In a key game, the Warriors failed. Steve Kerr’s team does not reach this stage of the season with the same feelings as last year, when with everyone healthy he stood in the final phase with the best crosses and the chances of going far that there is in any squad with such talent. Now, the predictions are not the same: yes, they can achieve anything and no one would be surprised if they go (very) far in the finals, especially in a Western Conference of this level. But it is true that the defects are more than obvious and that the team lacks support, capacity, regularity, filming. Not having unexpected defeats, getting scores away from home (where they have a dismal record of 9-29) and become a franchise that is, above all, reliable on the track. In other words: what the Warriors have always been.
This time the defeat, what is more strange, was at the Chase Center. There the Warriors have been one of the best teams in the NBA (30-8 now), but they have not been able to scratch anything against the Timberwolves, who have conquered Gonden State in a huge personality exercise. They are still seventh (38-37), but they exceed 50%, take advantage of the unfortunate defeat of the Lakers and they are only half a victory behind the Warriors themselves (39-37), who lose a golden opportunity to put land in the middle and virtually secure themselves, and with 7 games ahead, entering the final phase directly without going through that preview that the NBA invented with the coronavirus and that it has decided not to remove. This is TV beat: either you are or you are not. Either reinvent yourself or die.
The Wolves’ collective rapport was fantastic: 14 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, with 2 steals, by Karl Anthony Towns; 10+18+2 from a powerful Rudy Gobert under the basket. 13+4+3 by Anthony Edwards, 12 by Mike Conley, 12+10+7, with 5 steals, by Kyle Anderson and 23 goals with 6 rebounds by Naz Reid off the bench. The Wolves managed to prevail after the last bite that the Warriors took (96-94 up with 1:28 to go), but they managed to dig in defense and emerge: a free kick from Gobert, a basket from Towns and a free kick from Jaden McDaniels (in his only point of the game) finished sentencing. But it was behind where the Wolves became strong… and prevented Stephen Curry from tying them with a triple and forcing overtime. That’s where a team becomes great: at the end, in the important moments. And there the Wolves could win.
Nothing worked for the Warriors: 12+7+5, but 5 losses, from an irregular Draymond Green, 15 goals from Klay Thompson, 27 from Jordan Polle from the bench and, above all, a bad game for Curry: 20 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists; but 8 of 23 in field goals and an indiscriminate abuse of the triple, where he went 4 of 13, with 9 total misses, including the one that would have forced overtime that never came. The Warriors fell to just 41 points in the entire second half and shot less than 42% from the field during the game. And 16 losses, always a huge slab. A bad result: and also important within the swell of a West, that at some point will be resolved. Specifically next April 9. There is less and less. Tick tock tick tock…
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7
Patrick Baldwin Jr.
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30
Stephen Curry
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0
Donte DiVincenzo
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23
Draymond Green
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1
JaMychal Green
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0
Jonathan Kuminga
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40
Anthony Lamb
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5
kevon looney
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4
Moses Moody
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8
Gary Payton II
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3
Jordan Poole
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25
lester quinones
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eleven
klay thompson
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| Min | pts | RT | RO | DR | Ast | Per | rec | Tap | T1 | T2 | T3 | FR | CF | Val | ||
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7
Patrick Baldwin Jr.
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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30
Stephen Curry
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36 | twenty | 6 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 4/10 | 4/13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
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0
Donte DiVincenzo
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twenty | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
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23
Draymond Green
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35 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1/2 | 4/6 | 1/3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
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1
JaMychal Green
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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0
Jonathan Kuminga
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14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1/2 | 23 | 0/1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
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40
Anthony Lamb
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17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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5
kevon looney
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30 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
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4
Moses Moody
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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8
Gary Payton II
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fifteen | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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3
Jordan Poole
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30 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8/9 | 5/8 | 3/8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
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25
lester quinones
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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eleven
klay thompson
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3. 4 | fifteen | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/6 | 5/11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
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9
Nickel Alexander-Walker
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5
Kyle Anderson
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10
Mike Conley
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1
Anthony Edwards
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27
Rudy Gobert
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13
Nathan Knight
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3
Jaden McDaniels
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6
Jordan McLaughlin
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8
Josh Minott
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7
Wendell Moore Jr.
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4
Jaylen Nowell
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12
taurean prince
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eleven
Naz Reid
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25
Austin Rivers
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32
Karl Anthony Towns
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| Min | pts | RT | RO | DR | Ast | Per | rec | Tap | T1 | T2 | T3 | FR | CF | Val | ||
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9
Nickel Alexander-Walker
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16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
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5
Kyle Anderson
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31 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1/2 | 4/7 | 1/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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10
Mike Conley
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31 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 4/9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
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1
Anthony Edwards
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3. 4 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1/2 | 3/6 | 2/8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
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27
Rudy Gobert
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3. 4 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8/12 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
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13
Nathan Knight
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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3
Jaden McDaniels
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9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
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6
Jordan McLaughlin
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14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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8
Josh Minott
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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7
Wendell Moore Jr.
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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4
Jaylen Nowell
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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12
taurean prince
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13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/3 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
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eleven
Naz Reid
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twenty | 23 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 7/12 | 3/5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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25
Austin Rivers
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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32
Karl Anthony Towns
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32 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0/0 | 1/7 | 4/9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
