Kerr’s rotation.
The team’s high-
est-paid player, Lee kept
smiling. He refused to
even concede he dis-
agreed with Kerr’s deci-
sion not to play him in
some games this season,
his 10th in the NBA.
“When Coach Kerr
insertedme into the start-
ing lineup, David never
mumbled a word about
it,” Green said. “He never
gave up on me. He never
stopped supporting me.”
Green also praised Lee
and Iguodala for always
playing hard when called
upon as reserves this
season.
“They’re two of the
longest-tenured NBA
players on our team, and
they act like it. That’s
why this team has been
successful this year —
because of guys like that
willing to sacrifice, but
yet staying ready.”
Perhaps Lee’s finest
hour this season came
when he played his first
minutes of the Finals
in Game 3 and gave the
Warriors life with his 11
points, four rebounds
and two assists in 13min-
utes. The Warriors lost
but found themselves in
that fourth quarter.
“We kept talking all
year about, ‘Your time’s
going to come. Stay
with it,’ ” Kerr said. “He
believed it, and he stayed
with it, and he’s making
a big impact.”
So even when Bogut
played only three min-
utes in Game 4 amid
his continued struggles
against Cleveland, he
remained engaged.
“I thought he took
it great,” Barnes said.
“He was very positive.
He was loud, cheering
on the bench. No one
thought anything of it.
It was just look, we’re
all trying to achieve a
common goal, and that’s
to win a championship.”
Said Bogut of the line-
up that could be used
again in Game 5 at
Oracle Arena on Sunday,
“Hopefully, we’ll get a
ring doing it.”
Bogut said he drew
inspiration from fel-
low big man Marreese
Speights, who on any
given night in the play-
offs can provide a key
contribution off the
bench or not play at all.
“I’m not in a posi-
tion to sit here and
pout over things,” Bogut
said. “We have a lot of
professionals.”
After Game 4, Bogut
said the lineup change
that left him mostly
on the bench “worked
perfectly.”
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MEN’S PROFESSIONAL RANKINGS
Starting on August 30, 2014, professional
athletes began earning points for Kona Qualifying
correlating to their finish position. The top
50 male pros in the KPR at the end of each
qualifying year will qualify to race in Kona.
PLACE/FIRST/LAST
COUNTRY RACES POINTS
1. Jan Frodeno
DEU
4
10,680
2. Ben Hoffman
USA
5
9,650*
3. Nils Frommhold
DEU
4
9,185*
4. Sebastian Kienle
DEU
3
9,015
q5. Frederik Van Lierde BEL
3
8,365*
6. Bart Aernouts
BEL
4
8,310*
7. Timothy Van Berkel AUS
4
7,820*
8. Lionel Sanders
CAN
5
7,680*
9. Andy Potts
USA
4
7,475
10. Tim Don
GBR
4
7,430*
11. Brent Mcmahon
CAN
5
7,270*
12. Matt Trautman
ZAF
4
7,195*
13. Cyril Viennot
FRA
4
6,995*
q14. Matthew Hanson
USA
4
6,770*
15. Timothy Odonnell
USA
4
5,630*
16. Ronnie Schildknecht CHE
3
5,310*
17. Clemente Alonso
ESP
3
4,880*
18. Marino Vanhoenacker BEL
3
4,735*
19. Tim Reed
AUS
4
4,710
q20.Jeffrey Symonds
CAN
3
4,675*
21. Ivan Rana
ESP
3
4,560*
22. Cameron Brown
NZL
4
4,545*
23. Romain Guillaume
FRA
4
4,410*
24. Brad Kahlefeldt
AUS
4
4,400*
25. Igor Amorelli
BRA
5
4,340*
26. Patrik Nilsson
SWE
3
4,240*
27. Craig Alexander
AUS
4
4,195
28. Pedro Gomes
PRT
3
4,090*
29. Christian Kramer
DEU
2
4,055*
30. Joe Skipper
GBR
3
4,015*
31. Fredrik Croneborg
SWE
5
3,975*
32. Eneko Llanos
ESP
3
3,910*
33. Terenzo Bozzone
NZL
4
3,850*
34. Maik Twelsiek
DEU
4
3,790*
35. Miquel Tinto
ESP
3
3,700*
36. Luke Bell
AUS
5
3,665*
37. Daniel Bretscher
USA
3
3,620*
38. Guilherme Manocchio BRA
4
3,540*
39. Michael Weiss
AUT
5
3,427*
40. Matt Chrabot
USA
4
3,390*
41. Tyler Butterfield
BMU
3
3,285*
42. Per Bittner
DEU
5
3,030*
43. Dylan Mcneice
NZL
3
3,025*
44. Javier Gomez
ESP
1
3,000
45. Michael Raelert
DEU
3
3,000
46. Paul Ambrose
AUS
4
2,875*
47. Domenico Passuello ITA
4
2,850*
48. Jeremy Jurkiewicz
FRA
4
2,755*
49. Joe Gambles
AUS
3
2,750
50. Kyle Buckingham
ZAF
5
2,665*
WO
MEN’S PROFESSIONAL RANKINGS
Starting on August 30, 2014, professional
athletes began earning points for Kona Qualifying
correlating to their finish position. The top
35 female pros in the KPR at the end of each
qualifying year will qualify to race in Kona.
PLACE/FIRST/LAST
COUNTRY RACES POINTS
q1. Jodie Swallow
GBR
5
14,370*
2. Daniela Ryf
CHE
4
11,450*
3. Rachel Joyce
GBR
5
11,100*
4. Caroline Steffen
CHE
5
10,665*
q5. Mirinda Carfrae
AUS
3
9,735*
6. Meredith Kessler
USA
5
8,960*
7. Gina Crawford
NZL
5
7,880*
q8. Ariane Monticeli
BRA
5
7,810*
9. Elizabeth Lyles
USA
3
7,390
10. Angela Naeth
CAN
5
7,285*
11. Heather Wurtele
CAN
5
7,280*
12. Yvonne Van Vlerken NLD
5
7,160*
13. Diana Riesler
DEU
4
6,270*
14. Liz Blatchford
AUS
5
6,170*
15. Julia Gajer
DEU
3
6,005
16. Mary Beth Ellis
USA
3
5,915
17. Camilla Pedersen
DNK
5
5,875*
18. Susie Cheetham
GBR
4
5,650*
19. Britta Martin
NZL
3
5,335*
q20. Leanda Cave
GBR
4
5,290*
21. Annabel Luxford
AUS
4
5,080*
22. Amanda Stevens
USA
5
5,030*
23. Haley Chura
USA
4
4,910*
24. Corinne Abraham
GBR
2
4,725*
25 Lucy Gossage
GBR
4
4,675*
26. Kelly Williamson
USA
4
4,540*
27. Beth Gerdes
USA
5
4,515*
28. Dede Griesbauer
USA
4
4,500*
29. Mareen Hufe
DEU
5
4,490*
30. Asa Lundström
SWE
3
3,740
31. Eva Wutti
AUT
3
4,170*
32. Ashley Clifford
USA
4
4,130*
q33. Melissa Hauschildt
AUS
1
4,000*
34. Dimity-lee Duke
AUS
5
3,945*
35. Heather Jackson
USA
5
3,800*
36. Laurel Wassner
USA
5
3,580*
37. Michelle Vesterby
DNK
4
3,575*
38. Shiao-yu Li
TWN
5
3,560*
39. Sarah Piampiano
USA
5
3,395*
40. TineDeckers
BEL
3
3,325*
41. RuthBrennan-Morrey
USA
4
3,235*
42. Lisa Hütthaler
AUT
2
3,195*
43. Radka Vodickova
CZE
3
3,160
44. Keiko Tanaka
JPN
3
2,720*
45. Magali Tisseyre
CAN
3
2,665
46. Bree Wee
USA
4
2,645*
47. Astrid Ganzow
DEU
3
2,520*
48. Helle Frederiksen
DNK
3
2,500
49. Linsey Corbin
USA
2
2,495
50. Jessie Donavan
USA
4
2,405*
*
— Fulfilled requirement of scoring in qualifying full distance event
q
— Athlete awarded IRONMANWorld Championship slot
** —
Event occurred more than once for this ranking year
Rankings as of June 5 from IRONMAN.com
six Canadian cities.
The U.S. leads the
Group D standings with
four points, following a
3-1 victory over No. 10
Australia in the opener.
Sweden was surprised
in its opener by No. 33
Nigeria, which erased a
2-0 halftime deficit for a
3-all tie.
Earlier Friday the
Matildas
defeated
Nigeria 2-0.
The World Cup is
being played as FIFA
deals with an ongo-
ing corruption scan-
dal sparked by the U.S.
Department of Justice
indictment of 14 people
with racketeering, wire
fraud, money laundering
and other offenses. Swiss
prosecutors are leading a
separate probe into the
2018 and 2022 World
Cup bidding contests.
FIFA President Sepp
Blatter, who is not at the
tournament, announced
last week that he plans
to step down once an
election is held for a
successor.
MEXICO-BOLIVIA
ENDS SCORELESS AT
COPA AMERICA
VINA DEL MAR, Chile
— Mexico and Bolivia
played a lackluster 0-0
draw Friday in the sec-
ond match of the Copa
America,
the
South
American championship.
The result was disap-
pointing for Mexico, which
is playing what amounts
to its B team but was still
a favorite to beat Bolivia,
which has not won a
match in this tournament
since 1997.
Mexico’s best players
like Carlos Vela and Javier
Hernandez are being held
out for next month’s Gold
Cup in the United States.
Bolivia had clear scor-
ing chances, particular-
ly in the first half, while
Mexico’s best opportunity
came early in the second
half when substitute Raul
Jimenez headed just wide
in the Group A match.
Mexico defender Rafael
Marquez, playing his fifth
Copa America, went off
early in the second half
with an apparent injury.
SOCCER:
Mexico disappoints at Copa America
WARRIORS:
No complaints from big man Bogut
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