There's not much athletes can say when their team is down 3-1 in a playoff series — they all know the odds are stacked against them. Historically speaking, there's a 96 percent chance the Golden State Warriors will lose Western Conference finals as only nine teams in NBA history have pulled off the comeback.
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The Warriors are backed into a corner, but they're still planning to fight, as evidenced by Tuesday night's postgame quotes.
Andrew Bogut: "We've done a lot of things this season that have never been done before, so hopefully we can do one more."
— Diamond Leung (@diamond83) May 25, 2016
"The series isn't over," Curry said following the 118-94 loss. "We've got to believe in ourselves. There's obviously frustration. It's a terrible feeling once again not stepping up and being ourselves and playing our game.
"But I think we're a special team. This isn't how we're going to go out."
Curry is right about one thing — this is a special team. The Warriors set the record for wins in the regular season (73) and did so by setting a bunch of other records as well. But Curry is wrong about the series not being over. Technically there are still games to be played, but it will be a long shot for them to recover.
The Warriors aren't just down 3-1, they've been severely outplayed in almost every game and don't seem to have an answer for Russell Westbrook's athleticism. The explosive guard has been driving to the basket at will and has played near-shutdown defense on the two-time MVP. And even when he's not defending Curry, Oklahoma City is making Curry run around as he struggles to find an opening.
Curry says he feels "fine" and Steve Kerr said his star player "is not injured," so it's really just a result of the Thunder coming on in the postseason. The series isn't technically over, but Golden State won't last much longer, especially playing like they have been.
