thompson. he has left hamstring tightness, and will not return for the final few moments of the basketball game. >> mike: thank you, doris. this was the play with klay thompson. landed awkwardly, but appeared to be okay. but without question, it tightened it up. >> jeff: shooters try to draw fouls. thompson spreading his legs out, trying to exaggerate perceived contact. >> mike: well, they say a loose ball foul because there was no possession. that's why even though versanvl was ahead of curry, it's not a clear path. loose ball foul, golden state's fourth. next one puts them in the penalty. lowry drives. a foul, one officialas a held ball. but call the

foul on curry. ee throws for lowry. ty. >> mark: a little dribble handoff, pistol action. contact from curry. >> mike: that's a foul. >> mark: that is the correct call. a lot of contact. >> mike: curry saw one official say jump ball, he was thrilled. as lowry misses these free throws. these are critical. down by nine with just under 4:30 remaining. lowry has always been a good free throw shooter. 1 of 2. eight-point game. >> jeff: there they go again. box in one. >> mike: cousins,ok, draymond green, given all that room. not looking to shoot.

cook drives. back out, iguodala. shot clock at four. short, leonard with the rebound. gasol swings it. vanvleet, two-pointer, in and out. cousins, the rebound. and then a foul and if it's on lowry, he's done. that's his sixth foul. >> mark: not a smart play by lowry, trying to come up with a steal after the missed field goal attempt. exiting this ball game. he has to be smarter. i've been in this situation, where you think you have to steal. you just have to have the smarts to stay away from this type of play to put yourself in position where you're gone for the rest of the night. >> mike: he'll foul out for the second time in these playoffs. there are his numbers. danny green will come in. and go into the back court with vanvleet. >> jeff: if they're going to stay in this box in one,

draymond green and iguodala can't just be spot-up players. they have to drive and attack, as we've seen them do before, and create shots. >> mark: you have to be aggressive. opportunities will present themselves. >> mike: inside to cousins. back out, iguodala. cook will try a three. long rebound, taken by leonard. leonard fakes. gasol, passes up a three. vanvleet on the drive. siakam, corner three. they've had some good looks, and right now they're not falling. >> jeff: i would use curry as a screener against this box in one.reet curry's hands. curry tries to get away, he

does. lost the ball, swatted. green has it, throws it up, hits the rim. that resets the shot clock. but leonard gets it. leonard steps back, fakes, fires a three-pointer. siakam, trying to keep it alive. cousins comes down with another rebound. 11 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists for demarcus cousins. cousins for three. curry and vanvleet slow to get up. leonard spins, lost the ball, fouls cousins. >> mark: he didn't lose the ball. good hands, draymond green, deflecting it away from him. cousins comes up with the basketball. >> mike: leonard will pick up his first. >> mark: your job is to keep him in front and stay active.

he does that, swipes the basketball away from kawhi leonard. and cousins continues his outstanding night, coming up with the rock. >> mike: first, fourth team foul, that is, for toronto. golden state hasn't scored in 3 1/2 minutes, but the raptors haven't been able to take advantage. cousins, off the dribble. drives, blocked. gets it back. a held ball jump ball on a nice defensive play. with five left on the 24. so, if golden state wins possession, they have five to shoot. >> jeff: i give nick nurse a lot of credit. they've gone to this box in one, it's been very impactful. terrific block by kawhi leonard. >> mike: cousins with the height advantage. >> mark: and vanvleet is even defending steph curry in the jump ball situation. he's not even worried about

getting the basketball. he's paying attention to steph curry. >> mike: green gets it. and a whistle -- >> jeff: he stole that. >> mike: that's what they'll call. that's a violation. you have to wait until the ball reaches its highest point. cousins did not, so it's toronto ball. that's not even -- you know, they let them go sometimes if it's close. that one wasn't even close. >> mark: one thing you talked about, if you're toronto, you're going to look back. they've had quality looks. just not able to knock the wn. >> mike: cousins, he's breathing heavy. hasn't played 26 minutes in a long time. but what a performance. oney, ay thompson, he had too

play that much. >> mike: gasol. vanvleet. vanvleet kicks it out to leonard. leonard, off the dribble. five to shoot. gets in the paint. falling away. shot won't go. draymond green, the rebound. a minute and a half remaining. toronto has had so many stops, but they can't take advantage. cook fakes. cook drives. cook shoots. siakam, the rebound. leonard on the drive, gets inside. two free throws coming up and a technical foul has been handed out. >> jeff: wow. >> mike: leonard will shoot. demarcus cousins with a technical foul.

>> jeff: no, steph curry threw the ball up in the air. and he called the tech, scott foster called the technical on the throw up into the air. >> mike: so, leonard will have three free throws here. he's now 14 for 14 from the free-throw line. that's exactly what it was, jeff. >> jeff: almost hit the edal >> mark: that doesn't matter. i remember as a knick fan growing up, one of the players did the same thing, threw the ball up in the air. the referee said if that comes down, that's a technical foul on you, my friend. gravy?f: what do you mean, if it

it's not an if. >> mark: i didn't make it up. >> mike: these points by leonard at the free-throw line, first points in the game by either team in over three minutes. 1:08 to play when we come back. . our products can improve people's lives. knowing i'm helping someone, that's super powerful. ♪ meet the dough that's baked slow. the original pan pizza from pizza hut is here with a thick, crispier, buttery crust. it's the original, and it's bigger tn the other guys. now for a limited time, get it on the $7.99 large, two-topping deal. >> mike: aerial coverage provided by goodyear. more driven. golden state trying to even the series.

their starting center, a big part of this game. >> mark: they called on the big fella, demarcus cousins. and he's answered the call. making plays from the jump. unselfish, timely passes. setting the tone, challenging the defense, and offensively, a skilled big man. outstanding performance in game two by cousins. >> mike: his passing throughout the game, always has been a good passer, but six assists. now, 106-101. 1:08 remaining. cousins staying on the floor, playing more minutes than steve kerr anticipated. >> jeff: and it looks like they've decided to go back to man-to-man. probably don't want them to take the whole 24 off the shot clock against the box and one. >> mark: and don't want them to

give anything that steve kerr prouof >> mike: cook. back to green. gets it over in eight seconds. warriors without klay thompson and kevon looney. into the lane, pass goes out of bounds. it was off of one of the raptors. they'll look at it on the replay. just to double-check, there's seven left on the shot clock. looked like it may have hit gasol's jersey as it went out of bounds. on that one, from that angle, it's hard to tell. >> jeff: hit his arm. >> mike: boy, that is so close.

>> jeff: that hit gasol's arm, no? looks like it changed directions. >> mark: is that your final answer? >> jeff: no, it can be changed any time now. but it does give steve kerr a chance to diagram and get a free time-out. >> mike: that replay doesn't look like it hits his arm. that replay doesn't look like it hits his arm. >> mark: i say off warriors. initially, i was agreeing with you. but i say off the warriors. >> jeff: they ruled it for golden state. so they have to be -- it has to be conclusive evidence. >> mark: that angle looks conclusive to me. >> mike: yeah. the old cliche, it's a game of inches. if the raptors get it, down by five, with 51.4 seconds left.

scott foster, the crew chief. with eddie malloy and tony brothers, three veteran officials talking to the official at the replay center in new jersey. they're obviously having a difficult time trying to determine this one. >> jeff: cain fitzgerald in the replay center tonight, earning his keep. >> mike: gasol, right away. not that this is any indication, because of course he's going to try to sell it. but right away, he was claiming it never touched him. >> mark: you can't believe players, though, notn situation. >> jeff: i think you can with the gasol brothers, though. they seem honorable. >> mark: no, only with the kid in the commercial. >> mike: they have changed the call. toronto basketball. raptors still alive.

>> jeff: i'm not sure, was livingston on the floor for that last possession? because there was no time-out. quinn cook should have -- well, the ball went out of bounds. >> mike: that makes the difference. here comes siakam. to leonard. leonard fakes. green falls down. leonard inside, siakam turns, throws it back out. vanvleet for three. rebound, danny green. back out to leonard. leonard on the drive. pull-up in the paint, one-handed, in and out, misses. siakam, the rebound. green for three, bang! >> jeff: do you foul or not right now? you have to trap him to get it out of his hands so you can foul somebody else. >> mike: livingston has it. about a three-second difference. nick nurse saying to get up on

him. they try to knock it away from curry. throws it. livingston. iguodala puts it up, it's good! he drills it with 5.9 remaining! what a clutch shot from the veteran. >> jeff: i'm not even sure he should have taken it, it's so early. only a two point something differential. >> mike: the shot deflates this crowd. as golden state goes up by five, on the verge of tying this up. their first points in 5 1/2 whf you. iguodala catches this basketball, he's locked in u' a bter shot. if you turn it down, and you have a bad free throw shooter, give me this look any day of the

week. iguodala stepping in, knocks it down with confidence. >> jeff: you're coaching the results. you know the ball went in. you're saying it's a great shot. that's too early in the shot clock. if that misses, they're working with six seconds after a time-out. you're nuts. >> mike: and credit shaun livingston. he hustled, able to grab the ball and feed iguodala. now, a five-point golden state lead. the raptors obviously have to score quickly and then commit a foul. but they are out of time-outs. and there's their teammate, kevin durant, ready to greet his team as they're on the verge of evening up these finals. gasol. vanvleet. danny green. another three, shot won't go. that will do it. golden state has tied the finals.

what a gritty performance on the road. another road win for golden state. and this best of seven series is tied at one game apiece. a heartbreaking loss for the raptors. and they'll head to oracle arena in oakland, all even. so many different players for the golden state warriors coming up big, including demarcus cousins. got the start, 11 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists. just his second game back after missing 45 days with that quad tear. and steph curry and klay thompson, 23 points. thompson injured. that will be a big story going forward. doris? >> doris: steph, it's hard to think of a team facing more

adversity. you didn't look right. you lose looney and klay. how do you walk away after this road win? >> just playing to the finish. everybody staying composed. they're a great team, they make runs. but in the third quarter, we imposed our will, got stops on the defensive end. no matter how ugly it was down the stretch, we got it done. >> doris: they made a run down the stretch. iguodala takes the shot. describe the confidence or your thoughts when they released it? >> the whole fourth quarter, they were playing janky defense, and our whole roster took advantage of it. leaving iguodala open with that, with the game on the line, he's made big shots l so, he got it done tonight. >> doris: demarcus cousins hadn't played in 45 days before game one.

plays just eight minutes. steve decides to start him. what was the influence on your group tonight? >> played aggressive, played smart, got other people involved, passing out of the post. made a couple of big shots. just gave us energy. we had two guys go down, he stepped up big-time. and he's playing in his first finals, this is big-time for him. >> doris: quinn cook, who has been out of the lineup at periods. when klay goes out, starts making shots. what gives him the confidence? >> he probably has the most confidence on this team when he goes out knows he can make. he works on it, and stays ready through the regular season and the playoffs. huge plays for us, for sure. >> doris: you told us the speed of the team was something that

didn't translate on tv. what can you take back to oracle for game three? >> our defense wins games. i don't know how many fast break points they got, but they never created momentum with that tonight. kawhi got loose, but we played everybody else. just playing defense, man, being competitive, talking. draymond was our anchor tonight. and made enough plays to give us a cushion down the stretch. and that was it. >> doris: as poorly as you felt, thank you for hanging with me. mike? >> mike: another road win for these golden state warriors. they extend their nba record, now 23 consecutive series with at least one road win. amazing accomplishment with so many tough road games. and that basket by iguodala, the only points golden state had scored in the last 5 1/2 minutes of the game.

incredible. the nba finals will conti wednesday from oakland. coverage begins with "nba countdown," 8:30 p.m. eastern on abc. tipoff shortly after 9:00 p.m. eastern. final score in game two, the warriors, 109, the raptors, 104. for our producer, director, our outstanding abc crew, for jeff van gundy, mark jackson, and doris burke, mike breen saying thanks for watching abc, home of the nba finals. as these 2019 finals head to the bay area in oakland, california. stay tuned for the studio team, after these messages. ..

we're scotiabank arena. some dejected raptors fans leaving the arena, as their team loses game two to the golden state warriors. i'm here with paul, jalen, and chauncey. there's a lot to talk about, including some pretty important

injuries that we'll get to. as far as what you saw from that golden state warriors team, that seems to be the third quarter team we've learned to recognize. >> this was a must-win for the toronto raptors. because these guys, they didn't take this game serious enough. when you're at home, and you come out in the third, and you allow an 18-0 run on your home floor, that should never happen. that tells me you didn't want it bad enough. when demarcus cousins outplays gasol. green gives you nothing, lowry didn't step up. this tells me you don't know what it takes. and the golden state warriors do, and it showed tonight. i mean, maybe they got a chance at golden state. who knows what is happening with thompson's injury. k.d. may be returning. but hats off to boogie cousins. tonight he outplayed pretty much

the whole front line of gasol and ibaka put together. >> he was forced out there. a lot more minutes than steve kerr was going to play him. >> here's what i saw. at the end of the second quarter, first of all, in the first, klay got going. but this team is so different when steph curry makes shots. didn't make a field goal in the first quarter. came out at the end of the second, made three of them. then they figured it out. and the raptors started playing not to lose the game. >> correct. >> as opposed to just playing to win like in game one. and let me say this, too. iguodala, this generation's robert orrie. >> man, that was big. >> playoff basketball, makes big shots. swiss army knife. hats off to that team. i picked them to win this game, i wasn't very confident about it. but championship pedigree, championship dna. a great performance. >> absolutely. and for the golden state

warriors, and we're going to give demarcus cousins a lot of credit and rightfully so. iguodala, making the big shot late in the game. doing it with looney and klay leaving the game with injuries. and k.d. not playing. but this game was all about draymond green. he vowed he would play a lot better on both ends of the floor. points were up, he was dropping dimes, getting boards. a couple of great stops in the fourth, stealing the ball from kawhi leonard. getting past siakam the entire game. no doubt about it. he started to push the tempo. we were in the building, it reminded me of the portland series, how he was pushing the ball off of makes or misses. then people getting backdoor cuts. and draymond green's energy and leadership and tenacity did not allow the toronto raptors to have a rhythm. it played itself out in the third quarter, when everybody show showed up and started being more

produc way the raptors came out in the second quarter was bizarre. an 18-0 run, what happens? >> to me, everybody in the world knows this third quarter warriors team. i'm sure they talked about it at half-time, the raptors did. but you come back out, and everybody is second-guessing themselves. the shots they were shooting in the first half and knocking down in game one, they started pump faking, looking for somebody else. that's a fragile team. i disagree with paul, i don't think it was a must-win, but it was a big, big game. >> there's still something to the raptors' confidence. you get a performance like this out of kawhi leonard, you need to take advantage of that. >> vanvleet. >> vanvleet. you take advantage of that. but i'm disappointed in the rest of the starters, lowry, gasol, these guys, danny green, these guys just didn't show up. >> for me, it wasn't about what the raptors didn't do.

it was all about the championship dna of the golden state warriors. all of the buckets in the fourth quarter were assisted. >> that will do it for us. as we head out west for game three at oracle on wednesday. late local news on the west, except for the west coast, with "jimmy kimmel live game night." see you wednesday.

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