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Curry, Warriors believe they will stay together to chase more titles

- EDITOR: RICHIEL S. CHAVEZ STEPHEN CURRY / AP

SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Curry is far from ready to accept that these Golden State Warriors are done chasing championsh­ips together.

Draymond Green and Klay Thompson, too.

Same goes for Kevon Looney and Andrew Wiggins.

“No matter how different it looks, I think we understand each other, what we all bring to the table and trust that we’re just gonna compete until the wheels fall off,” the 35-year-old Curry said.

The defending champions’ season ended in a 122-101 loss in Game 6 to the Lakers in Los Angeles on Saturday (PH time), May 13, 2023, the first time this core group of Curry, Green and Thompson have been eliminated before the NBA Finals after 19 straight playoff series wins against Western Conference opponents under coach Steve Kerr. Golden State also failed to to win at least one road game after doing so in an NBA-record 28 consecutiv­e series.

Sure, the Warriors realize all of the outside speculatio­n that the Curry-led dynasty could be done. The franchise captured four titles over eight years, reaching the NBA Finals in five straight seasons from 2015-19.

“It’s probably too raw right now for me to think about,” Kerr said. “The one thing I will say is that Draymond, Klay, Steph, our core guys, they’ve got plenty left. There’s still plenty in the tank there. I thought they all had great seasons. It may not have ended on a high note but all three guys are still high-level players and I still feel like this team has championsh­ip potential. We didn’t get there this year but it’s not like this is the end of the road.”

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