After a 12-3 start to the season that sparked talk of contention, the Golden State Warriors have gone off the rails with 18 losses in their last 27 games. The latest, a 125-85 blowout at the hands of the Boston Celtics on Monday, qualifies as the worst home loss the Warriors have suffered since a 149-104 loss to Dallas on Jan. 15, 1985. That’s 40 years if you think about it. calculation.
The Warriors, now 21-21, were down 15 at halftime and 34 entering the fourth quarter. And somehow, this wasn’t the worst loss of the season. worst home Defeat, yes, but a little over a month ago the Warriors lost in Memphis by 51.
Stephen Curry, who looked and sounded increasingly defeated in his postgame press conferences as the loss mounted, was asked how to process a loss of this degree.
“I have no idea,” Curry said with his head down. “…A big part of our season has been when we can’t score, we lose life, we lose spirit, we lose competitiveness. We can get away with it against some teams, [but] against the defending champions is not a good formula for success.
First, Curry is right that Golden State’s inability to create any kind of consistent offensive advantage has taken its toll on the team’s defense and overall power. It’s understandable. They find it so difficult to get points on the board that it not only drains their actual energy, but, in Curry’s words, their spirit. This is just a defeated team right now.
Second, Curry is being generous with his “we can get away with this” line. [poor play] against some teams.” The Warriors don’t get their way against anyone. Once again, they’ve lost two of every three games since their 12-3 start, which seems like a lifetime ago. It’s just that one team as good as the Celtics, though They haven’t been playing so well lately. in its own right, it will make the result even more unequal.
Curry continued to give the “next man up” rallying cry, which sounded more like a moan, in response to how the Warriors will manage to stay afloat in the future with Draymond Green out at least a week with a calf strain and Jonathan Kuminga. out indefinitely with a severely sprained ankle.
But let’s be honest, unless Golden State finds a way to make a significant trade before the February 6 deadline, this team is already sunk.
