DALLAS — Stephen Curry looked his coach directly in the eye, accompanied by a firm handshake — no words spoken, the bond formed by these two men didn’t need verbal confirmation.
The Dallas Mavericks’ usually boastful and always heard PA announcer Sean Heath’s voice cracked when calling for a moment of silence before the start of Game 4’s Western Conference final, a rarity even though in-arena commemorations of mass shootings are as commonplace as pyrotechnics and eardrum-blasting music.
It was bound to be anything but an ordinary game, and a fog seemed to be all over American Airlines Center Tuesday night, with the Mavericks staving off elimination and a late run from Golden State Warriors reserves to get on the board in this series with a 119-109 win.