BASEBALL NFL NHL Rookie Anderson lifts Giants; Jimmy Garoppolo plans to work Blues dominate Bruins in Game 7, SpLaureano poweortingGreenrs A’s win B5 with noted throwing coach B3 win first-ever Stanley Cup title B3 SanFrancisco Chronicle and SFChronicle.com | Thursday, June 13,2019 | Section B xxxxx• N NBA FINALS Getting back to business In their hands: Splash Brothers will be critical if Golden State is to force Game 7 They put the roar in Roar- acle, they put the fear of god in opponents’ hearts, they revolutionized basketball, together they’ve gone to five NBA Finals in a row — and now the Splash Brothers are facing their greatest challenge. If the Warriors are going to stave off elimination, and maybe extinction, the Splash Brothers are going to have to party like it’s 2016. 1 Or like it’s the last 2 ⁄2 min- utes of Game 5 in Toronto on Monday night. SCOTT The War- riors were OSTLER down 3-1 to the Raptors in the NBA Finals. They had lost Kevin Durant, and they trailed the Raptors by six points. Then ... Klay Thompson took a pass from Stephen Curry and bur- ied a 3-pointer over the long reach of Kawhi Leonard. ... Paul Chinn / The Chronicle Curry came off a DeMarcus Cousins screen, took a pass Painful memories: from Andre Iguodala and Why he played: Durant sank a 3. ... Curry, double- himself decided, based Other Bay Area stars teamed, passed to Iguodala, who zinged a pass to Dray- on much expert advice have been injured, too mond Green, who fired cross- court to Thompson, who By Connor Letourneau Which way does your finger point? pump-faked Leonard into the At the Warriors’ training staff? At Steve air, paused, and drilled a 3. Two days after Kevin Durant suffered a Kerr? At Bob Myers, who said to blame Splash, splash, splash. torn right Achilles tendon in Game 5 of the him? At Klay Thompson and Kevon Loo- Can they keep that magic NBA Finals, Warriors head coach Steve ney for returning so quickly from injury? alive? Kerr detailed the rationale that went in to At we, the media? At you, the fan, par- Let’s face it: NBA defenses clearing Durant. ticularly those of you on have caught up to the Splash About 15 minutes later, a picture of the social media? ANN Brothers. They’re still a dev- consequences emerged: Durant, in a hos- At Kevin Durant? astating force of nature, but pital bed in New Yo rk, confirming in an Gregory Shamus / Getty Images Or, how about at KILLION they are not the out-of-control Instagram post that his surgery was a Kevin Durant, above, tore his Achilles nobody? Maybe we duo they were at the height of success. tendon Monday. Top, DeMarcus Cousins don’t have to blame anyone for the heart- their 3-point success in the “I’m hurting deeply, but I’m OK,” Dur- works out at Oracle on Wednesday in breaking injury that Durant suffered in 2015-16 season. ant wrote. front of head coach Steve Kerr and Game 5 of the NBA Finals in Toronto on The only problem that sea- The devastation hit all across the War- sports-medicine director Rick Celebrini. Monday night. Because devastating in- son was that Curry was not riors’ organization, but no one saw this juries are a part of sports. fully healthy in the Finals (he coming, Kerr said, as he explained to re- 1 Cousins knows Durant’s pain. B6 Of course, that last option isn’t part of had missed six games com- porters in Oakland on Wednesday what the world that we live in right now. Not Ostler continues on B6 Injury continues on B7 1 Green can’t afford another technical. B6 Killion continues on B7 GAME 1 GAME 2 GAME 3 GAME 4 GAME 5 GAME 6 GAME 7* Raptors 118, Warriors 109, Raptors 123, Raptors 105, Warriors 106, Thursday Sunday Warriors 109 Raptors 104 Warriors 109 Warriors 92 Raptors 105 at Oracle at Toronto Toronto leads 3-2 6 p.m. 5 p.m. * if necessary; all games on 70/ 95.7 At U.S. Open, strong winds Cal women’s coach Gottlieb could deliver blow to players departing for NBA’s Cavaliers By Ron Kroichick Those are minor annoyances on the By Rusty Simmons “Do you want to go to the NBA?” relative scale of challenges for savvy Gottlieb said she asked her 2-year-old PEBBLE BEACH — Not to dismiss tour pros. Lindsay Gottlieb already had made son, Jordan, on Tuesday night. “Do the ankle-high, golf-ball-gobbling Here’s what torments golfers, and the decision. you want to go to Cleveland?” rough at this week’s U.S. Open, but messes with their minds, more than It was clearly the right thing and He said yeah, and hours later,the the world’s finest players can cope anything else: wind. the right time, but it sure helped with news hit that Gottlieb was leaving with tall grass. Twenty-seven years ago, right here the affirmation when she asked her her post as the head coach of the Cal Narrow fairways count as a nui- at Pebble Beach, howling winds ap- most trusted confidant about the women’s team to take an assistant job sance. Slick greens? Deep bunkers? U.S. Open continues on B2 life-altering move. Gottlieb continues on B8 PLAY AROUND FOR AS 333 Biscayne Drive San Rafael LOW AS $23 415-453-4940 B2 | Thursday, June 13,2019 | SFChronicle.com XXXXX• PAGE 2 U.S. OPEN NOTEBOOK McIlroy hits Pebble on a roll, raising world ranking to third By Ron Kroichick this week. ... But that Raptors jersey is probably staying in the PEBBLE BEACH — Rory suitcase this week.” McIlroy arrived in Northern McIlroy, 30,has 16 victories California on a vapor trail of on the PGA Tour, including good vibes. four majors. He hasn’t won a McIlroy shot 64-61 on the major in nearly five years, since weekend to win the Canadian the PGA Championshipin Open by sevenstrokes. That August 2014. Alessandra Tarantino / Associated Press marked his second victory this Morikawa rising: Cal alum Alex Morgan (second right) and Megan Rapinoe (right) are in year — he also won the Players Collin Morikawa also brings on the celebration of the Americans’ 12th goal vs. Thailand. Championship in March — and some momentum across the his 10th top-10 finish in 13 border to this U.S. Open. Mori- starts this season on the PGA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP kawa, who made his profes- Tour. sional debut in the Canadian McIlroy ended 2018 at No. 8 Open (on a sponsor exemp- in the world ranking. He’s now Warren Little / Getty Images U.S. catching heat tion), tied for 14th after a final- up to third, behind only Rory McIlroy has had 10 round 67. Brooks Koepka and Dustin top-10 finishes this season. Morikawa, a four-time col- Johnson. for goal celebrations lege All-American who gradu- “Obviously, it’s a nice little ing the trophy ceremony — ated last month, tees off at 12:41 confidence boost coming into given to him by Golf Canada p.m. Thursday. encouragement to forward this tournament,” McIlroy said CEO Laurence Applebaum — ASSOCIATED PRESS Other players with Bay Area Miranda Nild, who likeMorgan Wednesday, on the eve of the and predicting Toronto would ties in the field at Pebble Beach Thegoalswere one thing, the played college soccer at Cal. U.S. Open. “I feel like my game close out the Warriors in Game include Byeong Hun An (Cal), celebrations another. Celebrating and piling on the has been in really good shape 5 on Monday night. That didn’t Joseph Bramlett (San Jose/ TheU.S. women’s national goals are two different issues. At all year, and it was nice to vali- happen, and now McIlroy is Stanford), Hayden Shieh team faced criticism following the World Cup,goal difference date all the good work I’ve been spending this week a relatively (Fremont/Santa Clara)and its record-breaking 13-0 rout of becomes important in deciding putting in with another win. short drive from the Bay Area. Brandon Wu (Stanford). Thailand on Tuesday night in tiebreakers for the knockout “I feel like the golf I pro- He brought the Raptors Reims, France. The win set a stage. TheU.S. team is in a group duced last week is what I’m jersey with him, but he doesn’t Briefly: Sergio Garcia has World Cup record forgoals and with nemesis Sweden, as well as capable of, and obviously what plan to wear it around Pebble missed the cut in his past seven margin of victory. AlexMorgan Thailand and Chile. I’ll try to produce more often. Beach. major starts. ... Sam Saun- alone had five goals, matching “Forall that have issue with Yo u’re not going to shoot those “The atmosphere up there ders, grandson of Arnold the most in one game in tourna- many goals: for some players scores every weekend, but it is last week was unbelievable,” Palmer, will hit the first tee ment history. this is their first World Cup goal, nice when it happens.” McIlroy said of his visit to shot at 6:45 a.m. Thursday. But therewerequestions and they should be excited,” McIlroy celebrated his win Canada. “I felt like the whole aboutwhether the Americans former U.S. teammate Abby in Hamilton, Ontario,by don- country was behind that team. Ron Kroichick is a San Francisco should have celebratedgoals Wambach tweeted.