Steph Curry led the charge for Warriors in Game 3 - Kendrick Perkins | SportsCenter

Kendrick Perkins with us to break down what we saw Thursday night in the NBA. Let's start with the Kings and Warriors. We haven't seen the Warriors in this position in this incarnation of the franchise. The four championship brings down two games. Steph Curry's given he had to lead his team and he did. Let's talk about Kavon Looney. He had four points in this game but 20 rebounds including nine on the offensive glass and nine assists per nine assists. But we always sleep on Kavon Looney but we have to remember for last year he was huge and they run. He's the unsung hero and he always plays his role. We hear the praises about how Steve Kerr talk about this man all the time. But I thought he was a force in the paint. He was a beast for us protecting the basket and on the boards he killed the Sacramento Kings tonight. And he was a major reason why the defense was so great for the Golden State Warriors. All right. They held Sacramento to 38 percent shooting from the floor. Twenty four percent from three point range. Did they find something in this game that we're going to see the best of this year especially without Draymond Green. Yeah. Yeah they found heart on the defensive end. That's what they found. They found their hearts. But credit to Steve Kerr. I thought he did a hell of a job. I know you challenge. I did. And he responded in great fashion. I thought he did a great job for his game plan. I thought they mixed up their coverages a little bit every now and then they would show a trap. They would mix up they shows things to that nature. Again Steph Curry led the charge. We have to remember this guy plays with a lot of pride. Yeah you know he he he loves those bounce back moments. And you heard his little slogan after the game you know something about along the lines of Draymond got a history. They say Draymond got a history but we do too. Yeah. So you love that version of Steph Curry. Yeah with a shooter you never know what you're going to have off night. He could not have won in this game and did not. Yeah it was that game. So all right. Meanwhile the Clippers have some serious issues to deal with in terms of how to deal with Kevin Durant and Devin Booker together. Booker forty five on twenty nine shots Durant twenty eight on fifteen shots. How do you deal with that. It's hard and it's it's it's it's really hard. Look it's really hard thing when you don't have we don't have Kawhi or PG to Max the right match the star power. But if I'm the Suns yes you take the win. But I'm not satisfied with this. Yeah. They didn't show championship level basketball today and I thought the Clippers handed them everything that they possibly could with the personnel that they have. But again Devin Booker is just so spectacular for shot making and getting to his spots and being strong. And they had to win 20 free throw attempts in the third quarter which is huge. They was aggressive getting to the basket and Tyloo turned Norman Powell loose. And I think that could be something that plays out in the series because it's still serious. It is. And this was this is why I was so mad today on NBA today when we found out that Kawhi was a plan because I strongly believe that if Kawhi was playing even without PG the Clippers were winning this series. And so when you look at the depth that the Clippers have Norman Powell Russell Westbrook Bones Holland those guys I mean those guys are capable of lighting you up for big nights. Norman Powell had a 40 piece tonight. Absolutely. Like we always talk about one side of the basketball the offensive side of basketball things but we never talk about defense when it comes down to teams winning championships. And that's very very concerning when it comes to the Phoenix Sun.