We are guaranteed 9th seed or better at this point. Mavs can't catch up to us and we have tie breaker over OKC even we lose the upcoming OKC game (will end with better conference record).
He wasn't really getting in anyone's way, pulled down 1 rebound in 23 minutes. His usual feistiness either wasn't there, or he was just outmuscled a bit (not sure which).
Wiggs would always be nice, but this was still a pretty easy 10-15 point win if the Splash Trio had just shot slightly below average from 3 instead of 7-33.
The non-Splash Warriors shot 25/49 from the field and 12/12 from the line. They didn't make 3's (2/12), but that's pretty good for offense. It was Steph and Klay who killed us today :-(.
Splash Bros were a combined 7-30 from 3pt land. Does not happen often....everyone else came through....Steph was not himself from the get go....They do have a slew of guys with a lot of hops and that hurt us both ways.....
yes it was - klay stank pretty much the entire game along with dray and steph - this is on the OPGs and kerr for playing lambd waay too many minutes instead of kuminga
No we are not, regular season is one thing playoffs is another, our strategy of stopping the paint while giving up threes translates to the playoffs better since role players don't shoot as well
Low-key was obvious we didn't want to win, I just watched donte be used as the roll man more then kuminga when the nuggets didn't have a rim protector all game lol
stank face, but like, actually stanky: https://dubnationhq.com/p/postgame-die-by-the-three-thread
We are guaranteed 9th seed or better at this point. Mavs can't catch up to us and we have tie breaker over OKC even we lose the upcoming OKC game (will end with better conference record).
So there is your silver lining.
I don’t think I’ve seen Steph’s shots blocked so many times.
Or klay’s
So,
Disturbing thought: GPII and Kuminga were not that effective on D.
Good thought: I thought Poole kinda was good. that's a fairly long streak of OK to dominant Poole games.
Kuminga was not effective on D? How so? (I didn't watch the game)
He wasn't really getting in anyone's way, pulled down 1 rebound in 23 minutes. His usual feistiness either wasn't there, or he was just outmuscled a bit (not sure which).
Kuminga’s rebounding needs a lot of improvement. Everybody in the team had more than his ONErebound.
Especially on such a crappy shooting night. There were a lot! of rebounds to be had.
At least Kyrie lost.
And the Wolves, and the Grizzlies, and the...Kings?
When do we get Wiggins back? His defense was missed tonight. He could've done something about MPJ's shooting.
Wiggs would always be nice, but this was still a pretty easy 10-15 point win if the Splash Trio had just shot slightly below average from 3 instead of 7-33.
yep
As you know, he's back in the Bay Area but he'll have to get back to game shape. Wouldn't think that would take too long for Wiggs, tho.
Without Wiggins I don’t want to see any team with a player like MPJ or KD in the playoffs we don’t have an answer for that kind of player atm.
The non-Splash Warriors shot 25/49 from the field and 12/12 from the line. They didn't make 3's (2/12), but that's pretty good for offense. It was Steph and Klay who killed us today :-(.
Splash Bros were a combined 7-30 from 3pt land. Does not happen often....everyone else came through....Steph was not himself from the get go....They do have a slew of guys with a lot of hops and that hurt us both ways.....
Steph shot 2-14 on 3s. I think most teams will lose a game when a player shoots like that.
No doubt, that is like...14 percent....
All I got to say is good thing everyone else lost...we slip cozily back in 6th place, one win ahead of Lollakers with 38 losses.....
we can never get it rolling at the same time lol. JP finally bounces back and steph/klay goes into a slump. better start clicking soon fellas!
Some people are trashing Klay and Dray.
Really? Steph air balls a three to wrap up his bad shooting night. Klay hits the tough 3.
This loss is on Dray and Steph - TOVs and bad shooting.
The Steph three was blocked, no?
Klay's 2nd three was.
yes it was - klay stank pretty much the entire game along with dray and steph - this is on the OPGs and kerr for playing lambd waay too many minutes instead of kuminga
I though Lamb was fine in his minutes — probably better than JK.
he had untimely TOs in the 3rd or 4th quarter
Rather play the kings then the suns on the road, we are fine
we are going to get f** on the road in any match up - so I guess it does not matter who we play
Nah. Ws probably handle the Kings in 5 or 6.
No we are not, regular season is one thing playoffs is another, our strategy of stopping the paint while giving up threes translates to the playoffs better since role players don't shoot as well
Was thinking the same. Pretty big silver lining, given a win might have started to lock us in to #5.
Also: no injuries.
Low-key was obvious we didn't want to win, I just watched donte be used as the roll man more then kuminga when the nuggets didn't have a rim protector all game lol
TBH playing away in Sac could probably be home court advantage lol
4-0,4-1 guaranteed against the kings
I reinstate: Denver is on a different altitude. But the Dubs are gutsy. The WCF is possible
Nothing can replace play-off and 4x championship experience.
Come on, don't be spoiled
Did I over-reinstate? mea culpa
I'm a little annoyed at not calling a TO (not sure if we had one) to get Poole in there. He's been solid all game.
Got a wide open Klay look from 3. Can't complain about anything on the last possession except the miss.
It was a great shot, but Klay's been pretty bricky this game (other than that miracle from the corner).
Edit: 9-28. That's 32% from the field.
He’s due for a game winner
Kerr was on the same level as curry Klay and dray
Again - its the OGs who sucked in this one not the young'uns
A++++ game for Donte, probably his best of the year. Too bad pretty much everyone else (except Loon) was subpar to bad.
I thought Poole was fine.
Jokic didn’t play and we couldn’t even capitalize on it. Denver’s supporting cast outplayed us.