

Whenever Game 5 is, it’ll be another opportunity for us to grow as a ballclub." It’s not possible." What day is it?Īpparently the playoffs have become a blur for James, who after the game Monday night wondered aloud what day it was.Īddressing how the young Lakers have an opportunity to grow with every game, James said, "Tonight was another moment, and then whenever we play, every other day, I don’t even know what today is.

You just can’t do it versus Golden State. So I’m not worried about us going in there comfortable. Said James: "One thing when you play Golden State, you don’t have an opportunity to relax. "I just told the team in the postgame speech, there’s no other team on earth that plays the way they play and puts you in like precarious positions that they did," Lakers coach Darvin Ham said, also referred to Golden State as a "monster." During that stretch, they reached the NBA Finals six times. After all, the Warriors are the defending champions and won four titles in the past eight years.

The Lakers, despite being up 3-1 heading into Game 5 Wednesday in San Francisco, are expressing reverence Warriors. "He lost the ball so quickly that (we) didn’t get the call," Kerr said. Warriors coach Steve Kerr said he was trying to call a timeout, which potentially would have given the Warriors a chance to tie the game with a 3-pointer. I wish I had a little bit more awareness to maybe call a timeout knowing we had enough time."

"I actually felt like somebody was behind me and kind of just let it go. "I didn’t realize how much time went off when I was in the air coming down, how long I was on the ground," he said. The Lakers inbounded the ball and ran out the clock. Then he fell onto the court and, although the Warriors had a timeout, threw the ball over his head and out of bounds. With 5.4 second left and Golden State trailing 104-101, Steph Curry leapt into the air and corralled a jump ball tipped by Andrew Wiggins. "Really staying locked in on the information, especially during these playoffs up to point where he was able to crack the rotation." Curious play by Steph Curry "But he remained a trooper, remained professional, remained high spirited, positive and really kept working on his game and attacking his game every day," Lakers coach Darvin Ham said. In February, when he was healthy enough to return to action, the Lakers acquired Malik Beasley and Walker fell out of the rotation. This season, he was a starter until December when he suffered a knee injury. "The greatest feeling you can ever imagine," Walker said of his fourth-quarter performance. Walker opened the scoring in the fourth quarter with a 3-pointer, and with 1:53 left he made a decisive shot – a 15-footer that put the Lakers ahead 100-99.
