Tuesday night in Oracle Arena two plays by the Golden State Warriors were especially key to shut down CJ McCollum who early seemed without confidence.
The Portland shooting guard was crushing against Denver Nuggets in their game 7 drama with 37 points. But Tuesday he was constantly met by double teams and sometimes even three guys. Both Iguodala and Klay took turns on him with Green also meeting him.
The first sign of the McCollum loss of faith occurred with exactly 7:09 to go in the 2nd quarter. Rodney Hood stole the ball from Iguodala and found CJ on the right side.