The Warriors lost to the Nuggets 127-130 today, the process of this battle was really ups and downs, the Nuggets only led by 1 point in the first quarter, and the difference continued to expand in the second quarter, and the Warriors played a brave three crazy in the third quarter, with a net win of 20 points in a single quarter, and the Warriors maintained the lead for most of the final quarter, but Gordon broke out, and led the Nuggets to fight back with 15 points in a single quarter. In terms of statistics, Curry had 30 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, Thompson had 24 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Kuminga had 16 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, and Podemski had 13 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.
After the final whistle, Curry first stood on the court in a daze, then turned around and left, without greeting his teammates, it can be seen that Curry is very depressed, you must know that the Warriors have a maximum of 18 points in the final quarter, and they can win the game by playing casually, but unfortunately the reality is very skinny. Of course, you have to find the reason for losing, and there are three main points that the Warriors did not do well.
The first is Curry's problem, the cute god played very well in the first three quarters, scored 10 points in the third quarter, but Curry only hit 2 of 7 shots in the last quarter, and at the critical moment, Curry shot two three-pointers and hit all iron, and then there was a passing error, which directly buried the Warriors, so Curry must be blamed, in fact, there have been many such situations so far this season, and the Warriors are unstable in key balls and easy to make mistakes.
The second reason for the loss is that the Warriors' defense is terrible, there is no way to take Jokic all over the court, the Nuggets are not allowed on the outside, and most of the time they rely on Mr. Jokic to chisel inside, and the Warriors can't prevent it. Then in the final quarter, Gordon scored 15 points, all kinds of unreasonable goals, and the Warriors became a scoring problem on the defensive end because they were a small lineup.
The final reason for the loss, Kerr began to make mistakes again, he directly abandoned Kuminga in the final quarter, resulting in no one in the Warriors being able to match Gordon, Kuminga's performance in the first three quarters was actually quite good, shooting 5 of 7, and the defensive end was also very hard, but the final quarter was hidden, and the result was that Gordon suddenly went berserk, I don't know what Kerr thought.
In the middle of the second quarter, Kerr also had an incomprehensible operation, when Thompson was hot, hitting three three-pointers in a short period of time, Kerr was very confused, and immediately replaced Thompson, this operation even the commentator was stunned, and said that he had never seen such a substitution, Kerr belongs to the kind of coach who plays well and replaces whom.
Another point has to be mentioned, at the moment when the Nuggets chased points in the final quarter, the Warriors' tactics were very messy, basically betting on three-pointers, at this time, it should be on Paul, press time to control the rhythm, instead of letting Curry shoot, until the final stage of the game, Kerr remembered that they still had Paul, but it was too late. To sum up, Curry and Kerr are most responsible for the loss.
There is a very exaggerated statistic, so far this season, the Warriors have been reversed with a lead of at least 17 points four times, tying the record set by the Spurs and tying for first place in the league. In the whole game, the only bright spot of the Warriors was rookie Podzemski, who scored 13 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, and hit three three-pointers in the third quarter. On the Nuggets' side, Jokic scored 34 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists, almost having another triple-double. Murray had 25 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists, and Gordon had 30 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists, and the Big Three all performed well.
Curry was interviewed after the game, Moe God was in a very bad mood, talking about the team's performance in the fourth quarter, Curry said in frustration: "We shouldn't be obsessed with shooting three-pointers on the offensive end, we don't attack the basket so aggressively, and then give the opponent too much shooting space," Curry's meaning is easy to understand, he thinks that the Warriors shot too many three-pointers in the final quarter, which undoubtedly hints at Kerr's meaning, and the Warriors' tactics should be adjusted.
Curry continued, "We didn't try to cut and score more, including myself, we just stood outside the three-point line and didn't play more matchups, going to the basket and getting open shots. ”
It can be seen that Curry is very dissatisfied with the performance of the Warriors in the final quarter, he thinks that he should shoot less three-pointers and increase the inside score, and at this moment, Curry is probably missing Durant the most, if there is death, the Warriors don't have to bet on three-pointers all the time, give the ball to Durant, and the Grim Reaper will use a variety of scoring methods to save the Warriors.
The current Warriors, give us the feeling that no matter how much lead there is, there is also the possibility of being overturned, to put it bluntly, it is a lack of stable scoring points, I have to sigh, Durant and the Warriors are really a perfect match, but unfortunately they can't go back, the Warriors are currently in a worrying situation, Curry's mentality is about to collapse, can they still make the play-offs?