And eight for the Warriors! Eight away matches, and eight defeats for the defending champions, dominated tonight in the Phoenix room. Klay Thompson has still not found the target and Jordan Poole is ghostly. And without an exceptional Stephen Curry, the gap could have been much heavier.
Even if the Suns are among the candidates for the title, and there is nothing shameful in losing to Phoenix, the way is not there, and Steve Kerr takes responsibility for this failed start to the season. Especially the attitude. Something is broken in the collective, and his players did not realize that they were going to have a target behind them all season long.
“When things are not going well, one guy brings the group together near the free throw line, he brings them together and he motivates the group” reminds Steve Kerr. ” All of that is missing right now, and I saw a lot of heads down tonight. I think we feel sorry for ourselves when no one will feel sorry for us. Everyone is looking forward to playing against us and kicking our ass. »
“We’ve had a lot of fun beating others over the years and the teams don’t forget that”
By the way, the Warriors coach makes his mea culpa. He does not mention Draymond Green’s punch on Jordan Poole as a break, but explains that he is at fault in his preparation of the group. For him, the team is at the end of the cycle, and the players are not aware that they no longer have the control of the end of the 2010s. It is no longer the same group, and the title won against in Boston is a decoy.
“We’ve had a lot of success, a lot of joy and a lot of fun beating others over the years and the teams don’t forget that” he believes. “They’re having fun now like they should be. I also feel that sport rewards you when you really get involved. If you really fight together, the shots come in, the whistles go your way, the cuts go your way… There’s none of that, and that’s why we’re still winless at the outside. It was a practice match. »
Kerr goes even further in the comparison, and he is not kind to his players: “We lack collective desire, and when you lack it, the match becomes easy for the opponent. It’s a Drew League game. We play like in Drew League! »
And given the level of basketball in the Drew League, this is the worst conclusion.
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Stephen Curry | 13 | 34.6 | 52.3 | 43.3 | 92.1 | 0.7 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 31.5 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 13 | 33.4 | 49.2 | 38.8 | 74.2 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 5.8 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 18.3 |
| Jordan Poole | 14 | 28.6 | 43.8 | 34.7 | 82.7 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 17.1 |
| Klay Thompson | 11 | 28.6 | 35.1 | 33.0 | 75.0 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 14.7 |
| Anthony Lamb | 6 | 20.5 | 61.8 | 54.5 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 9.0 |
| Draymond Green | 13 | 30.0 | 53.7 | 21.4 | 63.2 | 0.7 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 7.9 |
| James Wiseman | 11 | 13.4 | 58.8 | 0.0 | 65.2 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 6.8 |
| Moses Moody | 12 | 17.7 | 41.3 | 35.9 | 81.3 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 6.6 |
| Kevon Looney | 14 | 23.9 | 60.9 | 0.0 | 64.3 | 2.3 | 4.6 | 6.9 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 6.2 |
| Ty Jerome | 8 | 15.0 | 53.3 | 37.5 | 100.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 6.0 |
| Jonathan Kuminga | 11 | 14.1 | 42.6 | 26.7 | 86.7 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 5.2 |
| Jamychal Green | 11 | 17.0 | 44.9 | 25.0 | 85.7 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 5.0 |
| Donte Divincenzo | 6 | 15.1 | 44.4 | 33.3 | 83.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 4.2 |
| ryan rollins | 5 | 4.2 | 50.0 | 66.7 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 2.4 |
| Patrick Baldwin, Jr. | 2 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
