The matches follow one another and are similar for Golden State. The Warriors lost on Monday at home against the Nets, missing out on their end of the match. A scenario already experienced on Saturday in San Antonio, for the same conclusion. The Bay team lost a second game in a row for the first time this season, and raised initial questions, as concerns from last season resurface.
The Warriors will largely have themselves to blame. After falling to the Spurs when they were 17 points ahead in the third quarter, this time they were +18 against Brooklyn, before exploding. The Nets flew through the last act, 41-28, with a host of injuries, no professional pivot, and the two Cams, Johnson and Thomas, on the bench because of injuries.
“ It's like we lost all our juice again tonight » analyzed Steve Kerr. “ We had a significant lead in the third quarter and we couldn't finish the job. We didn't have much energy anymore, we didn't have much strength anymore. And that paves the way for a team in today's NBA that can make 20 3-pointers like Brooklyn did tonight. »
Kerr follower of the Coué method?
It is true that they were impressive from afar with a 20/45 behind the arc, but the visitors did not do much more than their opponents: 19/46 for Golden State from afar, 5/9 in the last quarter for the Nets, 4/9 for the Warriors. Brooklyn especially had the merit of always believing in it, losing none of its aggressiveness, with an impeccable 12/12 on shots in the final period. The Warriors only did better than 4/7, another recurring problem since the start of the exercise.
“ We can say it, we had more energy a few weeks ago » continued Steve Kerr. “ Maybe the schedule is catching up with us a little, but we know we have to find that energy again. »
This is particularly true for the lieutenants of this team. While Dennis Schröder walked with his 17 points and 4 assists in the last quarter, taking the Nets in his wake, the 2022 champion found no relay for the Stephen Curry – Andrew Wiggins tandem, author of 20 of the 28 points of theirs.
Steve Kerr, however, insisted, believing that it was not a simple question ” energy“, but rather application. Especially since the Warriors still play with an 11-player rotation, Steph Curry and Draymond Green thus not reaching 30 minutes of play Monday evening.
“ You don't want to overreact to this » Tempered the Warriors coach as to whether he was going to rethink his rotations after these two setbacks. “ What I mean is, two games ago, everyone was doing great, we were 12-3. And we opened up big gaps in the last two matches. »
“Caught up by the calendar” and the worst is to come
“I think that in this match, we were a little too comfortable” For his part, said Moses Moody, very interesting in the first period with 15 points in nine minutes. “They stayed aggressive, defended all field, and played hard. We relaxed a little when we made the gap. »
Between complacency and technical bankruptcy, Golden State must in any case quickly recover before a possibly hellish month of December. The Warriors host the West leader, the Thunder, on Wednesday. Before playing the Suns (twice), the Nuggets, the Rockets, the Wolves (three times), the Grizzlies, the Lakers, the Clippers or even the Cavaliers by the end of the year.
Before that, this week mostly at home leaves Steve Kerr and his staff two training sessions, the first this Tuesday, to correct the situation. “ This will be a much-needed session before another Friday, this week is a good time to get us back on track » said the technician from San Francisco.
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Stephen Curry | 13 | 29.7 | 47.5 | 43.7 | 95.5 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 22.0 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 14 | 27.6 | 47.7 | 40.8 | 77.0 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 17.4 |
| Buddy Hield | 16 | 24.2 | 47.2 | 44.1 | 88.9 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 15.9 |
| Jonathan Kuminga | 15 | 22.7 | 44.5 | 30.6 | 61.3 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 13.3 |
| De'anthony Melton | 6 | 20.2 | 40.7 | 37.1 | 62.5 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 10.3 |
| Draymond Green | 16 | 28.1 | 43.1 | 42.9 | 62.8 | 0.9 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 8.7 |
| Tracey Jackson Davis | 16 | 17.7 | 62.6 | 0.0 | 57.7 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 8.7 |
| Moses Moody | 16 | 16.9 | 44.1 | 39.7 | 73.1 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 8.3 |
| Brandin Podziemski | 15 | 23.3 | 36.7 | 18.5 | 62.5 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 7.2 |
| Lindy Waters III | 14 | 16.1 | 42.9 | 38.3 | 100.0 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 5.7 |
| Kevin Looney | 14 | 15.3 | 51.6 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 7.9 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 5.6 |
| Kyle Anderson | 15 | 15.4 | 37.2 | 25.8 | 62.5 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 5.1 |
| Gary Payton II | 16 | 11.8 | 61.5 | 21.4 | 62.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 4.5 |
| Pat Spencer | 3 | 1.5 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| Gui Santos | 6 | 3.7 | 40.0 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| Reece Beckman | 2 | 2.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
