On January 8, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Warriors hosted the Raptors. The Warriors have a 17-18 record so far this season, and the Lakers have become difficult brothers in the West, and the team's problems are particularly significant, with basically no defense, height and age restrictions, and four times this season with a lead of more than 18 points, it has suffered a super comeback. In the fourth quarter, Kerr didn't dare to use young people, and the veteran fell seriously. In the last game against the Pistons, Paul suffered a fractured left hand, according to the Bay Area media, Paul will undergo left hand surgery this week, and is expected to be out for 4-6 weeks, according to the actual recovery, Paul may not be back until March. Paul fell, but the league opened another window for the Warriors: Dream Chase lifted the suspension! Green has officially returned to the team, but it will take about a week for him to return to the court due to a long absence.
Kerr's suppression of young people has caused a lot of uproar, and the Bay Area media, including some American media, have given a clear message that the Warriors will not trade Kuminga, and Kuminga has a very good personal relationship with Warriors owner Rugbu. Kerr said in response to the position conflict between Kuminga and Dream Green that the two of them can coexist, and it is not difficult to play at the same time! Before the game, a reporter photographed the Raptors general manager Ujiri and the Warriors general manager Dunleavy Jr. talking secretly, according to the analysis of the American media, the Raptors want to send Sika away, and the Warriors are also very interested in Sika, but the Raptors insist on bringing Kuminga in the Sika trade, and the Warriors are definitely unwilling to do so. The Raptors, who had a 14-21 record and finished 12th in the West, are having a hard time competing for a playoff ticket this season, and it's time to rebuild.
In this game, Kerr changed the lineup again, starting: Curry + Klay + Wiggins + Kuminga + Davis, Paul is not there, Podzemski is on the bench, who feeds the cannonballs to Kuminga and Davis? As a result, the Warriors fell into passivity at the beginning: Barrett hit a three-pointer, Bolt ate Davis alone, and Barrett countered for a layup. The Warriors still relied on Kuminga to break the drought, but Sika's violent dunk still stopped the Warriors! In the middle of the game, Bolt and Quickley blossomed inside and outside to widen the difference, Wiggins and Klay made consecutive jumpers, Curry fed Davis, and the Warriors' offensive end improved, but Sika ate Kuminga alone, and Barnes forced Curry to stop the Warriors again.
In the second half, the Raptors once opened a 14-point difference, Klay stopped the bleeding with three points, Looney scored consecutive rebounds, and Trent and Moody scored three points at the end of the quarter, and the Raptors led the Warriors 36-28 after the first quarter. Coming back in the second quarter, Saric hit a three-pointer, Davis forced a basket, and Barrett scored eight points in a row to stop the Warriors. In the middle of the section, Trent and Bolt continued to fire, Boucher also continued to score three points, Curry still hit three points, Barrett trained Curry, Schroder hit a three-point shot, only Davis and Kuminga were scoring points on the Warriors' side, and several other veterans were like invisible! In the second half, Klay finally hit a three-point shot, Barrett took off and dunked, Barnes cut and dunked, plus Barrett hit a three-pointer in a row, and the Warriors were spent!
At halftime, the Raptors led the Warriors 76-49, and Barrett scored 26 points! The Warriors scored the most Klay 14 points, and Curry made 0 of 7 in the half, and he shook his head to express helplessness. At the beginning of the second half, Looney scored 4 points in a row to stop the Raptors, and when he came back from the timeout, Podemski hit three points, Saric completed 2+1, Klay hit a three-pointer, and the Warriors chased it to only 16 points! After Sika stopped the bleeding with three points, Curry finally scored a layup. In the middle of the period, the Raptors relied on Bolt and Barrett to score points, Kuminga hit a three-pointer at the buzzer, and Davis took off and dunked! When the Raptors opened up a 20-point gap again, Davis and Kuminga chased points in a row, Klay hit two three-pointers in a row, and Moody also hit a difficult throw! At the end of the quarter, Kuminga hit both free throws, and Trent stopped the bleeding with three points! After the third quarter, the Warriors 87-101 Raptors.
In the fourth quarter, Boucher and Schroder blossomed inside and out, Saric hit a layup, and Moody stopped the bleeding with three points. In the middle of the period, Curry broke through to a rebound, and Moody attacked 2+1, but Barrett and Schroder led the team to easily open up a difference of more than 20 points! In the last 5 minutes, Kerr replaced the main force and surrendered, and the game went into garbage time! In the end, the Warriors lost 118-133 at home to the Raptors! Curry should take full responsibility, Moody played hard, Kuminga, Davis and other young people also performed remarkably, and Klay felt very smooth.
Warriors statistics, Curry 2-of-14 and 0-of-9 three-pointers had 9 points and 6 assists, Klay had 25 points and 3 assists, Wiggins 3 points, Davis 16 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks, Kuminga 13 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Moody 21 points and 3 rebounds, Saric 11 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and Looney 10 points and 7 rebounds. Raptors statistics, Barrett 37 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, Schroder 13 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Sika 16 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, Bolt 14 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists, Trent 14 points, Boucher 17 points. I don't really understand why Curry is so sluggish, Klay is working hard, the team's young people are also working hard, Curry played the worst game of the season!