Stephen Curry takes Warriors’ Finals loss ‘on the chin’

Stephen Curry didn't need to read a newspaper or watch TV to know that the narrative following the Warriors' epic NBA Finals collapse to Cleveland would be directed at his failures during the series. "I take it on the chin, because I know I didn't play my best," Curry said after his exit interview with general manager Bob Myers on Monday. Curry averaged 7.5 less points during the Finals than his league-leading regular-season output, the second-worst drop-off for an MVP since Magic Johnson was redubbed Tragic Johnson in 1989. Images from the closing stretch seemed to play on repeat. "Make or miss, maybe we're having a different conversation, but when you don't execute, it haunts you," Curry said. Curry finished the Finals with 32 three-pointers, the most ever in a championship series and tied for the most in any playoff series. In the second halves of Games 5 and 7 at Oracle Arena, Curry totaled 20 points on 7-for-24 shooting from the floor and 4-for-17 shooting from three-point range. Curry found a little bit of perspective when he buckled his daughter, Riley, into her car seat for the postgame ride home Sunday. Curry doesn't anticipate needing surgery for the ankle, knee or elbow...