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The Warriors, though, did not have any rest before facing the Lakers and were running on fumes at the end. That included two wins at Sacramento after Golden State went 11-30 on the road in the regular season.

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The Warriors lost the first two games of their first-round series against the Sacramento Kings, but ended up advancing in seven games. But the Warriors made a late run, and won eight of their last 10 to get the sixth seed in the Western Conference with a 44-38 mark.

Golden State struggled for most of the regular season, and was in danger of having to make the playoffs via the play-in tournament. “That was the worst shooting series that I have had in a long time,” Thompson said. If they can get the looks that they got and if our season ends early every year, I’ll live with that. “At the end of the day, they (Curry and Thompson) missed some shots. “We came up short, which is rare for us,” Green said. It’s also the first time since the 2014 Golden State’s core three of Curry, Thompson and Draymond Green are not advancing to the NBA Finals when the trio is healthy. The Lakers are moving on to the Western Conference finals, while the Warriors have been eliminated in a playoff series in May for the first time since 2014. However, in the final chapter of what was an arduous season, the defending NBA champions couldn’t get the big shots when they needed them.Ĭurry and Thompson were a combined 6 of 26 from beyond the arc in Friday night’s 122-101 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 6 of their second-round series.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson have dominated opposing teams by burying 3-pointers when left wide open or getting clean looks.

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