Despite many lauding the Warriors’ depth this season, it seems as though the team still can’t close out games effectively without Steph Curry.
Golden State had every opportunity to win against OKC on Wednesday night, but dropped the game 105-101.
Steve Kerr tried to focus mainly on the positives, but there sure were a lot of low lights.
“We were awful in the first quarter,”Kerr said. “But I loved everything I saw the last three quarters. The energy, the defense, the rotations. Guys were flying around with a lot of good individual contributions. That’s our team. That’s who we are.”
The fourth quarter was one to forget as the team endured scoring droughts that went for over five minutes. Yikes.
With less than six minutes to play, Kyle Anderson scored a layup and put the Warriors in front 96-93, but all momentum was quashed when they proceeded to miss the next 14 shots.
“I didn’t think we made great decisions down the stretch, the last five minutes,” Kerr said. “It’s pick-and-roll time late in the game, and with Steph out it makes it a little trickier on our team.”
Draymond Green took a lot of the blame for the loss and lack of hustle from the Warriors offense – rightly or wrongly.
“Just got to settle down and make sure we get into something,” Green said. “Get into some sets. We were a bit scattered, and that’s on me.
“When the game gets to that point, somebody has to slow the game down and get us into a set. I’m the veteran out there. I’m the one with the most experience out there. So, I’ve got to get my head out of my ass, go get the ball and get us into a set. Something that would be beneficial for all of us.”
“Everybody wanted it. JK was getting to the hole; he wanted it. [Wiggins] got into the paint a couple times; he wanted it. [Podziemski] did as well. But our spacing wasn’t correct, so they were able to collapse on the paint. And we don’t have the proper kick-outs because our spacing wasn’t right because we weren’t getting into anything. It was just guys making plays themselves.”
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