I know Okongwu and Trae were big tonight, but I didn't the two Cavs the Hawks traded for (LeVert and Niang) would've had very good games tonight as well.
Butler ended with 25 on 59% TS, Podz with 19 on 64% TS, Moody with 20 on 70% TS, GP2 with 11 on 79% TS, and Draymond is their center when they go small so he's not getting replaced.
Kuminga had 16 on 52% efficiency. If Kuminga isn't scoring efficiently, he's not offering much. Hopefully Kuminga can start scoring more efficiently but until then who is he a better closing choice than?
EDIT: And yes a fair rebuttal is that these were numbers from the final tally, not from when Kerr made the decision to ride that lineup. I can't argue that part, but I do think it was the right lineup.
I agree he wasn't playing that well in the second half. I don't think I was arguing the finishing lineup, just the idea that Kuminga was garbage the whole game. He wasn't.
Post-game thread up.
Hield with FIVE piddling points. What’s his value if he is suppose to be our second shooter?
It’s a loss. Now would be a good time for us all to turn on each other with recriminations and bitterness. Meet you in the post game thread.
I know Okongwu and Trae were big tonight, but I didn't the two Cavs the Hawks traded for (LeVert and Niang) would've had very good games tonight as well.
Not too upset about it, the Hawks played really well. Couldn’t dig out of that first quarter deficit. On to the next one…
Not the worst loss of the season, but athletic teams still give us fits. Does not bode well
I will not feel optimistic about winning a game against Trae Young in Atlanta until after the Warriors actually do it
That and we've had maybe one impressive game in our last five.
I'm definitely not optimistic about the Warriors winning road games if either Curry or Butler aren't there
We can’t seem to break those weird streaks like losing to Denver and ATL in ATL
Announcers busy piling up excuses.
What’s up with kuminga, no garbage time minutes?
They had to give it a shot of playing their best 5 guys. Hopefully that can include Kuminga at some point soon but at this point it was these guys
Which is why we won
You can play a losing hand the optimal way, doesn't mean you'll win
I'm sure they're still going carefully after the sprain. Plus, they need 3s.
That and we sucked with him on the court.
Uh what?
Is scoring points efficiently not a good thing any more?
As a team we were -18 with him on the court.
Whereas we were +11 with Butler on the court.
A pattern that magically keeps repeating.
(And I'm not sure 16 points on 14 shots is efficient for that matter.)
Beg to differ ... he kept us in the game in the 2nd quarter. It's not like anyone else was shooting 6-11.
Butler ended with 25 on 59% TS, Podz with 19 on 64% TS, Moody with 20 on 70% TS, GP2 with 11 on 79% TS, and Draymond is their center when they go small so he's not getting replaced.
Kuminga had 16 on 52% efficiency. If Kuminga isn't scoring efficiently, he's not offering much. Hopefully Kuminga can start scoring more efficiently but until then who is he a better closing choice than?
EDIT: And yes a fair rebuttal is that these were numbers from the final tally, not from when Kerr made the decision to ride that lineup. I can't argue that part, but I do think it was the right lineup.
I agree he wasn't playing that well in the second half. I don't think I was arguing the finishing lineup, just the idea that Kuminga was garbage the whole game. He wasn't.
He was pretty good in the second, I agree
Caris LaVert appears to not be on Cleveland
Either foul, or just back off and let them win.. There isn't enough time to just play 15 seconds of defense.
Moody's free throw shooting has finally started looking like it did in preseason
Now .798 on the season.
Moody was like “never say Die”
Yeah, there's no way we're gonna make a comeback if the Hawks hit their shots
Dubs played relatively well, it was the first quarter that killed them
Orlando was very good against the Warriors in the 1st Q, but Curry helped the Warriors make a comeback. We don't have Curry tonight, unfortunately.
No quit in Moody tho
Gotta hand it to Atlanta. They've had some guy to create a shot whenever it got close. Not even the same guy