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Nope. Dubs fall short again

haha, see what I did there? Short? Har har.

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Feb 11, 2022
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Well, it wasn’t meant to be tonight. The Golden State Warriors stood pat at the trade deadline, but sure could have used some help this evening. The New York Knicks hung tight and then took over in the 3rd quarter. It was a close one all the way till the end, with the classic free throw exchange still allowing the Warriors one final possessions (two to tie, three to win) — but unfortunately Klay Thompson missed a little step back mid-ranger.

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Klay missed the potential game-tying jumper at the buzzer 💔
5:33 AM ∙ Feb 11, 2022
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This was a real momentum draining loss too, as the Phoenix Suns picked up a big win against a potential Eastern Conference Finals opponent. Remember that the All Star break isn’t anywhere close to the halfway point on the season. There’s 26 games left, which is something like a third of the season.

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Warriors lose to the Knicks at home on the same night the Suns beat up the Bucks. Warriors are now 4.5 games out of the top spot in the West. Furthest they've been from the #1 seed all season.
5:31 AM ∙ Feb 11, 2022
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It’s just one loss, but given the timing and lack of movement in free agency, the spotlight was shining a little extra brightly on the team tonight. Perspective and patience are helpful if you have them, but no matter how you slice it, this was not a feel good loss, in any way.

As always, our team of experts will be back in the morning to help you make sense of it all, for now, let’s just spare a brief though for this poor man:

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Crying 😭😭😭 ima still keep tagging him though
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4:56 AM ∙ Feb 11, 2022
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The strong record is small comfort, but it feels like this team is just playing out their cards until the All Star break.

It’s late and I have a 6am call tomorrow, so I’m not going to look up the Knicks season rebounding statistics, but I think it’s safe to say that even against the NBA’s strongest rebounding team, the discrepancy on the boards tonight would have been a problem.

This was the same team that was ripping down rebounds left and right earlier in the season. Small comfort, or short term blip? Your choice : )

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Dalton Johnson @DaltonJ_Johnson
The Warriors the last three games have been outrebounded 153-113 and have given up 45 offensive rebounds while grabbing only 14
5:44 AM ∙ Feb 11, 2022
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dinohealth
Feb 11, 2022

Yep...it is getting too obvious, Duby...All the ''bigs'' hurting or wearing down as the season progresses ...def need one more bona-fide big, big, even after at full strength....

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Klaymation
Feb 11, 2022

Kuminga watch:

20+ minute players in the last 15 games with higher usage and TS%.

Giannis

Jokic

KAT

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