鈥?Larry Fitzgerald might well be the most popular athlete in the history of the state of Arizona.The wide receiver’s resume is packed with Hall of Fame-caliber statistics accumulated over 14 seasons with the Cardinals team that drafted him third overall in 2004. Add to that his easy-going personality combined with a remarkable durability 鈥?he’s missed six games of his 224 since joining the league 鈥?and off-the-field contributions.A year ago Sam Darnold Jersey , Fitzgerald and the Giants’ Eli Manning shared the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award.And impressively, at age 34, he’s still playing at a high level, all while staying mum on whether he will return for another season.Last week, he said he would take some time off when the season ends to figure it out.His uncertainty matches big questions with other Cardinals, including whether coach Bruce Arians will stick around for a sixth season, and whether quarterback Carson Palmer will be back with a mended broken arm at age 38.Fitzgerald found it pointless to speculate.“What happens after Sunday moving forward, none of us can control that on Thursday,” he said. “We just need to focus on the things that we can control.”He resisted talking about what might happen to the organization once the season ends.“I personally have no control over 98 percent of the stuff,” Fitzgerald said. “All I have control over is what I decide to do and that’s not really that big of a deal. There’s a lot of other decisions that are going to be made and choices, and none of that has anything to do with me, to be honest with you.“So I just try to stay in the moment. I said it on Sunday, just trying to stay in the moment all the time and get yourself ready to play.”Fans would argue that Fitzgerald’s impending decision is a very big deal.No. 11 jerseys far outnumber any other when Arizona’s “Red Sea” of fans gathers at University of Phoenix Stadium. When he caught a TD pass to cap a big day last Sunday against the Giants, the crowd chanted “Lar-ry, Lar-ry Michael Gallup Jersey Elite , Lar-ry!”Fitzgerald has shattered nearly every franchise receiving record and has caught a pass in 210 consecutive games, third longest in NFL history. He ranks third all-time (behind Jerry Rice and Terrell Owens) in yards receiving and third (behind Rice and Tony Gonzalez) in receptions.He has had 17 quarterbacks complete a pass to him for a franchise that has often lacked stability let alone excellence at the position, except for his time with new Hall of Famer Kurt Warner and Palmer.Fitzgerald enters Saturday’s season finale tied with Antonio Brown (now injured) with 101 receptions, two fewer than league leader Jarvis Landry. Fitzgerald has 1,101 yards receiving 鈥?the ninth, and third straight, time he has topped 1,000 yards in a season.He’s been selected to the Pro Bowl for the 11th time.He led the league last year with 107 receptions and had a career-best 109 in 2015 鈥?all after he was switched from wideout to slot receiver when coach Arians arrived.“Pretty much the norm,” Arians said. “He comes in great shape, he catches a hundred passes and gains a thousand yards.”Fitzgerald credited a switch in emphasis to a short, intermediate passing game.“I just think I’m reaping the benefit of that change,” he said.And it’s no coincidence the big numbers coincided with the decision to move Fitzgerald to the slot. That’s a rough job, including blocking, but it opened the way for more one-on-one coverage and other opportunities.Fitzgerald accepted it, worked hard at it and eventually excelled.“Yeah A.J. Green Bengals Jersey , it was a decision for him to leave playing what he had played and was very comfortable doing,” Arians said, “and just trusting that, ‘Hey, it’s going to work out, and you’re going to catch a whole lot more balls this way.'”What’s not known is how seriously Fitzgerald is considering hanging it up after 15 seasons. He has a one-year contract, which means if he does play it will be for Arizona. But he has not said whether he will step away from the game instead. So there’s a chance this could be his last one.It’s on to Seattle for what Fitzgerald said is “hands down” his favorite road game.“I’ve been looking back through all the years. I’ve never played (in) Seattle before Thanksgiving before,” he said. “It’s always late season, cold, dreary, rainy, loud, miserable game. So I wouldn’t expect it any other way.” The Golden State Warriors, so used to making things look easy, overcame one of their toughest tests to return to the NBA Finals.

They climbed out of huge holes in the last two games of the Western Conference finals to beat Houston Jimmy Garoppolo Jersey Limited , but may have to play in the first half the way they have after halftime if they hope to knock off LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers and repeat as champions.

”They played a great series, they made us work for everything … I’m just proud of the way we battled,” Klay Thompson said. ”We’ve been through a lot with this team, and believe it or not, it’s not all success with the Warriors.”

”We’ve got our bumps throughout the season,” he continued. ”But to get to this point again, we earned it.”

Without Andre Iguodala again, the Warriors shook off another terrible first half in Game 7 on Monday night to rally for a 101-92 victory that made them the fifth team in NBA history to advance to the finals in four straight seasons.

Golden State trailed by 11 at halftime after being behind at the break by 10 points in Game 6, becoming the first team to win multiple elimination games in the same series when trailing by double digits after two quarters.

Coach Steve Kerr lamented that Golden State’s first half on Monday night was ”one of the most bizarre first halves” his team has played since he’s been with the Warriors and joked that he thought of resigning at halftime before getting serious.

”Our talent took over,” Kerr said. ”It’s as simple as that. We’ve got three of the best shot-makers in the league … we stayed with it.”

The trio – Thompson, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant – combined to score 47 points in the second half to pull away from a Rockets team that missed 27 straight 3-pointers from the second quarter to the halfway mark of the fourth quarter.

”I think it was just a level of experience and maturity from our group that helped us get to the finish line,” Curry said.

The Warriors outlasted the Rockets despite missing Iguodala for the last four games with a bone bruise on his left leg. It’s unclear if the 2015 NBA Finals MVP will return for Game 1 on Thursday, but if he does it will give Golden State a boost in trying to slow down James.

While Golden State certainly isn’t happy the way it started the last two games, its ability to turn things around in the second half gives the Warriors confidence heading into the next challenge. The Warriors outscored Houston 122-63 in the second half of the final two games.

Houston gave them a much bigger test than the Warriors have had in quite some time and this series was their first with three losses since the Cavaliers won the 2016 finals 4-3.

”Just keeping our composure was big for us the entire series,” Curry said. ”Whether we figured it out Jim Kelly Jersey Youth , win or lose, we showed a lot of fight, a lot of grit and resiliency to stay positive as we went through the series no matter what the situation was.”

Thompson was clear that the mistakes he made before halftime on Monday night won’t happen again. After scoring 35 points in Game 6, he collected three fouls in less than four minutes to force him to sit out most of the first quarter.

”I cannot do that next series, and that’s a big no-no,” he said. ”Learned my lesson. Those guys are great at drawing fouls but I’ve got to be smarter than that. That really hurt. I hated not being out there when I was supposed to.”

Curry, before he could look forward to the finals, he took some time to reflect on what it took to get past the Rockets and appreciate the accomplishment of having another shot at the title.

”This was a part of our story that we hadn’t been through before,” he said. ”Our backs against the wall, not having home-court advantage, needing to win two games to keep ourselves alive. This is a true testament to how hard it is to get to the finals, how hard it is to have a chance to play for a championship.”

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