US EditionKurtenbach: If Steph Curry Can’t Save the Warriors, We’re Truly in the Final Days
Steph Curry set records with multiple 40-point games and 11-plus 3-pointers, but Warriors have lost two straight due to late defensive lapses and turnovers, coach Steve Kerr said.
- On Sunday, Steph Curry, the Warriors' veteran guard, extended his record for games with at least 11 3-pointers while scoring 48 points in a 136-131 loss.
- After a 17-0 run Friday, opponents exploited Golden State's late-game defensive lapses despite the Warriors' top-four defensive rating entering Sunday, swinging both games with decisive runs.
- Against Portland, the Trail Blazers shot 20-for-39 from distance Sunday and scored 139 and 136 points, while turnovers by Draymond Green, Golden State forward, led to 24 opponent points.
- Coach Steve Kerr said `We're just not closing games,` after Portland's late 12-point stretch and noted point-of-attack breakdowns created transition vulnerabilities.
- Kerr conceded he took accountability for usage decisions involving Jimmy Butler and emphasized that shooting over 50% from the field and 3-point land should ensure victory, saying `When you make 24 3s, Steph makes 12 of them, you should win the game.
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Marin Independent Journal
Kurtenbach: If Steph Curry can’t save the Warriors, we’re truly in the final days
Warriors coach Steve Kerr says he isn’t doing a good job. I’m inclined to believe him. Because right now, the Dubs aren’t a basketball team. They are a desperation experiment. It’s no longer “Strength in Numbers,” it’s “Throw Spaghetti at the Wall and Pray it Looks Like Art.” Spoiler alert: It doesn’t. It looks like a mess. And it reeks of panic. Steph Curry has scored 87 points in his first two games back from injury. Eighty-seven. He’s playing…
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The Mercury news
Analysis: Diagnosing the Warriors’ failures as Curry breaks MJ’s scoring records
The Warriors are now 5-9 in what the NBA defines as "clutch" games -- when the score is within five points in the final five minutes.
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