The Warriors (12th in the West) lost 133-134 at home to the Kings (7th in the West), and there were a total of 5 deuces in this game, with the Kings leading by 11 points at the most, the Warriors leading by 4 points at the most, and the difference was 1 point at the end of the game.
The Kings goal of the regular season is the top six, and this young team still has room to rise, while the Warriors are no longer as brave as they used to be, and their strength has dropped significantly, so the Kings and the Warriors no longer have a competitive relationship, and the development prospects are obviously better for the Kings. The two teams met in this round, and after four quarters of fierce battle, the Warriors finally lost.
In the first quarter, the Kings scored 40 points on the offensive end, and thanks to Curry's step-up, he hit five three-pointers to score 18 points, and the Warriors could have reached double digits without Curry's explosion in the first quarter. The second quarter was also dominated by offense, and the Warriors also came to a single quarter with 40 points to complete the overtake, but the Kings' offensive rhythm did not slow down, and they regained the lead through two three-pointers, and the Kings led by three points after the end of the first half. Both sides scored the same amount in the third quarter, so the margin did not change. In the fourth quarter, the Warriors played Kuminga and Curry on the offensive end, and two of them made the fans boil with an empty line, but unfortunately Kuminga was stopped from making a basket in the end, and Curry then made a mistake, and the Warriors regretted losing the game.
The Kings shot 45.8 percent from three-point range and scored 66 points from long range, while the Warriors shot 51.4 percent from three-point range and scored 57 points from long range. The Kings shot 64.5 percent from the field and scored 40 points inside the box, while the Warriors shot 61.9 percent from the field and scored 52 points inside the box.
It was an offense-oriented game, the Warriors shot more than 55 percent from the field, more than 50 percent from three-point range, and the offensive efficiency was very high, and as a result, they still lost, and the victory or defeat was actually a matter of a millimeter, and it was just one round that decided the outcome of the game. The Warriors outperformed the Kings on both the inside and outside, but the Kings got more offensive opportunities through scrambles, especially Barnes and Fox, who played a decisive role in scoring at the moment.
In the two minutes that Kerr had Kuminga off the court in the fourth quarter, the Kings scored back-to-back points and the Warriors didn't threaten offensively, and Kerr made too many mistakes in this kind of judgment. By the time the game entered the final minute, Curry was out of breath, and Kuminga didn't seem tired at all, still full of energy, and the young man was full of energy, but Kerr still didn't trust him.
The game was famous when the Kings missed two free throws and Thompson got the rebound, and the Warriors trailed by just one point, Curry received the ball, but he couldn't get rid of the defender, and finally dribbled the ball to his own feet, and then the whistle blew to end the game. The Warriors still have a timeout, and they could have laid out a reasonable tactic, but the head coach didn't do it, which was a low-level mistake, and Kerr's non-sacking is the biggest irrationality for the Warriors at the moment. And Curry, as a ball-handler, didn't think of a timeout when he couldn't get out of the bag, so he couldn't be left alone.
After the game, Kerr explained why there was no final call for a timeout. He said that the opponent's defense was not quite on its feet, and that perhaps he should have called a timeout earlier, especially when there was no space, and called a timeout with about 12 seconds left. But by that time, Curry had already gotten the ball, and Green came over to block and pick-and-roll, forming a tactic that had been played a lot for a long time. What Kerr meant was that the purpose of the timeout had been achieved at the time, so the timeout had lost its meaning, it was just that Curry didn't get rid of the defense. Curry also talked about that offense, saying that while there was still plenty of time, it was a mess at the moment, trying to play the perfect offense, sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. Everything happens suddenly, leaving too little time for judgment, and the opportunity is fleeting. While criticizing Curry and ridiculing Kerr, the referee's problem is also more serious, and the defender has a beating move when Kuminga hits the basket, and this suspected misjudgment directly changed the trend of the game.
All the previous efforts have been in vain, and competitive sports are only focused on results. Curry made a mistake on the dribble and didn't throw a buzzer, which led to a hard fight for a game and ended up losing in this regretful and aggrieved way. As he gets older, Curry's abilities have declined, and his time is over. The Warriors are a team that has extremely poor handling of key balls, and the famous loss of low-level errors is enough, but the team has never grown, and Curry and the head coach as the core bear the main responsibility.