Warriors survive Stephen Curry blunder to tie series with Kings

SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry was trapped with 40 seconds to go in Game 3 of the series against the Sacramento Kings. He had nowhere to move and no one to pass to.

He saw the trap and realized there were no real outlets, so instead of turning the ball over, he called a timeout.

The only problem: The Warriors had no more timeouts.

«I didn't realize when we lost the challenge that we didn't have any timeouts left,» Curry said. Warriors coach Steve Kerr said he failed to inform his players they didn't have any more.

"[Coach] took the blame for it, but I ain't going to lie, I thought it was the smartest play in the world," Curry said. «I looked at the bench, and everybody was shaking their head. It was an unfortunate situation.»

That play ended up giving the Kings four points — a made technical foul and a subsequent De'Aaron Fox 3-pointer to bring the Kings within one.

«There's no time to be angry or frustrated,» Kerr said. «You just have to keep going and our guys did that. We made some incredible stops down the stretch.»

Fox's bucket ended up being the last points of the game, with the Warriors holding on to win 126-125 and tie the series at 2-2. But the Warriors could have made it more comfortable for themselves.

On the next play, with 12 seconds to go — 11 on the shot clock — Curry missed a rushed 16-foot pull-up jump shot.

«It's always a balance of playing the clock and trying to find the best shots. Obviously, if I make the floater… you like that position to have one more stop,» Curry said. «I live with that decision.»

It wasn't a «bad» shot for Curry. He finished the night with 32 points on 11-of-22 shooting, including five 3-pointers. He and Klay Thompson (23 points) were the main reason