What we learned as Warriors’ offense stalls in blowout loss to Cavs

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What we learned as Warriors’ offense stalls in blowout loss to Cavs originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

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SAN FRANCISCO – The good vibes that carried the Warriors through the weekend were shredded Monday night.

The Cleveland Cavaliers, the best team in the NBA this season, rolled into Chase Center, allowed themselves some early lollygagging before engaging the boosters and leaving the Warriors with a 113-95 loss.

Six Warriors scored in double figures, none reaching the 20-point mark. Moses Moody led with 19 points, followed by Jonathan Kuminga with 18 and Trayce Jackson-Davis with 16.

Cleveland’s backcourt of Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland outscored Golden State’s Stephen Curry and Dennis Schröder 48-23.

Coming off a feel-good win over the Phoenix Suns on Saturday, the Warriors are back searching for solutions for such persistent problems as botched possessions, missed layups and defensive miscues.

This marks the second consecutive season that Golden State was swept by Cleveland in the two-game season-series.

Here are three observations from a game that dropped the Warriors (16-16) back to .500:

Offense Goes Comatose

The autopsy for this loss begins with the second quarter, in which Golden State’s offense went into hiding and stayed there.

To be fair, neither team made a field goal until Andrew Wiggins dropped in a floater with 7:33 left in the half. From that point on, it was all Cavaliers. They moved into command position by outscoring Golden State 20-8 over the remainder of the half.

How bad was it for the Warriors? They scored 11 points in the quarter, their lowest total in any quarter this season. They shot 4-of-24 from the field and missed all eight of their 3-point shots. And it wasn’t a matter of great defense by the Cavaliers, as they missed open shots from all three levels – even failed to score a single point off Cleveland’s five turnovers in the quarter.

Nine different Warriors got minutes in the quarter, and only two – Andrew Wiggins and Kuminga – scored field goals. The other seven went a combined 0-of-13.

This was the abyss, for it can’t get any lower.

Oh, Buddy

Buddy…

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Publish date : 2024-12-31 05:40:00

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