Game Links #80: Golden State Warriors 117 @ Portland Trail Blazers 119 (OT) - Every big shot was answered by another big shot

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Postgame: Final: Blazers Burn Warriors in Overtime Classic, 119-117
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Recaps

Associated Press: Curry has 47, but Warriors fall 119-117 to Blazers | Photo Gallery
Sports Network: Blazers edge Warriors in OT thriller
Rusty Simmons: Warriors lose to Trail Blazers in overtime, 119-117 | (Mobile)
Rusty Simmons: Game 80: Portland 119, Warriors 117 (OT)
Diamond Leung: Warriors fall to Trail Blazers in overtime despite Curry's 47 points
Diamond Leung: Game 80 rewind: Warriors feeling good after Stephen Curry goes for 47 in overtime loss at Portland
Monte Poole: Instant Replay: Curry drops 47, but W's fall to Blazers in OT
Monte Poole: Rewind: Warriors, Blazers exquisite sparring partners
Chris L: Rock ‘em, Sock ‘em…Hello, Playoffs (Warriors 117, Trail Blazers 119 OT)

Pregame News

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- Doc Rivers and the Clippers have already started preparing for the Warriors.
Monte Poole: Clippers already eyeing potential matchup with Warriors

- Previews of the game.
Monte Poole: Fast Forward: Warriors face Blazers with a lot still on the line

Pregame Videos

Postgame News

- No postgame news.

Postgame Videos

- Postgame quotes and stuff from warriors.com recap:
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Mark Jackson
On tonight's game:

"It seemed like the game was out of our hands. We got back into the game with tremendous effort from top to bottom. Disappointing loss, obviously, but there were a lot of bright spots tonight."

On the performance of Stephen Curry and his selflessness:

"He's a superstar basketball player and he's first team all NBA. I don't know who's voting, but the year that the guy has, he has been absolutely amazing and obviously a disappointing loss, but you think about, at 47 points, he made the right play. [Draymond Green], off of his pass, gets a tough shot, makes a three and sends it into overtime. At the end of the ballgame, again, Steph Curry makes the correct play. I just love the guy and, obviously, we ended up short, a disappointing loss, but we move forward."

"He's been great all year long. Like I said, he should be first team all NBA. He's been special, he's been absolutely special."

On Andre Iguodala's final shot at the end of the game:

"Unselfish play, great look. Anybody who doesn't want to live with it, go back to Atlanta. The ball was in Steph's hands, he made the right play and we got a great look."

Stephen Curry
On Iguodala's look at the end of the game:

"I turned the corner and tried to make a read and was going pretty fast downhill and it looked like more than one defender was closing in. I turned around and he was wide open, so it was a shot we like and he's made before. It just didn't go in tonight, so no regrets on that."

On tonight's game:

"It was obviously high intensity, you know, guys making plays. The back and forth was just intense and we found a way to keep fighting. We got down ten in the fourth, come back and obviously [Klay Thompson] hit some big shots for us, but they made some tough shots as well and I felt like we played solid defense on some of those possessions and just good offense beats good defense. It was a great game, unfortunately we weren't on the right end of it."

On it feeling like a playoff game:

"Yeah, it did. This is kind of what you expect of two playoff teams preparing for that next step and I think from start to finish it definitely had that feel."

Draymond Green
On the state of the team entering the playoffs:

"We did give a great effort and that's effort that we can live with. We made big shots when we needed to make big shots, but most importantly, we bared down. We needed to get stops and make runs on the defensive end and we gave great effort. It almost got us the win and I think if we can continue that effort going into the playoffs, it'll be really good for us."

On Stephen Curry's performance:

"It's the same as watching Steph every night. I don't know why people continue to be so amazed by it. I'm amazed when he doesn't do that. It's just become - I'm used to seeing it. Nonetheless, it's still amazing. What I'm saying is totally contradictory, but I'm used to seeing it, but it never gets old."

On the final play of the game:

"I think Steph made the right play at the end of regulation and overtime. He had 47 points and could have tried to get 50, but he passed the ball to me. He had 47 points and could have got 50 and passed the ball to [Andre Iguodala] and they were open plays and we live with that shot. I think Andre has hit two or three game winners this year and that shot was right on line. You know, we'll live with that shot ten times out of ten. Find the open man, make the right play and Steph did that and, like I said, we live with it."

Notes

- Andrew Bogut was pulled out of the game in the 4th qtr because he was hit in the ribs.

What's next?

- There goes any chance of the 5th seed. We're not locked into the 6th seed yet. We need a win or some combination of losses by the other teams - can someone figure this out for me? Meanwhile, we probably won't play Andre Iguodala or Jermaine O'Neal tomorrow due to the back-to-back. And I bet Andrew Bogut doesn't play either. Considering that we played into OT tonight, we could lose tomorrow's final home game of the season.

Full broadcast schedule at warriors.com/schedule.

Start Four

- It's a fun little game we've been playing around here. Pick 4 guys whom you think will produce the highest total score based on their stats: pts + rebs + ast + 2*stl + 2*blk - to. How did you do in tonight's game?
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