SAN FRANCISCO — Steph Curry and Steve Kerr discussed the idea of a timeout before Kevin Huerter stepped to the line for two massive free throws late Thursday night. Huerter’s an 82 percent free-throw shooter. The Sacramento Kings were up one. They figured he’d hit both and they’d jolt it up court in an attempt for a quick-hitting 3 to tie it.
He missed the first one,” Curry said. They discussed the strategy again. They decided against the timeout again. Go (down court) and assess the situation,” Curry said. “Then he missed the second one. Klay (Thompson) got a great rebound. We’d already committed to going. At that point, it is chaos.”
Curry, in retrospect, said a timeout should’ve been called when he received a dribble handoff pass from Jonathan Kuminga with seven seconds left and turned into a crowded mix of players 30 feet from the hoop on the right wing.
“I either should’ve seen it or Coach,” Curry said. “There were eight people on one side of the court.”
Kerr can be seen at the top of the screen next to the referee on the sideline nearly calling a timeout a couple of times. But he opted against it, saying he liked the Curry and Draymond Green pick-and-roll that was materializing. But instead of a kickback to Green and a downhill attack, Curry fumbled his dribble and the Golden State Warriors lost to the Kings 134-133.
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