If the first game of the Western Conference Finals was brutal and bloody.
Then the second game of the Western Conference Finals was truly an "Oakland Meat Grinder."
In the second quarter, when Curry was directly knocked to the ground by Paul during a layup.
From the Warriors' bench, Big Ben, the first to react, immediately shouted to Curry: "Don't complain, get back on defense, Stephen!"
Hearing this, Curry got up immediately and only after two possessions when the game entered a dead-ball phase, did he complain to the referee: "Wasn't that a foul just now?"
Foul?
Main referee Dan Crawford explained to Curry: "I'm not going to blow the whistle for such minor body contact."
In the Warriors' next defensive possession, Crawford used his officiating style to show the young Curry what kind of game this was.
