The Golden State Warriors are currently two wins away from making the Western Conference Finals, but they will need to win those two games back-to-back while teetering on the brink of elimination with the Los Angeles Lakers, with a 3-0 lead. 2 in their second-round playoffs.
In Game 5, the Warriors managed to hold off the Lakers by getting the most out of LeBron James and company in San Francisco to extend the series to Game 6 in Los Angeles.
Lakers legend Robert Horry recently appeared on The Dan Patrick Show to talk about this second-round playoff.
Horry admitted that Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson are the best No. 1 and No. 2 shooters of all time, but he’s No. 3, and he’d shoot the last shot if he was on their team, and it boiled down to to this scenario. .
Robert Horry (@RKHorry) thinks Steph Curry is the greatest shooter of all time, and Klay Thompson doesn’t. 2. He said he wouldn’t move on to any of them with the game on the line. “I believe in myself, if I’m double teamed I could.”
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— Dan Patrick Show (@dpshow) May 11, 2023
As one of the best clutch shooters in NBA history, it’s no surprise that Horry, who has seven championship rings under his belt, would take the hit rather than move on to the top two shooters. of all time to play this game.
The series will be on the line again for the Warriors in Los Angeles on Friday night, with LeBron James and company looking to close things out at their home at Crypto.com Arena.
Although the Lakers will likely be favored for this Game 6 showdown in the City of Angels, the Warriors will be tough to beat as they try to keep their hopes of a repeat run alive on the road.
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