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SFGATE: Klay Thompson back in starting lineup

Klay Thompson back in starting lineup
Published on June 08, 2019 at 06:12AM by

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Latest from Friday night's Game 4 of the NBA Finals (all times local):

6:10 p.m.

Klay Thompson is back in the Golden State Warriors' starting lineup for Game 4 of the NBA Finals, as expected.

Thompson missed Game 3 with a hamstring strain. He's starting with Stephen Curry, DeMarcus Cousins, Andre Iguodala and Draymond Green.

It's the usual starting five for the Toronto Raptors — Kyle Lowry and Danny Green in the backcourt, Kawhi Leonard and Pascal Siakam at forward and Marc Gasol at center.

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5:45 p.m.

Stephen Curry says Game 4 is "a must-win" for his Golden State Warriors.

The NBA's cameras caught up with the Warriors guard as he walked into Oracle Arena for Game 4 on Friday afternoon. Curry was stoic as he talked and walked for a few seconds.

Curry says, "It's a must-win. Every game's a must-win for us. That's how we feel. But tonight especially, we've got to get back in the series and take it from there."

Toronto leads Golden State 2-1 in the title series going into Friday's matchup

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5:15 p.m.

Mychal Thompson agreed with the Warriors' decision not to play his son in Game 3 of the NBA Finals because of Klay's strained left hamstring.

Klay Thompson missed the first postseason game of his career to snap a streak of 120 straight playoff games.

He is set to return for Game 4.

Mychal Thompson, a former two-time NBA champion, said Friday Kobe Bryant was Klay's inspiration and his idol growing up and "he knew that Kobe didn't sit out for nagging injuries and he wants to try to follow that example throughout his career. And he was very proud of his playoff streak that he had going on. He wanted to keep that alive as long as possible."

Mychal said "all of those things came into play and he...

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