The Golden State Warriors came off with a huge win today. Taking on the Sacramento Kings for Game 4, the Warriors had their roster back, with Draymond Green and GP2 back. Stephen Curry took charge of the game, as the Warriors survived a 126-125 nail-biter.
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With this win, the Warriors now have tied the series at two apiece. Essentially it’s a best-of-three now, with Sacramento hosting two of the three games. Steph played 43 big minutes tonight, getting 32 points, five rebounds, four assists, and a steal. While Steph put the Warriors in a position to win, he almost cost them the game with a very costly play.
With around 42 seconds left, the Warriors rebounded the ball. Looney passed it to Curry, who got trapped. Curry called a timeout when the team had none left.
After the game, Steph addressed the same.
Stephen Curry talked about his ‘smart’ play; Steve Kerr took blame
With nearly two minutes left in the game, Steve Kerr and the Warriors took a chance and challenged a low-percentage call. Things did not work out in their favor, and they ended up losing the challenge. However, more than the challenge, they ended up losing their final timeout.
Unaware of the same, Steph called a timeout when he was trapped with 42 seconds left on the clock. This cost a technical turnover, with the Warriors up 126-121 with 42 seconds left. Malik Monk hit the technical FT. Harrison Barnes missed a three on the possession, but an offensive rebound got to Fox, who knocked down a three to make the score 126-125.
After the game, Steph talked about it and said,
“I ain’t gonna lie, I thought it was the smartest play in the world… I looked over at the bench, and everybody was shaking their head.”
Steve Kerr discussed the same as well, taking the blame for the mistake.
While the Warriors got lucky tonight, Steph would be happy that he didn’t pull a Chris Webber.
What did Chris Webber do?
At the start of the 1990s, the Michigan Wolverines had a 5-man lineup known as the Fab 5. They were an incredible team who were on the verge of an NCAA Championship in 1993. With 11 seconds left in the game, the Wolverines were down two points against North Carolina.
Chris Webber called a timeout when the team had none left. This cost a technical turnover, and the Tar Heels took the win 77-71. This was the second consecutive NCAA Championship Game loss for the Wolverines, with Webber costing them the game this time.
Steph nearly pulled a Webber tonight. He’d be glad the Warriors survived this one though.
![Jason Williams and Chris Webber have always been known to indulge in strange antics with each other, which was raised by Comedian Andrew Schulz, on his show, Flagrant. Appearing on the show, Jason Williams was asked whether he was involved "in a drive-by paintball shooting of Chris Webber's house in Sacramento". The White Chocolate burst into laughter and "plead the fifth". Williams confessed that maybe "his house caught some bullets along the way". However, to everyone's surprise, he told the comedian that "he [Chris Webber] was probably with me in some them drivebys." Adding to this, Williams also shared a hilarious story of a similar driveby with Webber, where the latter's shoe fell off but he had to somehow get it back. "We were doing that one time..we couldn't get in the gate or something so we decided we're going to go down and do our thing at the security guard at night, right, so we got two little scooters we are riding on these scooters and we dropped them in the dark and we are walking through the woods and whatever, we go the paintballs, we got the rocks, boom boom and we take off and left the scooters. But C Web's shoe falls off. And we got back and I was like 'Bro, where is your shoe?'" The story left everyone in the panel in splits as Williams made the 2021 Hall of Fame Inductee go all the way back to fetch his shoe because living in an all-white community, Webber was probably the only one with that size of shoe. However, on a serious note, the 2006 NBA champion confessed that it was one of the most fun times he had with his former teammate. He added that "it was a blessing in disguise" because they had to play a lot of games in different locations. It is obviously heartwarming to see such a chemistry between the legendary duo of Sacramento Kings. Jason Williams once had to travel in the undercarriage of the team bus Rookie hazing has been a part of teams in the NBA, where the veterans on the team try to build chemistry with young players in their own ways like alotting chores. Chris Webber once narrated one such incident where the rookie Jason Williams hid in the undercarriage of the team bus to avoid it. Upon reaching the hotel, the team noticed that Williams was missing. After searching for some time, the team looked under the bus and there was the 1998 draftee. When Webber asked him the reason, White Chocolate responded, "I don't wanna ride with y'all bi*ches up here." Even though it is a fun tradition among teammates to get to know each other, it did take a toll on the one-time All-Star. However, it was not long after this, the two developed good team ability to make some amazing plays together.](https://cdn-wp.thesportsrush.com/2023/11/7f3ad985-nba-2023-11-08t231816.707.jpg?format=auto&w=384&q=75)
