NBA Finals: Curry unleashes best in Warriors' loss; Twitter divided

Stephen Curry knew he needed a big night for the Golden State Warriors to have a chance with two star players injured so he unleashed the best playoff game of his NBA career Curry scored a playoff career high 47 points and added eight rebounds and seven assists in a losing cause as the Toronto Raptors beat Golden State 123109 to seize a 21 lead in the bestofseven NBA Finals From the start I feel like I could get to where I wanted to go on the floor Its just a matter if you make or miss or make the right play distributing the basketball Curry said Just got to be aggressive like Ive been try to make the right play and we live with the shots that I take The Warriors were without star guard Klay Thompson benched with a left hamstring strain in a gametime decision and Kevin Durant who has missed a month with a right calf injury Together they average more than 50 points a game in the playoffs I liked the competitiveness that we had understanding that were missing 50 points pretty much between KD and Klay Curry said So well adjust And its a long series you know Its going to be fun for us Need helped push Curry to huge numbers hitting 14of31 from the floor 6of14 from 3point range and 13 of 14 free throws We got to keep that same mentality and just play a full 48 like were accustomed to doing Curry said We fought but we lost So we got to go back to the drawing board and just recalibrate for game four Were going to compete no matter what happens you can count on that Got to execute and play smarter and no matter who is out there on the floor do what you got to do to win Even rivals appreciated Currys neversaydie effort Steph had an unbelievable game 47 points is pretty impressive Raptors guard Kyle Lowry said Curry whose prior playoff high was 44 points against San Antonio in 2013 produced the eighthhighest scoring effort in NBA Finals history The only higher total since 2001 was LeBron James scoring 51 for Cleveland last year also in a losing cause He was amazing Warriors forward Draymond Green said of Curry Tonight was a special performance for him and he definitely does stuff that I dont think we have ever seen anyone ever do and we probably wont see anyone ever do it again If I played better with the night that he had we would have won Got to roll with it Green said the Warriors didnt surrender because they lacked two stars We didnt go into this game thinking were not going to play Klay or Kevin or anybody else and were just going to give this game away Green saidYou dont sacrifice a finals game to be healthy for the next one because anything can happen But at the same time you do have to be smart We would much rather have Klay for the rest of the series than putting him out there and losing him and then nothing Thompson who missed his first career playoff game after 120 in a row will have two rest days before game four Friday Durant is progressing but his return is uncertainIts more difficult than with them Green said But nonetheless we got guys that can step up and we just didnt play well enough Its always going to be challenging We can sit and talk about the injuries until were blue in the face its not going to change how Kevins calf feels And it aint going to make Klays hamstring feel better either We got to roll with it We lostTwitter seemed divided with some praising the Warriors while others trolling them Take a look at some of the tweetsHarden would have been on a stretcher then shoot 4 free throwsmdash TX Colonel TXColonel June 6 2019Boogie got dropped into the NBA Finals after being out 6 weeks due to another lower leg injury Physically just no way he could be expected to play at a high level all seriesmdash Board Man Board Man Yeah Thatrsquos Me CoachN_J_ June 6 2019Who is this coward that pushed Klow7 of the Raptors It just makes warriors fans look terrible The NBA should be banning this loser from all arenas pictwittercomCRyRCnUtTHmdash Jason Arroyo jasonarroyo1 June 6 2019Steph is my favorite player in the NBA He was not recruited by any of the large schools in collegemdash TN Val Valerie_Morris2 June 6 2019Everyone seems to be forgetting that the NBA Finals are best of 7 not best of 3mdash ju00f0u009fu008du00a9e u00f0u009fu009au00a3 Shackelford1055 June 6 2019Weak east was not of his making You play the hands yoursquore dealt Jordan faced weak teams when he won his 6 Lebron beat arguably a top 5 team in NBA historymdash Nativeu00f0u009fu0087u00b3u00f0u009fu0087u00acSon freddie005 June 6 2019Leonard is as good as any two way player in the league Quiet assassin mdash willie mnatzakanian WMnatzakanian June 6 2019Inputs from AFPCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates