The game was all but over. With 4:02 left in the fourth quarter, both teams had pulled their best players — with one obvious exception: Stephen Curry.



Playing with Nick Young, Quinn Cook, Jordan Bell and Zaza Pachulia, Curry played another 58 seconds, knocking down a 3-pointer and a pull-up 22-footer in transition. It seemed like a dangerous move to leave Curry, in his third game after missing five-and-a-half weeks with a sprained left knee, on the floor for mop-up duty. But Steve Kerr owed him more time on the floor after pulling Curry earlier than he wanted previously.



“Every time I get subbed out I’m kind of pissed off, really, to be honest with you,” Curry said afterwards.



Next to him, Draymond Green’s eyes widened as his head nodded in agreement. Which means Curry must’ve been pretty upset.



“Just ’cause I feel like I have a little bit more in the tank,” Curry said. “But Coach is making...