SAN FRANCISCO — A comeback that got here up brief. A name that went unchallenged. And a weeklong shedding stoop that has dropped the Nets from the Jap Convention penthouse to the brink of the play-in.
Shorthanded Brooklyn, taking part in with out Kevin Durant and now James Harden, crawled out of an enormous deficit solely to fall 110-106 to the Warriors earlier than a raucous sellout crowd of 18,064 on the palatial Chase Heart. Depleted Brooklyn additionally misplaced LaMarcus Aldridge, who left with a sprained ankle within the fourth quarter. He was on crutches after the sport.
The Nets trailed by as many as 19 factors, and 74-56 halfway by means of the third quarter earlier than Kyrie Irving led a 25-4 run that put them forward by three within the fourth.
And even after Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson lastly broke by means of in opposition to a powerful Brooklyn protection, Irving’s 3-pointer had the Nets inside 107-106 with 10 seconds to play. However on the following Warriors possession, Irving was whistled for a foul on Curry, who was going to take an inbounds move.
“It was simply inadvertent contact. I wasn’t in the proper guarding place at a degree. I used to be caught within the second simply attempting to get some readability. However total, it might’ve gone both manner,” Irving stated. “On the finish of video games you type of anticipate an aggressive model of play, and I assumed I used to be in a authorized guard place however the refs disagreed, so it might have gone both manner. It was a giant play, for certain.”
Regardless of Irving’s protestations, Curry predictably sank his free throw to make the lead two, and when Irving needed to take a foul, Thompson hit each for the margin.
Coach Steve Nash didn’t problem the decision. When requested if he was shocked, Irving stated it probably wouldn’t have carried out any good.
“I do know our coaches do an amazing job of getting conversations and when the sport is on the road like that, on the stability, it might have gone both manner, so that you simply belief Steve’s judgment,” Irving stated. “However from trying on the high of the display, I noticed that my foot was in Klay’s manner and he tripped and that’s going to be a foul any day of the week, any sport. Sorry.”
So far as why Nash didn’t problem, he was coy.
“I’ll get somebody in hassle if I say why. Somewhat fowl stated, don’t problem,” stated Nash, including the refs informed him, “[It was a] foul. Hundred p.c foul.
“In the event that they’re not gonna overturn it, they’re not gonna overturn it, so tried to maintain our timeout.”
The Nets (29-20) dropped their fourth in a row, and are 2 ½ video games behind the first-place Miami Warmth. They’re a full sport behind fifth-place Milwaukee, and simply 1 ½ forward of seventh-place Charlotte for the play-in.
Irving had 32 factors, seven assists and 7 boards. He had 21 factors within the second half, taking part in unvaccinated over the protestations of San Francisco board supervisor Matt Haney. Patty Mills added 24 factors, however that — and a few powerful protection — wasn’t sufficient.
Golden State (37-13) got here in having received 4 straight and boasting the second-best document within the league. And the Warriors confirmed why.
The Nets truly did a powerful job on the famous person Splash Brothers. Curry (19 factors on 5-for-18 capturing) and Thompson (16 factors on 5-for-14 capturing). However Andrew Wiggins had 24 and Jordan Poole added 17.
“Simply having a resolve on the market and after I say that, we had a workforce on the market within the Warriors which might be legends, man. They’ve obtained a couple of legends on their workforce, in order that they’re making high-level basketball performs,” Irving stated. “The whistle was going forwards and backwards, these guys shoot a ton of threes, so getting again within the sport was powerful, however I felt like in that third quarter, we discovered one thing as a workforce and we are able to carry that over into the following sport.”
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