I'm first inclination was to mock an NBA coach for implying that his team maintains any sort of advantage after getting taken behind the woodshed and spanked raw by way of a 41-point drubbing. After all, I hardly think the Warriors are quaking in the boots they removed from the buttocks of a one seed that too easily obliged to their steel toes in the second half of Game 3. If anything, Golden State is probably feeling as confident as ever having casually ridden the type of scoring tsunami that breaks when the climate changes around Steph Curry's jumper and his health magically materializes back to 100% with the falling of consecutive jumpers. For the first time in the series, their 2x NBA MVP didn't look as though he was replaced by a barely post-pubescent boy in bland sneakers that turned his very first beard into a Steph Curry costume, and the result was an unadulterated ass-kicking. Simply put, if the Warriors feel any "pressure" whatsoever then it's probably the type one might feel not to physically hurt their little brother while dominating him up, down, around the driveway. That being said, I'm assuming that repeating this pep talk wouldn't exactly have been media friendly... — LeRob Perez (@World_Wide_Wob) May 21, 2018 Therefore, I don't really know what else Mike D'Antoni was supposed to say after that dreadful performance other than selectively leaning on an overused cliche as a crutch. Trying to speak into existence a seed of doubt is as good of a defense as any against a historic offense with one of the league's best home court advantages. Of course, in saying that all I'm really saying is that it's just another fruitless attempt at avoiding embarrassment like a Kevin Durant barbershop visit, but - in answering to a bad, bad loss - you can't just shrug your shoulders and pray that one your underperforming players saves you next time...or can you?
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