In home games against the Lone Rangers, the Warriors led the Lone Rangers by 21 points at most, and according to ESPN's data model, when the Warriors led by 21 points, the probability of the team winning the game was as high as 99.3%. However, in this case, the Warriors performed very sluggishly in the final quarter, they were in a scoring drought for a long time, they were blasted out of the 26-1 attack by the Lone Rangers, and in the last moment, although the Warriors also completed the scoring, but at that time the Lone Rangers had occupied the initiative of the game, the Warriors were behind, and there was little game time left. In the end, the Warriors suffered a 21-point reversal by the Lone Rangers at home 101-107, losing the game at home and missing consecutive wins.
The main reason for the Warriors' loss in this game is in terms of head coach Kerr's employment adjustment, in the first three quarters, he performed very well, using a correct set of rotations to give the Warriors a big lead. However, at the end of the quarter, his coaching performance in many aspects was not ideal, and the adjustment of employment was even more messy and the performance was sluggish.
In the final quarter, Cole let Bjelica and Damien Lee handle the ball, let Curry play without the ball, the team also had a lot of low-level mistakes, Curry had no ball, lack of offensive threat, and Damien Lee and Bjelica could not shoot offensively, and there were many leaks in the defense, which also allowed the Lone Rangers to seize the opportunity and play a wave of high-quality counterattacks.
After being hit by the Lone Rangers with a wave of high-quality counter-attacks, Kerr did not immediately request a timeout, and even when the opponent exploded a 16-0 attack, Kerr still did not call a timeout and continued to maintain the lineup on the court. What's more interesting is that after the Lone Rangers replaced Doncic, Kerr chose to replace Curry and let other role players compete with the main lineup of the Lone Rangers, which also led to the score being narrowed again, and after the opponent reversed the score, Kerr let Curry play. By then it was too late, the Lone Rangers had already played the momentum, and the Warriors were hard to stop.
It can be said that there are many deficiencies in Cole's coaching and adjustment in the final quarter of this game, not using the most correct player to end the game, in the face of the Lone Ranger's counterattack, he was not able to adjust the team's lineup very well, while letting Curry play without the ball, let other players handle the ball, which also led to the team's eventual loss. Personally, I think there are many problems with Kerr's rotation in the final quarter, and he has become the main reason for the Warriors to be reversed.
Of course, in addition to Cole, Curry also needs to carry the pot, this campaign he performed very well in the first three quarters, but in the final quarter, his performance was very crotchy, and he was not able to step forward to help the team score at key moments. Throughout the final quarter, Curry only got 5 points and 1 assist on 2-of-8 shooting, 1 of 5 shots outside the three-point line, and 1 of 2 shots on the layup, compared to the performance of the first three quarters, Curry did not continue his shooting feel in the last quarter, compared to the performance of Lone Ranger leader Doncic, Curry's performance in the final quarter was not good. The team was reversed, Curry needed to carry the pot, although he was forced to play without the ball in the last quarter, which also affected his state, but when he had the opportunity, Curry was not able to grasp it, and in the case of 21 points in the lead, he was still reversed by the opponent, as the leader of the team, Curry needed to bear some responsibility.
After losing this game, the Warriors only had a 5-5 record in February, with a 50% win rate, and at this stage they are only 1.5 wins ahead of the Grizzlies, a very small gap. For the Warriors, it's time for the team to make adjustments, they need to perform better in subsequent games and achieve more wins so that in the first round of the playoffs, the team can have home advantage. If you continue to lose, then the Warriors not only can not save the second place in the West, but also the top four in the West are difficult to hold, because the Grizzlies and Jazz behind the momentum is very strong, the gap between them and the Warriors is very small, and in the case of little left in the regular season, the Warriors are also time to exert their strength so that the team can retain the existing ranking.