OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The latest from Game 2 of the NBA Finals:
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4:20 p.m. PDT
All was quiet in the Warriors locker room before Game 2.
Most players were in the trainer’s room getting tapped up or on the floor warming up. A replay of the series opener was showing on the big TV at the center of the room for those who passed through.
Warriors assistant coach Alvin Gentry wrote out some points of emphasis, as he always does, on the whiteboards on each side of the TV. But he covered them up with blue pull-downs, which are lifted when reporters have to leave 45 minutes before tipoff.
“You guys don’t get to see this,” Gentry said, chuckling.
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4 p.m. ET PDT
Fans got started early outside Oracle Arena for Game 2 of the NBA Finals.
There were dozens of tailgaters grilling in the parking lot more than two hours before the game, the scene resembling a smaller version of the one that occurs before Oakland Raiders games on fall Sundays.
The giant video boards at the neighboring Coliseum, home of the Raiders and Athletics, were lit up with a golden-yellow background with big blue letters that read: “We are Warriors.”
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