OAKLAND – The loud applause and cheers bounced off the walls at Oracle Arena. For once, the reasons did not involve Stephen Curry making a splash of 3-pointers. Instead, the reasons centered on Curry sitting on the Warriors’ bench in street clothes.
If only Curry could give the Warriors fans more reason to cheer. Instead, he appeared oblivious when the Warriors featured Curry on the arena scoreboard. Curry presumably felt frustrated for sitting in the first of at least four games during the Warriors’ 117-106 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday at Oracle Arena.
Yet, Curry, Thompson and Green all sat so Warriors fans would have more important things to cheer about in April, May and June.