What we learned as Dubs waste Steph’s dazzling display in loss to Heat

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What we learned as Dubs waste Steph’s dazzling display in loss to Heat originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

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SAN FRANCISCO – The term “must-win game” gets thrown around sports at a grotesquely overused rate. The Warriors’ game against the Miami Heat on Tuesday at Chase Center fit the definition.

With Jimmy Butler sidelined due to a team suspension, the Heat crawled into the Warriors’ home arena one night after losing to the Sacramento Kings in double overtime. Two nights ago, the Warriors were embarrassed in a 30-point loss to the Kings in front of Dub Nation. Tuesday’s was a game they absolutely could not drop.

But they did, 114-98.

There have been frustrating losses down the stretch, like the Christmas game and wild endings in Denver and Houston. The Warriors also have lost by more points, too. Between the timing, the opponent and witnessing Steph Curry’s greatness consistently go to waste, nothing tops this loss.

Curry in 33 minutes scored a game-high 31 points on 11-of-22 shooting, including 8 of 17 on threes, and had seven rebounds. The Warriors now are 5-2 in games where Curry scores 30 or more points this season.

Here are three takeaways from the Warriors’ second consecutive loss, dropping them to 18-18 on the season.

Steph vs. Everybody

Someone tell Curry to grab some cardboard and a black Sharpie to write two words: Help Wanted.

Watching Curry, two months from turning 37 years old, have to play 1-on-5 while being guarded as if he were in the midst of his unanimous NBA MVP season was unbearable, especially in the first half. Curry scored eight points in the first quarter and 12 in the second, putting him at 20 on 7-of-12 shooting and 6 of 10 on 3-pointers. The rest of the Warriors weren’t close to his level.

Eight other Warriors saw action going into halftime, and they scored a combined 28 points while going 12 of 43 from the field (27.9 percent) and 2 of 19 on 3-pointers (10.5 percent). Curry’s backcourt mate, Dennis Schröder, was held scoreless. Andrew Wiggins provided just four points.

Schröder wound up with five points, and Wiggins had nine. Non-Curry players shot 18.2 percent,…

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Publish date : 2025-01-08 05:26:00

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