Nicely, that is going to harm for some time. Hope it’s Golden State Warriors can bounce towards Denver Nuggets Thursday night, as a result of Wednesday’s recreation is towards Minnesota Timberwolves stings
The Dubs performed very nicely for 3 quarters, and took a 14-point lead early within the fourth quarter. They performed one of many hottest groups within the league, on the street, they gave the impression to be in management. After which their offense turned extra sloppy than sloppy, their protection forgot how one can comprise former teammate D’Angelo Russell, and the sport went to time beyond regulation. There, Russell rapidly missed, giving the Warriors a definite benefit.
They blew that characteristic, and Misplaced 119-114.
Now let’s price the gamers. As at all times, the scores are based mostly on my expectations of every participant, with the “B” representing that participant’s common play.
Notice: The true taking pictures share (TS) is a measure of scoring effectivity that accounts for threes and free throws. Going into Wednesday’s video games, the league’s common PPS is 57.9%.
Draymond Inexperienced
39 minutes, 10 factors, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 5 turnovers, 3 fouls, 5-for-10 taking pictures, 0-for-3 three-pointers, 50.0% TS, -6
One thing very unusual occurred on this recreation: Inexperienced and Steve Curry weren’t on the identical web page. They’ve had a number of performs the place they have been on utterly completely different pages, and since their relationship is normally Inexperienced passing to Curry, this led to plenty of turn-ons for Dray.
I am keen to offer him a slight go for a couple of twists, as a result of their breakup felt extra like Carrie doing greater than Dray. There have been a couple of occasions the place Inexperienced handed the ball to a spot he anticipated Curry to go, and Curry by no means went there.
It was unusual to see him.
Both means, it was a below-average recreation on offense for Dray, however I nonetheless assume he is one of many crew’s greatest gamers. They performed some stable protection on the street, which was on prime, and bounced prefer it was going out of favor.
b grade
Put up-game reward: He led the crew in rebounding.
Andrew Wiggins
35 minutes, 16 factors, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 turnovers, 2 fouls, 7-for-13 taking pictures, 1-for-4 three-pointers, 1-for-2 free throws, 57.6% TS, -8
Offensively, it was a step in the best course for Wiggins, although he hasn’t scored a recreation with above-average league effectivity since his stellar efficiency towards Houston Rockets on December 3, when he suffered an adductor muscle damage.
Wiggins particularly wasn’t on the sphere within the closing minutes of regulation…not less than not till inside the ultimate minute. It appears to be like more healthy and sportier, nevertheless it would not make a lot of an impression.
Props to him for seven rebounds. He has not had greater than 5 boards in his final 12 video games.
Grade B-
Steve Curry
43 minutes, 29 factors, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, 4 turnovers, 5 fouls, 8-for-21 taking pictures, 5-for-12 triples, 8-for-9 free throws, 58.1% TS, -5
For many players, this can be one in all their greatest video games of the 12 months. However as for Carrie, we have been left feeling very upset. It was dynamic early on, with circus photographs, aggression, and threes that left your jaw on the ground.
However as the sport went on, he turned extra careless and careless. He misconnected with Inexperienced on a number of events, had some unexplained turnovers late on, and took a foul shot to attempt to win the sport on the finish of regulation. Because the offense received underway, his protection struggled as he started to succeed in.
He appeared unfazed. I will be curious to see if Kerr provides him Thursday’s recreation. Some reduction can do him good…however then once more, it might probably get again on the horse and destroy everybody else too.
Grade: c
Put up-game reward: He led the crew in factors.
Clay Thompson
40 minutes, 14 factors, 6 rebounds, 1 steal, 2 turnovers, 1 foul, 3-for-13 taking pictures, 2-for-7 three-pointers, 6-for-6 free throws, 44.8% TS, +2
Fairly a tricky recreation from Klay, although I do wish to level out how far he is come on the glass recently. He did not have any form of rhythm on this recreation, although he did a superb job of attending to the free throw line.
Grade: D+
Jordan Paul
32 minutes, 18 factors, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 turnovers, 3 fouls, 4-for-13 taking pictures, 1-for-5 three-pointers, 9-for-10 free throws, 51.7% TS, -9
Paul’s vitality was large on this recreation. He had a couple of key performs of offensive aggression that served as a spark. He flew to the green for rebounds and to maintain balls alive, and was an aggressive passer. I assumed his protection was very sturdy.
His choice and shot weren’t superb, sadly. However I liked the remainder of his recreation.
Grade B-
Put up-game reward: Tie with the crew lead in assists, the worst plus / minus for the crew.
Jonathan Cuminga
quarter-hour, 10 factors, 3 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block, 1 turnover, 4 fouls, 4-on-8 taking pictures, 1-on-2, free throws 1-on-2, 56.3% TS, -4
Cumminga’s been actually having an issue recently… he is had 29 of them in his final seven matches. He introduced a superb vitality into this recreation, however I assumed it was slightly uncontrolled. He is nonetheless head and shoulders greater than he was earlier within the season, however he hasn’t made a lot of an impression this season.
Grade B-
Kevon Looney
28 minutes, 10 factors, 9 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 blocks, 4 fouls, 4-for-5 taking pictures, 2-for-2 free throws, 85.0% TS, +12
Looney could have moved to the bench, nevertheless it did nothing to minimize his impression on the sport. With Rudy Gobert and Karl-Anthony Cities sidelined, Lonnie completely eats into this recreation, at each stage. Consequently, he was on the sphere as a part of the closing squad, which was nice to see.
Grade: a
Put up-game reward: He led the crew in plus / minus.
Anthony Lamb
7 minutes, 0 factors, 1 help, 1 foul, 0-for-1 taking pictures, 0-for-1 triple, 0.0% TS, 0 plus/minus
Lamb could be very nearing the tip of his two-legged days…nevertheless it additionally appears to be like like he will be phasing out the rotation a bit. His presence was actually diminishing. Sooner or later, the Warriors have to both bump them up, or incorporate different gamers into the rotation, as a result of it is too early within the season for few gamers to play.
In any occasion, Lamb appeared misplaced in his restricted minutes.
Grade: C-
Donte Divincenzo
25 minutes, 7 factors, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, 1 turnover, 1 foul, 3-for-7 taking pictures, 1-for-4 threes, 50.0% TS, -7
DDV was very highly effective, although not wonderful, at nearly any level within the recreation. He is an amazing participant off the bench, appears to be like wonderful when the Warriors play nicely, and uninspiring after they do not.
b grade
Put up-game reward: Tied to steer the crew in assists.
DNPs on Wednesday: Patrick Baldwin Jr., Jamichal Inexperienced, Moses Moody, James Wiseman
idle on wednesday: Andre Iguodala, T Jerome, Ryan Rollins