Derrick White, Luke Kornet step up as Celtics remain alive against Knicks

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May 15, 2025 | 2:07 am EDT Update

Warriors coach Steve Kerr doesn’t have to sit back and wonder “what if?” He’s convinced that the Warriors could have won the championship with a healthy Curry, and he said as much following Golden State’s 121-110 Game 5 loss on Wednesday. “I know we had a shot. I know we could have gone the distance,” Kerr said of the Warriors with a healthy Curry. “Maybe we wouldn’t have, but it doesn’t matter. Again, everything in the playoffs is about who stays healthy and who gets hot. You know, are you playing well at the right time? Do you have multiple guys step up in key games, make shots, and do you have good health? You see it every year in every series. So, there’s a little bit of luck involved, and like I said, we’ve been on both sides of that, and that’s just part of it.”

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May 15, 2025 | 1:49 am EDT Update

“And with Jimmy these last two games, do you think it was the illness he was dealing with that kind of impacted him? DRAYMOND GREEN: Well, I think, number one, their defense just kind of started loading up on him. It made it a little tougher, but I know he was definitely under the weather. But you know, we’re not a group that’s going to make excuses. Give those guys credit—they defended well. They did a good job. Go back to the drawing board, figure out what we need to figure out, and come back next year. But the credit goes to them.” “It’s not going to sit here and say, ‘Oh man, he was sick,’ or, ‘He would have played better if he wasn’t sick,’ or, ‘We would have played better if Steph was out there.’ Got to give them guys a lot of credit. They’re moving on to the Western Conference Finals, and they put the work in to get there regardless of who didn’t score, who was out there. They’re moving on, and kudos, congratulations to them. They played a hell of a series.”

Tyrese Haliburton: “You know, there’s just people in every sport who are like, ‘If my team’s not doing well, I’ve got to talk negative about somebody else,’ or, ‘Hey, he’s doing well against my team—I’ve got to talk negative about him.’ That’s just how sports and competition work. I mean, we all—everybody has critics. You have critics on your show. I have critics in what I do. Jesus had critics. We all got critics.”