Game Links #R1G7: Golden State Warriors 121 @ LA Clippers 126 - Disappointment. Emptiness. Nothingness. The end.

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Warriors: Golden State of Mind
Recap: Warriors at Clippers, Game 7 final score: Golden State's season ends with dramatic 126-121 loss
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Preview: Golden State Warriors vs LA Clippers Game 7 Playoff Preview: This is what it's all about

Clippers: Clips Nation
Recap: Clippers outlast Warriors in classic Game 7, 126-121
Postgame: Game 7 Celebration thread -- Clippers win, 126-121
Game thread 3: Round 1 Game 7 Clippers-Warriors fourth quarter open thread
Game thread 2: Round 1 Game 7 Clippers-Warriors second half open thread
Game thread 1: Round 1, Game 7 Clippers-Warriors open thread
Preview: Round 1, Game 7 Clippers-Warriors preview: All the marbles

Recaps

Associated Press: Clippers hold off Warriors to win Game 7, series in nail-biter | Photo Gallery
Sports Network: Clippers slip past Warriors to advance
Rusty Simmons: Warriors fall just short against Clippers | (Mobile)
Rusty Simmons: Game 7: Clippers 126, Warriors 121
Rusty Simmons: Warriors' Jackson not concerned about coaching future | (Mobile)
Scott Ostler: Blame Warriors' defeat on the Clippers, nothing else | (Mobile)
Diamond Leung: Warriors fall to Clippers in Game 7
Marcus Thompson II: Thompson: Warriors offense shows up with season on the line
Eugene W. Fields: Warriors facing major personnel decisions this offseason
Monte Poole: Instant Replay: Warriors come up short, lose Game 7 to Clippers
Monte Poole: Rewind: Warriors did everything with zeal and purpose
Adam Lauridsen: Losing and Winning (Warriors 121, Clippers 126)

Pregame News

- Notes from shootaround.
Rusty Simmons: Game 7 shootaround: Curry says ‘We’re ready to go’
Diamond Leung: Warriors' Jermaine O'Neal says he plans to play in Game 7
Monte Poole: Wounded O'Neal to give it a go in Game 7

- Previews of the game.
Monte Poole: Fast Forward: Warriors look to shock the world in LA for Game 7

- Notes from pregame.
Rusty Simmons: Game 7 pre-opening tip notes: Clippers plan parade route

Pregame Videos

Postgame News

- Notes from postgame interviews.
Monte Poole: Curry makes another push for Jackson to stay

- There was some spiciness in the hallway after the game.
Sam Amick: Chris Paul sparks Clippers-Warriors hallway altercation

Postgame Videos

- Postgame quotes and stuff from warriors.com recap:
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Mark Jackson
On losing the series:

"It's disappointing. There's a difference with being disappointed and being a disappointment. This team, we are disappointed with the way it ended. We battled; we fought. Truthfully, we had every single excuse tailor-made for us. We're missing our starting center and our backup center. We just battled against a team that I've got a lot of respect for. They're extremely well-coached and I think we'll see each other down the road again. I'm extremely proud of my guys, I'm grateful to this organization, to this management team – I think it's been an outstanding year for us."

On his future with the Warriors:

"I don't pay attention to it. There's never been discussions as far as my ownership group and my management team. So I don't pay attention to it. I work every single day with a passion and a commitment, like it's my last. I'm trying to be a blessing to people, I'm trying to impact people, and that's the way I live my life. That's the way I coach. I don't get caught up in it. I'm totally confident and have total faith that no matter what, I'm going to be fine, and that's even if I'm a full-time pastor. It's going to work out."

Stephen Curry
On if this season was a success or failure:

"It's hard to put it into black-and-white terms. Obviously making the playoffs is a checkpoint in what we were trying to do this year, and looking at the matchup we felt like we had a chance to win this series, if we played like we were supposed to. It comes down to the last two minutes of a seven-game series, so it's hard to say it's a failure of a season. Obviously we had our eyes set on bigger goals, but we fought and we left it all on the floor. I don't feel like we had any regrets as to how the series unfolded. A couple of plays here and there down the stretch of this game and we could be in a different situation. So we'll be alright."

On comparing this playoff exit with last season's series loss to the Spurs:

"It's tough. The more seasons I have underneath my belt, the more playoff experience, it hurts even more, because you've tasted it before. You've tasted a little bit of success and you want more. So it definitely stings a little more. Last year we were kind of on a joyride. Obviously we're disappointed with the way it ended, but this year, it stings. Seven games, that's a lot of fighting on the court, and we left it all out there."

David Lee
On Coach Jackson's postgame speech to the team:

"He's proud of everybody, he's happy with the season that we've had, that only one team ends the season happy, and that's the team that wins the whole thing. There are a lot of very good basketball teams that have gone home yesterday and today, and unfortunately we're one of those teams. But we can build on this and come back even better next year."

On his performance this season:

"It was a different kind of season for me in what I was asked to do. The fact that we didn't win this series, even though it went seven games, I would of course like to think I could have done better. It was a different sort of series. Played a lot out of pick-and-roll instead of isos. Weren't a lot of post-ups with a guy like DeAndre [Jordan] guarding me at the five – a lot of pick-and-roll play. Defensively, my main job was to keep him off the glass. So I did the best I could in that category and like I said, it was a different kind of matchup and I just tried to do my best."

Jermaine O'Neal
On this potentially being the last game of his career:

"Now it really is going to depend on my wife and my kids, especially my little boy. Being a kid that was raised without his father, I know how hard these last few years have been for my son. I'm going to sit down and have another conversation with a seven-year-old, an eight-year-old, again, and see where the blessings are for me. But I can say this: I appreciate what my teammates have done for me this year, injecting life back into my soul. I appreciate what our organization has done for me. I appreciate what the fanbase have done for me, giving me love for basketball again. I appreciate what Coach [Mark] Jackson has done for me. I appreciate what the owners have done for me. I wish we could repay everybody by winning it all, but this year it wasn't in the cards."

On Mark Jackson's future with the team:

"Here's my feeling about the ownership group: we have one of the best in the business that truthfully cares about the player and also the person. We have one of the best coaches in the business, without a doubt. But sometimes the business changes a little bit. You can't really control as players what happens. We saw it last year, with two coaches getting fired after winning fifty-plus games, record-breaking seasons. Whatever they decide to do, I'm sure they're going to make the best decision for themselves. As far as the ownership, I know they're going to continue to be great owners, premiere franchise owners. Whether Mark [Jackson] is here or somewhere else, he's going to be a fantastic coach. So I think either way no matter what happens, both guys are going to come out on top."

Notes

- No interesting notes tonight.

What's next?

- An empty schedule. A sign of the void and nothingness of Warriors basketball action we must endure until Summer League rolls around in July.

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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