, greated James, joying at each other, We'll 765 00:45:57,509 --> 00:45:59,829 Speaker 3: play the tenures like a dollar, the full off that 766 00:46:00,269 --> 00:46:03,589 Speaker 3: goal and a couple of fouls gonna be called on. 767 00:46:03,629 --> 00:46:08,389 Speaker 1: The next dub dynasty. I wanted to see it, man, 768 00:46:08,549 --> 00:46:10,469 Speaker 1: I wanted to see the royal rumble. And I was 769 00:46:10,549 --> 00:46:12,229 Speaker 1: so excited when we got eight in the Finals of 770 00:46:12,309 --> 00:46:15,509 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen, because that's what it felt like when we 771 00:46:15,589 --> 00:46:17,349 Speaker 1: were going over the Bay Bridge. 772 00:46:17,829 --> 00:46:19,909 Speaker 6: I just remember being on the back of the bus 773 00:46:20,029 --> 00:46:23,109 Speaker 6: with all our guys and you know, Lebron speaking that 774 00:46:23,749 --> 00:46:25,349 Speaker 6: you know this, it's already written. Man. 775 00:46:25,429 --> 00:46:29,149 Speaker 18: They opened up the door sometimes that that anger comes out, 776 00:46:29,229 --> 00:46:32,229 Speaker 18: and in some ways we're similar in that regula. 777 00:46:33,469 --> 00:46:36,308 Speaker 13: You just knew that that was one of the most 778 00:46:36,349 --> 00:46:38,989 Speaker 13: spectacular plays in the heat of the moment, at the 779 00:46:39,069 --> 00:46:41,509 Speaker 13: most critical moment that I've ever seen. 780 00:46:46,749 --> 00:46:49,749 Speaker 1: Dub Dynasty is a production of iHeartMedia and the NBA. 781 00:46:50,309 --> 00:46:54,989 Speaker 1: For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, 782 00:46:55,269 --> 00:46:56,549 Speaker 1: or wherever you get your podcast