Steph calls out ‘glaring’ poor play as Warriors find new rock bottom

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Steph calls out ‘glaring’ poor play as Warriors find new rock bottom originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO – Roughly 47 hours after an “embarrassing” performance, as described by a smoldering Stephen Curry, the Warriors were presented with an invitation to rinse away the shame and wound up bathing in a tub of cold humiliation.

The Miami Heat entered Chase Center on Tuesday reeling. Their leader, Jimmy Butler, is out on a team-issued suspension that has coincided with three consecutive losses, the last a double-overtime defeat Monday in Sacramento. The Heat were, it would seem, vulnerable prey for a hungry hunter.

The Warriors missed their shot, badly, repeatedly, and kept missing until all they had was the furious emptiness of a 114-98 loss that drops their record back to 18-18 and leaves their NBA playoff hopes looking like absurd fantasy.

“[We’re] pissed off,” Curry said. “You’re trying to figure it out. Everybody in the locker room is searching a little bit, trying to understand what’s going wrong, why we can’t get off to better starts. There are moments in the games when you claw back but can’t get consecutive stops. Bad possessions on offense that affect our confidence and body language and the vibe.

“There’s a lot wrong, but what are we going to do about it? We have to dig deep, figure it out, believe that we are a good team. We’ve got to stop talking about it and around it and just fight our way through it.”

The Warriors shot 40.8 percent from the field against Miami. That’s bad enough. Worse, though, is that they shot 28 percent from distance. Curry was 8 of 17 from deep – he scored a game-high 31 points – but his teammates were 6 of 33.

“It seems like both sides of the ball are struggling,” Curry said. “They’re probably connected. If you make shots, usually your confidence goes up and your belief that you can win the game goes up. It helps you play defense. Once you lose that spirit, it’s glaring how bad we can be at times.”

When the Warriors, trailing by double digits most of the night, got within one, 87-86 with 9:34 remaining on a…

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Publish date : 2025-01-08 07:51:00

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