Nicely, that is going to harm for some time. Hope it’s Golden State Warriors can bounce towards Denver Nuggets Thursday night, as a result of Wednesday’s sport is towards Minnesota Timberwolves stings
The Dubs performed very effectively for 3 quarters, and took a 14-point lead early within the fourth quarter. They performed one of many hottest groups within the league, on the street, they appeared to be in management. After which their offense turned extra sloppy than sloppy, their protection forgot easy methods to include former teammate D’Angelo Russell, and the sport went to additional time. There, Russell rapidly missed, giving the Warriors a definite benefit.
They blew that characteristic, and Misplaced 119-114.
Now let’s charge the gamers. As at all times, the scores are based mostly on my expectations of every participant, with the “B” representing that participant’s common play.
Word: The true capturing share (TS) is a measure of scoring effectivity that accounts for threes and free throws. Going into Wednesday’s video games, the league’s common PPS is 57.9%.
Draymond Inexperienced
39 minutes, 10 factors, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 5 turnovers, 3 fouls, 5-for-10 capturing, 0-for-3 three-pointers, 50.0% TS, -6
One thing very unusual occurred on this sport: Inexperienced and Steve Curry weren’t on the identical web page. They’ve had a number of performs the place they have been on utterly completely different pages, and since their relationship is normally Inexperienced passing to Curry, this led to loads of turn-ons for Dray.
I am keen to provide him a slight move for just a few twists, as a result of their breakup felt extra like Carrie doing greater than Dray. There have been just a few occasions the place Inexperienced handed the ball to a spot he anticipated Curry to go, and Curry by no means went there.
It was unusual to see him.
Both method, it was a below-average sport on offense for Dray, however I nonetheless assume he is one of many group’s finest gamers. They performed some stable protection on the street, which was on high, and bounced prefer it was going out of fashion.
b grade
Submit-game reward: He led the group in rebounding.
Andrew Wiggins
35 minutes, 16 factors, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 turnovers, 2 fouls, 7-for-13 capturing, 1-for-4 three-pointers, 1-for-2 free throws, 57.6% TS, -8
Offensively, it was a step in the fitting course for Wiggins, although he hasn’t scored a sport with above-average league effectivity since his stellar efficiency towards Houston Rockets on December 3, when he suffered an adductor muscle harm.
Wiggins particularly wasn’t on the sphere within the closing minutes of regulation…not less than not till inside the ultimate minute. It seems more healthy and sportier, but it surely would not make a lot of an influence.
Props to him for seven rebounds. He has not had greater than 5 boards in his final 12 video games.
Grade B-
Steve Curry
43 minutes, 29 factors, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, 4 turnovers, 5 fouls, 8-for-21 capturing, 5-for-12 triples, 8-for-9 free throws, 58.1% TS, -5
For many players, this will likely be certainly one of their finest video games of the 12 months. However as for Carrie, we had been left feeling very upset. It was dynamic early on, with circus pictures, aggression, and threes that left your jaw on the ground.
However as the sport went on, he turned extra careless and careless. He misconnected with Inexperienced on a number of events, had some unexplained turnovers late on, and took a foul shot to attempt to win the sport on the finish of regulation. Because the offense received underway, his protection struggled as he started to achieve.
He appeared unfazed. I will be curious to see if Kerr offers him Thursday’s sport. Some reduction can do him good…however then once more, it will possibly get again on the horse and destroy everybody else too.
Grade: c
Submit-game reward: He led the group in factors.
Clay Thompson
40 minutes, 14 factors, 6 rebounds, 1 steal, 2 turnovers, 1 foul, 3-for-13 capturing, 2-for-7 three-pointers, 6-for-6 free throws, 44.8% TS, +2
Fairly a troublesome sport from Klay, although I do wish to level out how far he is come on the glass recently. He did not have any form of rhythm on this sport, although he did an excellent job of attending to the free throw line.
Grade: D+
Jordan Paul
32 minutes, 18 factors, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 turnovers, 3 fouls, 4-for-13 capturing, 1-for-5 three-pointers, 9-for-10 free throws, 51.7% TS, -9
Paul’s vitality was enormous on this sport. He had just a few key performs of offensive aggression that served as a spark. He flew to the golf green for rebounds and to maintain balls alive, and was an aggressive passer. I believed his protection was very robust.
His choice and shot weren’t excellent, sadly. However I liked the remainder of his sport.
Grade B-
Submit-game reward: Tie with the group lead in assists, the worst plus / minus for the group.
Jonathan Cuminga
quarter-hour, 10 factors, 3 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block, 1 turnover, 4 fouls, 4-on-8 capturing, 1-on-2, free throws 1-on-2, 56.3% TS, -4
Cumminga’s been actually having an issue recently… he is had 29 of them in his final seven matches. He introduced an excellent vitality into this sport, however I believed it was slightly uncontrolled. He is nonetheless head and shoulders greater than he was earlier within the season, however he hasn’t made a lot of an influence this season.
Grade B-
Kevon Looney
28 minutes, 10 factors, 9 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 blocks, 4 fouls, 4-for-5 capturing, 2-for-2 free throws, 85.0% TS, +12
Looney might have moved to the bench, but it surely did nothing to minimize his influence on the sport. With Rudy Gobert and Karl-Anthony Cities sidelined, Lonnie completely eats into this sport, at each stage. In consequence, he was on the sphere as a part of the closing squad, which was nice to see.
Grade: a
Submit-game reward: He led the group in plus / minus.
Anthony Lamb
7 minutes, 0 factors, 1 help, 1 foul, 0-for-1 capturing, 0-for-1 triple, 0.0% TS, 0 plus/minus
Lamb may be very nearing the top of his two-legged days…but it surely additionally seems like he’ll be phasing out the rotation a bit. His presence was actually diminishing. Sooner or later, the Warriors have to both bump them up, or incorporate different gamers into the rotation, as a result of it is too early within the season for few gamers to play.
In any occasion, Lamb appeared misplaced in his restricted minutes.
Grade: C-
Donte Divincenzo
25 minutes, 7 factors, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, 1 turnover, 1 foul, 3-for-7 capturing, 1-for-4 threes, 50.0% TS, -7
DDV was very highly effective, although not wonderful, at virtually any level within the sport. He is a fantastic participant off the bench, seems wonderful when the Warriors play effectively, and uninspiring once they do not.
b grade
Submit-game reward: Tied to guide the group in assists.
DNPs on Wednesday: Patrick Baldwin Jr., Jamichal Inexperienced, Moses Moody, James Wiseman
idle on wednesday: Andre Iguodala, T Jerome, Ryan Rollins