I keep hearing that our bench is terrible, and yet I have a feeling we would be in good shape if Klay had injured himself. With all three core pieces we're at least in the conversation with signing guys like Batum and Gasol
The thing is easy. If you play 3 or 4 rookies or at the same time with two way players, things wont go well.
they dont know how to play defense at nba level..and on offense they will struggle with good teams.
look at lakers bech. Harrell, morris, kuzma, mathews. guys with experience that understand the game. and they are cheap. they had ONE rookie in horton that is developing nicely and is part of a competitive group.
dont see this team get to elite level next year with klay back. add to this group of rookies another pick ...
Does anyone feel like this teams front office took a massive hit when jerry west left? It kinda feels like player acquisition and drafting haven’t been good since
Lakers kept LeBron in the game after it was a rout just to pad his stats and get him a triple double. Sure enough, he grabbed a rebound (his 10th), then took a foul to get out of the game. Bush league! If LeBron sustains an injury during garbage time chasing stats, it'd be interesting to see what Vogel says about it.
I would like to see draymond and curry hold themselves accountable for a game like tonight, especially draymond, he was dogshit, where were the aggressive drives to the basket like he did against the jazz? Why did curry not shoot the ball in the third?
Why drive against gobert and not Damion jones? Dude is getting paid 30 million dollars I don't care if it's a back to back
What good is playing a bunch of non playoff teams to end the season if they're gonna play like this every couple games. If you want to get into the 6th seed like they claim, you can't follow up a win that you're supposed to lose with a horrible loss in a game you should win.
Teams been talking so much about getting stringing wins together and going up in the standings, and they make the same mistake OVER AND OVER again.
I think the one play that tells the story for the whole game is I think in the 2nd quarter in the middle of a lakers run, steph and dray did a PNR and steph just nonchalantly passes the ball to dray before he even rolled
I don't know about all of you, but I really enjoyed these last three hours watching the Warriors play the game of basketball. Couldn't think of a better way to spend my evening, and hope the emotions I felt can be something to look forward to on a regular basis going forward.
(Proceeds to sit alone in dark room, rocking back and forth slowly.)
I keep hearing that our bench is terrible, and yet I have a feeling we would be in good shape if Klay had injured himself. With all three core pieces we're at least in the conversation with signing guys like Batum and Gasol
https://twitter.com/bballbreakdown/status/1371669404673478657?s=20
"Warriors offensive rating when Steph is on court is 113.1, which would be 10th in the NBA.
When Steph is off, the Warriors OffRtg is 98.6, which would be 5.4 points less than the last place team"
The warriors sans steph needs to be at least better than the worst team in the league on offense. That's just sad
The thing is easy. If you play 3 or 4 rookies or at the same time with two way players, things wont go well.
they dont know how to play defense at nba level..and on offense they will struggle with good teams.
look at lakers bech. Harrell, morris, kuzma, mathews. guys with experience that understand the game. and they are cheap. they had ONE rookie in horton that is developing nicely and is part of a competitive group.
dont see this team get to elite level next year with klay back. add to this group of rookies another pick ...
Does anyone feel like this teams front office took a massive hit when jerry west left? It kinda feels like player acquisition and drafting haven’t been good since
Lakers kept LeBron in the game after it was a rout just to pad his stats and get him a triple double. Sure enough, he grabbed a rebound (his 10th), then took a foul to get out of the game. Bush league! If LeBron sustains an injury during garbage time chasing stats, it'd be interesting to see what Vogel says about it.
I would like to see draymond and curry hold themselves accountable for a game like tonight, especially draymond, he was dogshit, where were the aggressive drives to the basket like he did against the jazz? Why did curry not shoot the ball in the third?
Why drive against gobert and not Damion jones? Dude is getting paid 30 million dollars I don't care if it's a back to back
Why is EP getting minutes over Lee or JTA?
What good is playing a bunch of non playoff teams to end the season if they're gonna play like this every couple games. If you want to get into the 6th seed like they claim, you can't follow up a win that you're supposed to lose with a horrible loss in a game you should win.
Teams been talking so much about getting stringing wins together and going up in the standings, and they make the same mistake OVER AND OVER again.
I think the one play that tells the story for the whole game is I think in the 2nd quarter in the middle of a lakers run, steph and dray did a PNR and steph just nonchalantly passes the ball to dray before he even rolled
I don't know about all of you, but I really enjoyed these last three hours watching the Warriors play the game of basketball. Couldn't think of a better way to spend my evening, and hope the emotions I felt can be something to look forward to on a regular basis going forward.
(Proceeds to sit alone in dark room, rocking back and forth slowly.)
Notable stats:
Lakers: (+33)
22 points 8/13 FGs 2/4 three pointers 4/6 FTs
10 rebounds (1 off.) 11 assists 6 turnovers
Harrell: (+16)
27 points 11/14 FGs 0/1 three pointer 5/6 FTs
5 rebounds 1 assist 2 turnovers 3 steals
Kuzma: (+26)
17 points 7/11 FGs 3/5 three pointers 0/1 FT
5 rebounds (1 off.) 4 assists 1 turnover 2 steals
Horton-Tucker: (+20)
18 points 7/10 FGs 0/1 three pointer 4/5 FTs
4 rebounds 10 assists 2 turnovers 1 steal
Caldwell-Pope: (+9)
14 points 5/8 FGs 3/4 three pointers 1/1 FT
4 rebounds 1 assist 1 steal 1 block
Warriors:
Curry: (-12)
27 points 9/17 FGs 4/7 three pointers 5/5 FTs
3 rebounds 2 assists 2 turnovers 3 steals
Wiggins: (-8)
15 points 5/9 FGs 3/4 three pointers 2/4 FTs
3 rebounds (2 off.) 1 assist 2 turnovers 1 steal 1 block
Poole: (-18)
14 points 5/10 FGs 1/5 three pointers 3/4 FTs
2 rebounds 1 assist 2 turnovers
Mannion: (-19)
10 points 3/7 FGs 2/6 three pointers 2/2 FTs
1 rebound (1 off.) 4 assists
Final stats:
Lakers:
62.8% shooting (49/78 FGs)
11/27 three pointers
19/25 FTs
46 rebounds (7 off.)
36 assists
19 turnovers
9 steals
3 blocks
Warriors:
43.0% shooting (34/79 FGs)
13/37 three pointers
16/24 FTs
30 rebounds (9 off.)
24 assists
22 turnovers
9 steals
2 blocks
Points in paint:
Lakers: 68
Warriors: 40
Fastbreak points:
Lakers: 18
Warriors: 20
Points off turnovers:
Lakers: 29
Warriors: 24
Bench points:
Lakers: 61
Warriors: 41