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Marcus Thompson: Curry said it wasn't his ankle: "I personally have got to play better. ... I dropped the ball." Twitter @gswscribe

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And in the crucial Game 5 against San Antonio on Tuesday… “I was terrible, plain and simple,” a dejected Curry said, slumping at his locker after the Warriors 109-91 loss at the AT&T Center which gave the Spurs a 3-2 series lead. “They outplayed us as a team, but individually I didn’t have anything on either end. I was a step slow, shot wasn’t falling. “I was trying to make plays, but defensively I lost a little focus. I personally have got to be better.” San Jose Mercury-News

Golden State Warriors, Stephen Curry 

DiLeo began the search for a coach that included names such as assistants Mike Malone (Golden State) and Brian Shaw (Indiana) as the leading candidates. But Hinkie said that although they will remain possibilities, the new chief has some others in mind. "Those names weren't my names, but I won't throw them out out of hand," said Hinkie, who spent eight seasons with the Houston Rockets, the last two as the team's assistant general manager. "That's just not the way I operate. I have a list of guys that I think are interesting. I'd like it to grow and I'd like to solicit the ideas of others. I don't believe that all the ideas come from one person. I believe the opposite, in fact. Philadelphia Inquirer

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On Golden State's Stephen Curry. Dirk Nowitzki: I'm a huge fan. When he's on, in most of these third quarters, I'm yelling at the TV - 'Shoot!' Don't even pass. As soon as he crosses half court, I want him to pull up. There's a lot of great spot-up shooters in this league. But he knows how to shoot spot up, off the dribble. To me, he's one of the best shooters we have in the league right now. Not a lot of people can shoot the threes off the dribble like he can. He's fun to watch. Dallas Morning News

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“I’m a man of faith,” Mark Jackson told me. “I believe in God. Some folks may say God doesn’t care about basketball. My Bible tells me He cares about everything that has to do with me. This team is tied together. I’ve said it before. Spiritually, this team is absolutely tied together. There’s a call on these guys’ lives. I said from Day 1 in my press conference, if I won games and didn’t change lives I’d be a failure. If I won a championship and guys left here the same I’d be a failure. It’s more important to me to leave here leaving these guys better husbands, better fathers, better teammates, better players, better men. That’s what it’s all about, and we’ve done that. With that, the victories will come.” NBA.com

Golden State Warriors, Mark Jackson 

Like Duncan on Monday, Parker toed the company line on a late possession where Golden State kept the ball even after it deflected off Golden State center Andrew Bogut. (For those of you who don’t read Mike Monroe’s dispatch on our new pay site, Express-News.com, an NBA spokesman acknowledged the missed call yesterday but said the play was not reviewable by rule.) Said Parker: “It’s OK. Stuff’s going to happen. I know the referees try to do the best job they can to make the right call. We didn’t lose the game right there.” San Antonio Express-News

Golden State Warriors, San Antonio Spurs, Tony Parker, Andrew Bogut 

Stephen Curry strolled into Warriors’ shoot-around at the AT&T Center this morning with a smile on his face and no noticeable limp. Easy to see that his left ankle was feeling a lot better than it did before Sunday’s Game 4… or during Game 4… and after Game 4. San Jose Mercury-News

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Stephen Curry: I feel good. Ready to go tonight. It feels a whole lot better than it did before Game 4, so that’s all I could ask for. San Jose Mercury-News

Golden State Warriors, Injuries, Stephen Curry 

The call in question awarded the ball to the Warriors after a scramble for the rebound of Manu Ginobili's missed 3- point attempt with the score tied at 84. Warriors center Andrew Bogut initially grabbed the rebound, and televised replays clearly showed his right foot over the end line, out of bounds, while the ball was trapped on his hip. The referees did not make an out-of-bounds call at that point, and when the ball was knocked out of Bogut's hands, Warriors guard Jarrett Jack gained possession long enough to call a timeout. San Antonio Express-News

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NBA spokesman Tim Frank on Monday acknowledged that the out-of-bounds call that should have been made on Bogut had been missed but said the referees were correct in not asking for a video review. San Antonio Express-News

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Curry took his third injection of the postseason before Game 4 after spraining his left ankle for a second time late in Game 3. He admitted after the game Sunday that he doesn't expect to be significantly more mobile the rest of the series, even though he still managed some big shots down the stretch in the Warriors' overtime win and wound up with 22 points. "He'll get treatment today, he'll get treatment (Tuesday)," coach Mark Jackson said. "We'll just see how he feels. I haven't seen him, I have not spoken to him. But it's good to have all day today and all day tomorrow to recoup and recover." Contra Costa Times

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No member of the Warriors received a single vote for the all-defensive team despite the club's renewed emphasis on defense under Jackson. "Get in line," said Jackson. "Executive (Bob Myers) in seventh place, Steph Curry at home during All-Star week, Joe Lacob probably the No. 7 owner, Harrison Barnes no votes for Rookie of the Year, Jarrett Jack wasn't the sixth man of the year. The only thing they got right was me." Jackson finished seventh in NBA Coach of the Year voting last week. Contra Costa Times

Golden State Warriors, Mark Jackson 

Mark Jackson made it clear through his years working in television that he believed he deserved the same opportunity to get a good first coaching job that others, like Danny Ainge and Doc Rivers, had gotten out of the television booth. He turned down some offers, got left at the altar for others. But when the Golden State job opened up, he wanted it. "I looked at the talent," Jackson said. "I looked at the fan base. I looked at the passion of the ownership, of Joe and Peter. I looked at the management. And they took a chance on me. I would not have taken any job. But I just thought this was a home run job, because of the potential. And quite honestly, I prayed on it. And this was the place." NBA.com

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Jackson also wanted input into personnel decisions -- not control, but a say that would be respected. Lacob and Guber agreed. "I was influenced a little bit by Boston," said Lacob, who'd been a minority owner of the Celtics. "I saw what Doc did, his background. I saw you could come out of the broadcast booth if you had the NBA playing career, and be very successful. And I saw that the most important thing that Doc Rivers provided was leadership, and the guys were willing to follow him ... if you can't lead people, whether you're the CEO or the basketball coach, the Xs and Os and all the other stuff is important. But if you can't lead them, they're not going to follow you, anyway." NBA.com

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"What I mean is there are people who would say God doesn't care about basketball," Jackson said last week. "Well, read the Bible. He cares about everything that has to do with me. He says, 'I'm a rewarder of those that diligently seek.' And this is a basketball team that diligently seeks Him, win, lose or draw. And you can't tell me that the God I serve doesn't care about blessing us. And I don't mean in winning. But he certainly has a vested interest in knowing that He can trust this basketball team, that no matter whether we beat the Denver Nuggets in round one, or whether we lose to the San Antonio Spurs in Game 1 of the second round, it's still all God." NBA.com

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The Spurs again opted to intentionally foul Warriors center Andrew Bogut, a 50 percent free thrower during the regular season, during Game 4, but were only able to do so once. He made one of his two foul shots. When they tried to foul Bogut a second time late in the third period, the Warriors called time out before Parker could grab him. Bogut, who insists he has no problem with Popovich's use of the tactic, just smiled when asked if he enjoyed watching the Spurs miss 11 of their 25 free throws in Game 4, shooting a season-low 56 percent. “I don't think I'll go there,” he said, grinning. San Antonio Express-News

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On Mother's Day some advice from Sonya Curry helped her son, Stephen, approach Sunday's Game 4 of the Spurs-Warriors Western Conference playoff series with the belief he could still be effective enough to help his team despite a sprained left ankle that was still swollen and sore. The Warriors' leading scorer, Curry suffered the sprain in the fourth quarter of Friday's Game 3, won by the Spurs, 100-91. Unsure he would be able to go after he awoke on Sunday, he said he received an injection that helped isolate the pain and allowed greater range of motion in the ankle joint. San Antonio Express-News

Golden State Warriors, Injuries, Stephen Curry 

Afterwards he said it was a phone conversation with his mother on his drive home from Friday's game that helped him get over wondering if the fates had conspired against him, yet again. It was a natural reaction for a player who has had two surgeries on his oft-sprained right ankle and who earlier this season missed four games with a sprain of the left ankle he rolled on Friday. “She's my voice of reason,” Curry said. “I tried to vent my frustration because it seems like every time you get on a roll and feel somewhat healthy there's a setback." San Antonio Express-News

Golden State Warriors, Injuries, Stephen Curry 

Mark Jackson said Curry's characterization of his situation gave him pause about allowing him to suit up. “He said, 'I'm going to give you what I got, coach,' “ Jackson said. “That's not the language he speaks. I knew right away that he was not 100 percent.” After consulting with a team physician, Jackson said he was prepared to limit Curry's playing time. As it was, he gave him nearly 39 minutes. San Antonio Express-News

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Scott Howard-Cooper: David Lee said surgery "more than likely" for torn hip muscle after the season. But sajd he plans to keep playing. Eight mins on Sunday. Twitter

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