What we learned as Steph’s wave cannot save Warriors’ loss for lakers

What we learned as Steph’s wave cannot save Warriors’ loss for lakers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

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Jimmy Butler arrived In Los Angeles on Thursday afternoon and went into Crypto.com Arena before Warriors tilted against Lakers.

Golden State could have used its new acquisition, which may have debuted on Saturday in Chicago.

Warriors started on the road for the second night in a row, slowly began before calling enough grain to close the gap, but it was not enough to prevent a 120-112 loss to LeBron James and Lakers.

Five Warriors scored in double figures – led by 37 points from Stephen Curry – but it wasn’t enough offset the lasting brilliance of James, ending with 42 points, 17 rebounds and eight assists.

The loss fell back Warriors under .500 (25-26) and was their third in three games against Lakers (30-19) this season.

Here are three observations from the Golden State’s second consecutive “Coupling Game” tab:

Defense slowly to arrive

It is very difficult for an NBA team to give up 20 points in three minutes but Warriors achieved this business in their collapse against jazz Wednesday.

The same negligence was exhibited in LA.

Lakers toasted Warriors early and ended the first quarter with an 18-2 advantage in paint points and a 12-0 advantage in quick points. La shot 56.5 percent from the field, including 47.6 percent from deep, in half, almost putting the game out of reach.

Warriors were consistently embraced by Lakers, and the difference in efforts was so sharp that TNT analyst Stan van Gundy was amazed at what he saw.

“Warriors’ transitional defense is absurd,” said Van Gundy, a former NBA head coach, in the second quarter. “No one is ever left on the shot. Give up runout, after expiry after runout. “

He doesn’t lie.

Warriors are short -haired and Maybe emotionally tired In the wake of losing four players in trade for Butler. They could have been physically tired after arriving in LA from Salt Lake City for the small hours.

Defense that theoretically does not fall did exactly it through the first 24 minutes. And it was too much for Warriors to overcome.

Stephen’s fight

When Butler goes off the Tipoff in a Warriors jersey no one on the guard schedule will be more relieved than curry. He is desperate after scoring support and it shows.

Curry went into this game on average 21.4 points over his last 10, shooting 39.6 percent off the field, including 33.9 percent from distance. This game was an extension of one of the most ineffective stretches of his 16-year-old career.

Curry came out of a 12-of-31 shooting night in Utah, and missed his first eight shots. Early in the second quarter, missed two layups three seconds apart. He warmed enough to go into the break with 13 points on 5-of-14 shooting from the field, including 1-of-7 from distance.

Curry’s 37 points came on 13-of-35 shooting, including 6-of-20 beyond the arch.

The biggest 3-point shooter over time is 15-of-56 (26.8 percent) from deep over its last four games.

Growth calls in the third quarter not enough

Perhaps disgusted by his team’s performance in the first half, Warrior’s coach Steve Kerr made a significant adjustment into the third quarter.

He turned to the small lineup, with Green in Center, Moses Moody at Power Forward, Buddy Hield on Small Forward and Brandin Podziemski, joining Curry in Backcourt.

VOILA! This group changed the defensive energy that allowed Golden State’s violation to switch from other gear to overdrive.

Warriors opened the third quarter with an 8-0 race in just 83 seconds and cut the deficit to 12. Warriors drew within six (81-75) on a Curry 3-ball with 3:44 back in the quarter.

After retiring much like 26 in the first half, the Golden State was back in the game.

Warriors came within five within the last three minutes, but Lakers probably made down the stretch to secure the victory.

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