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OAKLAND, Calif. – Kevin Durant said that he did not want the Golden State Warriors to lose focus after they broke the first set of four consecutive losses of the Steve Kerr era.
Following Golden State's 125-97 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night, striker All-Star hoped his team could maintain the momentum he had created – and continue.
"I do not think it will be over when it's over," Durant said. "In the NBA, I do not believe in fairy tales or the emotions that flow from it, it will not be simply over if we do not impose our will on the basketball court as we did tonight. And it will not happen tomorrow for us, we have to play with the same passion and energy that we played with tonight.
"So, I never really think that's going to happen, we'll win a game at the end." We have to play and play, and I think we have obviously tried the last five games, but we have not won. We think tonight we've put together a complete game and that's what we're going to do. need to go from the front. This will not happen just for us. We must get there. "
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Kevin Durant scored 32 points, Klay Thompson was 31 and the Golden State Warriors recorded their worst run of losses since the start of 2013 in four games, beating the Portland Trail Blazers 125 to 97 on Friday night.
Stephen Curry was not injured, but his Porsche was not so lucky, in a multicar crash on Friday morning as the Warriors guard was heading for the shootout.
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Durant did his share Friday night, recording almost a triple-double with 32 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. After two weeks that Steve Kerr recently described as more difficult, he notably hurt Stephen Curry (groin) and Draymond Green (toe), as well as a verbal altercation between Los Angeles and Durand last week. who shook the team and led to the suspension of Green's match for "detrimental conduct to the team", the Warriors were happy to leave Oracle Arena with a win.
"We looked alike," Kerr said. "The level of activity at both ends, you tend to block more shots when you help and you turn around and you fly to the balloon, and you do more flights, we got 11, so was really a good night, and Portland also has a tough schedule, coming back from Milwaukee for a long trip, they are never easy games, so I thought we had the advantage, and we obviously had a bit of a hunger after four consecutive defeats. "
The 11 blocks were at the peak of the season, including two from the second-year reserve Jordan Bell. After the match, coaches and teammates praised the level of effort provided by the Oregon alum during his 21 minutes of play on the bench.
"It shows how much we were hungry to win this game," said Klay Thompson, the Warriors star player, after scoring 31 points. "Trust me, we've been frustrated in the last four games, to hear you, to hear the fans, it's hard, but the season is long, so you saw in our energy At night, how much we wanted to win – a perfect example, Jordan's crush on both ends of the ground was incredible. "
The Warriors are back on the court Saturday against the Sacramento Kings.
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