The Warriors suffered one in all their most demoralizing defeats of the season Wednesday in a 123-117 loss to the Kings.
Stephen Curry and Co. had been up 18 within the second quarter solely to be outscored 37-20 within the third after they dedicated eight turnovers inside 9 minutes. Regardless of the mishaps, the Warriors had been up seven when Buddy Hield made a 3 on the 9:27 mark of the fourth quarter.
They’d be outscored 29-18 the remainder of the best way, getting torched by DeMar DeRozan and Domantas Sabonis, who every scored 13 factors within the remaining interval. It did not assist that Curry went 1-of-4 from the sector within the fourth because the Warriors failed to collect any offensive rhythm.
Essentially the most obtrusive stat from the loss was that the Warriors had been outscored 28-0 in fast-break points. Whereas a few of that credit score goes to Sacramento’s transition protection, Golden State struggled to push the tempo with out the providers of the injured Draymond Inexperienced.
With the loss, the Warriors sunk under .500 for the primary time since Jan. 14 and slipped to the eleventh seed within the convention. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr rued that his crew committed 19 turnovers to the Kings’ seven, citing it as the primary cause for the humiliating loss.
“We had been simply reckless and careless with the ball,” Kerr mentioned, by way of NBC Sports Bay Area. “…It’s important to perceive there needs to be goal to each recreation. [We had] too many simply careless passes and careless possessions, the place it is like ‘No, that does not win within the NBA on the highway.’ Acquired to grasp what wins and we received to execute.”
Kerr’s crew commits 14.4 turnovers per recreation, which ranks fifteenth within the league.
The Warriors’ choke job got here 48 hours after they suffered their worst home loss in 40 years to the Celtics.
At the same time as Curry, Kerr, Inexperienced and others have suggested the Warriors entrance workplace against drastic moves, it is formally panic time for a crew almost definitely set to overlook the playoffs for a second consecutive yr.
It might be an absolute travesty for each followers and the NBA if Curry had been to sit down at dwelling by April, Could and June in back-to-back years. With the Feb. 6 commerce deadline looming, the Warriors owe it to Curry to make sure that would not occur once more.