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Monty Williams told Pelicans to foul before Steph Curry 3-pointer

Steph Curry on Thursday night hit one of the biggest shots of the playoffs when he nailed a 3-pointer to tie Game 3 of the Warriors-Pelicans series in the final seconds of regulation and send it to overtime.

Curry is possibly the greatest 3-point shooter in NBA history, so the last thing Monty Williams wanted was his team to allow the guard a chance to tie the game. Instead, he instructed his players to foul rather than allow a 3-point attempt. The players just failed to execute the game plan.

“We didn’t execute the game plan.