Steph’s will, skill not enough to save spiraling Warriors season

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Steph’s will, skill not enough to save spiraling Warriors season originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO – Yes, the Warriors are asking too much of Stephen Curry.

And, yes, Curry is asking too much of himself.

And there is no easy solution to either problem.

Curry is trying to will the Warriors out of a prolonged stretch (seven weeks) in which they have a worse record (6-15) than such rebuilding teams as the Portland Trail Blazers, Utah Jazz and Brooklyn Nets. Golden State is 26th in scoring, 29th in field-goal percentage and dead last in free-throw percentage.

The Warriors, with four-ring champions Draymond Green and Curry, don’t want to be anywhere near the NBA’s cellar-dwellers, much less among them. Nobody seems more determined than Curry to pull them out of the swamp.

Two nights after scoring 26 points without an assist as the Warriors were blown off their home floor by the Sacramento Kings, Curry came back with 31 without an assist in a 16-point home loss to the Miami Heat. Two games, 57 points, zero dimes – despite efforts, some exaggerated, to get teammates involved.

Trying to unlock Buddy Hield, Curry is throwing passes to him at the arc. Hield is shooting 28.4 percent from deep over the past month. He has become tentative despite being an eight-year 3-point specialist. Curry is trying to set up Dennis Schröder in much the same way, feeding him at every opportunity. Schröder, who shot 38.7 percent from distance in Brooklyn, is at 26.4 percent since the Nets traded him to the Warriors.

Curry’s effort is there, and will continue to be there, because he knows neither he nor any player who ever lived can win without help.

“We are a team,” he said late Tuesday night, after the loss to Miami. “And we are tied together. And we are all accountable for the results of each night how our season ends up. It’s not just a ‘me and Draymond’ thing. It’s not just a ‘me’ thing. It’s a ‘we’ thing.

“So, what we all need to do is play with confidence, play with assertiveness, play with the belief that you step on the floor you can beat anybody. Whether it happens or not, that…

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Publish date : 2025-01-09 15:50:00

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