Stephen Curry left wanting one more shot after Manu Ginobili, Spurs steal magical night

san antonio – everyone else on these golden state warriors had marched grudgingly into the huddle now, but stephen currys eyes stayed with the shooter. as manu ginobili left the floor with . 2 seconds left in double overtime, he leaped into the arms of tim duncan on the san antonio spurs sideline.

all this noise tumbled down onto the at&t center floor, all these years washed away, and there curry stood marveling over the magnificence of manus magical moment. all this noise tumbled down out of the rafters, out of those four championship banners, and curry had begun to consider the consequences of leaving him too much time on the clock, leaving him one more shot to transform this hysteria into a stunned silence.

stephen curry had gone for 44 points, had gone within a whisper of kobe bryants playoff record of 45 on the spurs. curry had gone wild on the spurs, but he wouldnt get the final shot, nor the final word on monday night.

yeah, ill be thinking about the one i didnt get to take, curry told yahoo ! sports late monday. you always want that one more opportunity.

stephen currys 44 points were one shy of the most ever against the spurs in the playoffs. ( ap )out of the timeout, the spurs kawhi leonard wrapped his arms around curry and refused to let him come over the screen and catch an inbounds pass. the warriors protested, but as one team official said, youre never getting that call against them.

after another timeout, the spurs clustered on curry, and the ball found its way to jarrett jack for a stumbling, off-balance miss that left the warriors despondent 129-127 game losers in the western conference semifinals.

this freaking game, curry mumbled to no one in the losing locker room.

as far back as the kid could remember, this is what the spurs do in the springtime : they leave basketball stars mumbling to themselves. they leave broken, battered teams wondering what in the world had happened out there.

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