The Kings comfortably beat the Warriors at home, keeping the Warriors out of the playoffs, and the Warriors' season ended prematurely at this moment. Fans joked that "Steve Kerr and Stephen Curry were the first to prepare for the Olympics", and the Warriors coach will embark on a trip with bitterness, confusion and helplessness.
Obviously, this was an unacceptable result for Warriors fans, and in the second half of the game, the Warriors fell behind by a large score, and one of the fans who supported the Warriors on the road entered the cameraman's camera with disappointment written all over his face. This kind of disappointment is not uncommon this season, but when it comes to the moment when the team is out, it still reveals an eerie pain.
Warriors fans don't know that the era that belongs to the Warriors dynasty has come to an end, but until the dynasty building actually collapses, fans don't want to believe that the team is in tatters. This is probably the case with every dynasty, and even the empty framework that stands in front of you will evoke some people's dreams of a comeback.
After all...... Dreams are too desirable.
Indeed, the Warriors won a championship two seasons ago and re-emerged after a five-year triple crown hibernation, which could easily spark an impulse. It's like a middle-aged man with a tired face under the sunset, watching the first love girl's skirt fluttering under the gardenia tree, and the ghostly smile unconsciously climbs up the cheeks with horizontal flesh.
The Warriors' championship changed a lot of things, with owner Joe Lacob waving a checkbook and shouting, "Come on, come on, we're not just winning now, we're going to win in the future." Jordan Poole, Andrew Wiggins and Draymond Green are all here to stay, looking to continue the dynasty with a championship-contending squad and young players.
However, things did not happen as expected.
Andrew Wiggins was away for a long time, which affected the team's roster changes to some extent, and Jordan Poole was depressed by a punch from Draymond Green, and the next year became a lottery ticket in the hands of the Wizards.
And so the deal happened, however...... Things are still not getting better for the Warriors.
For almost the entire season, the Warriors were in an inexplicable irritation, like a volcano bursting with flames everywhere.
Klay Thompson struggled to find his former self, and when he found that no matter how much he ran, to no avail, and the shadow behind him hung over the haste of time, he accepted the role of a substitute. Under the continuous communication with Steve Kerr, Klay Thompson accepted who he is now, and his form has improved in the second half of the season.
But on this night, Klay Thompson missed 10 shots, and the stiff expression on the court was almost a reflection of the Warriors' fate. Stephen Curry and Draymond Green in the core lineup are also at a loss, and Chris Paul, who has just arrived in the season, was abandoned by fate on the way to the end of his career, and the silent rupture is even more uncomfortable.
Who is to blame for all this?
Bob Myers may have foreseen what was going to happen and chose to leave the Warriors at the beginning of the season, and Joe Lacob accepted the reality that the current roster would work for another season, giving Steve Kerr a whopping $35 million salary for two years. The Warriors have a salary of $205.6 million and a luxury tax of $176.9 million this season, which is close to $400 million.
Against the Kings, the Warriors were uncompetitive and had no desire to win, like a clumsy bear in a cage, waiting to be slaughtered. Sadly, they have seen the bleakness and sadness of fate, but they have not broken free from the shackles of fate, not even struggled.
Joe Lacob's face was pale, what was he thinking as he sat on the sidelines?
When the Warriors team falls apart, will Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green reunite next season? Stephen Curry said gloomily after the game that he can't imagine how he would play on the court without Klay Thompson and Draymond Green.
The reality is very cruel, and the glory that belongs to the three of them is completely gone.
Even if the Warriors can accept not competing for a championship next season, is Joe Lacob willing to keep the team's salary expenses high? Chris Paul's departure can't untie the team, and it has to decide whether to keep Klay Thompson's contract, the Warriors will be anxious anyway, and the team can't do anything big without making some big changes.
(Text/Yan Wuqiang)