[...] feeling the sting of a Game 1 loss late Monday night, a smile strangely sneaked onto the left side of Stephen Curry’s face as he started to talk about the possibilities for the rest of the Western Conference finals against Oklahoma City.
“It’ll be a different situation for us to try to bounce back from having a deficit at this point in a series,” the Warriors’ point guard said.
If the Warriors have proven anything while winning a championship and following it up with the NBA’s best-ever regular season, it’s that they get up for challenges.
Having blown a 14-point, third-quarter lead in Game 1, they created a brand new one.
The Warriors lost for just the seventh time in 100 homes games under head coach Steve Kerr and lost a postseason series opener for the first time in his tenure.
The Warriors haven’t lost consecutive games since Games 2-3 of the 2015 NBA Finals.
“It’s not easy to win a championship, and this could be good for us in a lot of ways,” backup point guard Shaun Livingston said.
Many of the misses were on attempts early in the shot clock and after fewer than three passes.
Asked postgame about one particularly quick shot by Curry, head coach Steve Kerr said he’d have to watch the tape, because there too many questionable shots for him to remember just the one.
When you compound turnovers with bad possessions, quick shots and rushed possessions, it makes it seem a lot worse. …
