Steve Kerr wants to ‘turn the page’ after Warriors inaugural loss

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After the Warriors’ defeat in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, Golden State coach Steve Kerr wants to forget this false start to regain their strong status.

“It’s really important to turn the page”insisted Golden State coach Steve Kerr on Saturday, on the eve of game N.2 of the NBA final against Boston, to better recover after the inaugural defeat (120-108) at home on Thursday.

“Experience matters, it allows you to really understand the ups and downs of a play-off series. It’s really important to turn the page, one way or the other.he said.

“If you win a game and it makes you happy and you let your guard down, then you’re in trouble, he developed. If you lose and feel sorry for yourself, then you will have problems too. Our guys, the best competitors there are, and a big part of competing at the highest level is having the right emotional and mental approach. Either way, you have to be consistent.”

Thursday, the Warriors were fifteen lengths ahead in the third quarter, before suffering the lightning of the Celtics in the next, lost 40 to 16, including conceding nine three-point banderillas.

Stunned, Stephen Curry and Draymond Green then spoke of“Anomalies” regarding this unlikely scenario.

“They are in their sixth final. They have seen it all, been through it all. They’ve won titles, they’ve lost, they’ve had their hearts broken, they’ve paraded… So they have the right mental approach, born of their experience. When they mentioned an + anomaly +, they did not say it with a lack of respect. We know how good a team Boston is, we have a lot of respect for the way they played.”Kerr clarified.

Sunday, his players will be under pressure on their floor, because already forced to win to equalize in this series crowning the first team with four victories. One loss and the mission will become very compromised with two upcoming trips to Boston.

“The Energy of Despair”

For Curry, the hours that followed this setback were “difficult”.

“If it doesn’t affect you, that’s a problem because it would mean it doesn’t matter. How much this feeling persists is the real question. You go home, you think back to each action, what we could have done differently, it disturbs your sleep… But it doesn’t kill your confidence, because the next day, you realize that you have the opportunity to put things in order”he developed.

Sunday, he and his teammates will nevertheless be under pressure on their floor, because already forced to win to equalize in this series crowning the first team with four victories. One loss and the mission will become very compromised with two upcoming trips to Boston.

“This defeat reminded me that the play-offs forbid any relaxation, until the mission is accomplished. So it was a harsh but necessary reminder. Now it is a question of how we will respond tomorrow. We’re going to play with the energy of desperation and I think that’s when we’re at our best.”said shooter Klay Thompson.

“At this point you have to amplify everything. The defense must be better. You have to defend as well as possible, shoot well, not lose balls, not make mistakes even at the mental level and you have to combine all that. It is a whole. The great players know how to raise their level in these matches.appealed to his teammate Draymond Green.

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