Newsday (N.Y.): Warriors defeat Spurs with recharged defense

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By Art Spander
Special to Newsday

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Golden State Warriors went big in the lineup, and in their first playoff game in defense of their NBA championship, went big on the scoreboard.

With 6-6 Andre Iguodala at guard in place of the injured Steph Curry, the Warriors controlled the ball and the boards and overwhelmed the Spurs, 113-92, in the opener of their Western Conference first-round series Saturday. They outrebounded San Antonio 51-30.

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S.F. Examiner: Andre Iguodala settling into familiar role for Warriors: Being important and impactful however he can

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By Art Spander
San Francisco Examiner

He’s the man who goes unnoticed until you can’t stop watching him, the guy who gets his teammates’ — and his coach’s — praise, but rarely gets the headlines.

Andre Iguodala’s problem is not that he isn’t a key component of the Warriors but that he’s not Stephen Curry or Klay Thompson. Or Draymond Green or Kevin Durant.

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S.F. Examiner: Iguodala emerges as star of series opener

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By Art Spander
San Francisco Examiner

So why should we be surprised by anything — and that’s anything — Andre Iguodala does, or maybe considering the (ooh!) low grab, intentional or unintentional by the Cavs’ Matthew Dellavedova, by anything that’s done to Iggy?

This is dog-bites-man stuff, the fact Iguodala can enter a game and as calmly and reflectively as he pointed out, play like every small detail matters. Which of course in playoff basketball, it does. Iguodala is not the only reason the Warriors won the opener of the NBA finals from the Cleveland Cavaliers, 104-89, but surely is a prime reason.

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S.F. Examiner: Iguodala joined by Barbosa in veterans’ support group

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By Art Spander
San Francisco Examiner

Sure, Stephen Curry splashed it up. But this Warriors victory, the one that made an NBA championship seem not just possible but probable, belonged as much to two players whose combined points couldn’t match what Curry had on his own.

Andre Iguodala, starting once again in Steve Kerr’s smallball scheme, had 14 points, and Leandro Barbosa had 13 off the bench. By his own self, Curry picked up 37. Yet Iguodala, again with the unachievable task of defending LeBron James, and Barbosa, a.k.a. “The Brazilian Blur,” reminded there is so much to basketball beyond putting the ball in the basket.

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S.F. Examiner: Iguodala makes mark as selfless pro

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By Art Spander
San Francisco Examiner

Ten years and it changed for Andre Iguodala. Ten years of starting, of scoring and rebounding, of making the All-Star team, of helping the Philadephia 76ers upset the conference champion Chicago Bulls, of helping the U.S. win the 2012 Olympics — and suddenly he was out of the lineup and on to the bench.

It was all different. “I’m still trying to figure it out,” said Iguodala on Saturday of his role. “It’s harder than it looks.”

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