Quinn Cook hadn't played more than 20 minutes in a game for the Warriors since April 10 in a regular-season loss to the Grizzlies.
And yet there he was, logging 21 crucial minutes in Game 2 of the 2019 NBA Finals against the Raptors. Cook came off the bench and scored nine points, all huge 3-pointers, in a 109-104 win over Toronto to help the Warriors even the series at one game apiece.
"I'm sitting there and I'm watching Quinn -- every shot he took it looked like Quinn Cook at 14, 15 years old back when he was a freshman," Mike Jones, Cook's basketball coach at DeMatha High School, told NBC Sports Washington.
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As Steph Curry waited to check into the game with the Warriors leading 95-88 and slightly over eight minutes left in the game, the star guard couldn't contain himself as Cook drained a huge 3-pointer. Curry ran all the way down the other side of the court to chest bump Cook in mid-air.
"The emotion that he [Cook] plays with, just the great teammate that he is ... there's a lot of shots that Quinn could have taken last night, but the culture in Golden State is to move the basketball.
"I could not be more proud of him."
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As shooting guard Klay Thompson left early with a hamstring injury, the Warriors turned to their "Strength in Numbers" mantra. Cook embodied the motto in the biggest way, proving he's always ready when called upon.