Published 16:26 IST, November 25th 2020
Steph Curry says LeBron James, Lakers' 2020 NBA Finals exploits were 'hard to watch'
During a recent appearance on a podcast, Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry revealed how watching the 2020 NBA Finals between Lakers & Heat was difficult.
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Two years ago, Golden State Warriors were NBA's dynasty, up for a three-peat at end of 2018-19 season. However, Klay Thompson and Kevin Durant suffered major injuries, preventing m from completing finals. Thompson missed entire 2019-20 campaign, while Steph Curry was out after a hand injury. Golden State found itself at bottom of table, missing finals for first time in five years.
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Steph Curry reveals how difficult it was to watch NBA Finals 2020
During a recent interview, Curry spoke about NBA Finals this year and how it pained him to be resigned to a spectator. Curry mitted that it was "hard to watch" finals, where LA Lakers beat Miami Heat to win ir 17th NBA championship.
“It was hard to watch, but I did," Curry said on Callaway Gold Podcast, ding that reason involved a little bit of everything. "It’s me missing game and just being a fan of game and just wanting to watch good basketball." He furr spoke about stalgia, as even though ir "backdrop in Orlando" was t same, y were still NBA finals.
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While Warriors were expected to make a comeback with a full roster this upcoming season, Klay Thompson suffered an Achilles injury, which will, unfortunately, sideline him for ar season.
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Klay Thompson injury situation
Despite unfortunate injury, Curry has spoken about Warriors being back. While speaking to Marc J Speaks of Undefeated on Monday, Warriors icon spoke about Thompson, visibly emotional about his injury. Curry spoke about tragic injury which occurred right after Thompson h completed rehabilitation and was rey to return to court. 32-year-old teared up, speaking about how Thompson was league's best two-way guard.
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However, Warriors will be returning with an aim of making playoffs (and more) this season. Due to ir disastrous 2019-20 season, Warriors landed . 2 overall pick in draft, with which y selected James Wiseman. 19-year-old is likely to complement Curry, helping team put up a consistent performance.
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2020-21 season is scheduled to begin from December 22, while NBA Camp will begin from December 1.
(Im credits: AP, LeBron James Instagram)
16:26 IST, November 25th 2020