This was not a championship team – Steve Kerr admits after GSW gets knocked out

 

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr admitted that his team was not a championship team after their 4-2 Western Conference semifinals loss against Los Angeles Lakers. Kerr feels they were barely in the playoff race for the major part of the season and could not bring their best against the Lakers.

The Lakers won the sixth game of the series by 122-101 on Friday night to knock out the defending champions and advance to the Western Conference finals.

The Dubs failed to tick the right boxes as a unit and it led to their downfall against the Lakers, who were absolutely brilliant.

“To be fair I think this team ultimately maxed out,” Kerr told reporters after the game. “We were barely in the playoff picture most of this year … This is not a championship team.”

Draymond Green also concurred with his team’s head coach.

“I definitely think this team maxed out,” Green said, agreeing with his coach. “It wasn’t a championship team … this was not a championship group as it stands.”

On the other hand, the Warriors talisman Steph Curry added that they were trying to be positive throughout the season but admitted they were not good enough as a whole.

“From training camp to now, it was just the reality we were living in,” Curry said. “We were trying to keep things positive and optimistic around what we were trying to accomplish this year … but there’s also an understanding that this is not good enough.”

Kerr also added that they had the belief but they could not execute their plans in the season.

“We did a pretty damn good job of finding something here over the last month,” Kerr said. “We came close to recapturing what we had, but we didn’t quite get there. We didn’t feel like a championship team all year, but we had the guts and the fortitude to believe.”

“No competitor believes [you’re done] until you’re proven you’re not a championship team,” Curry added. “And that’s what getting beat in a playoff series is.”