Steve Kerr said Steph Curry took the game in his control late in the Golden State Warriors' game-five victory in the NBA Finals.
The Warriors are within one win of sealing their first NBA championship in 40 years, after downing the Cleveland Cavaliers 104-91 at the Oracle Arena on Sunday - with Curry producing his highest scoring output (37 points) in seven games.
Kerr said the league MVP made it happen for the Warriors.
"I called all those plays. Those were my genius inventions," Kerr said sarcastically, on the final decisive minutes.
"No, that was just Steph taking over the game. But it was a different game, you know, because they decided to go smaller, and so the floor was more open.
"I thought from the very beginning when they went small, had their shooters out there, I thought this is Steph's night.
"This is going to be a big one for him because he has all that room.
"He took over the game down the stretch and was fantastic."
Kerr also reserved praise for Andre Iguodala, who drained just two of 11 free-throw attempts on his way to 14 points but had eight rebounds and seven assists.
"Andre was brilliant again tonight," the Warriors coach said.
"He does everything for us. He's our best defender on LeBron [James].
"He's an incredible decision maker. I mean, seven assists, no turnovers. He rebounds. He guards everybody. When he's off LeBron, he goes on to a shooter and stays at home with the shooters and challenges shots. He's a brilliant defensive player.
"The free throws? It happens. He missed some down the stretch. It didn't matter. It didn't hurt us, and we were able to close the game out anyway."
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