What we learned as Steph goes cold in Warriors’ rough loss to Suns

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What we learned as Steph goes cold in Warriors’ rough loss to Suns originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

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SAN FRANCISCO – The Warriors’ search for three consecutive wins continues. After losing to the Phoenix Suns 130-105 on Friday night at Chase Center, the Warriors haven’t won a third straight game since Nov. 15.

That’s exactly 11 weeks ago when the Warriors improved to 10-2. They’re now 24-24, having gone 14-22 since.

Golden State trailed Phoenix by three points after the first quarter, 11 points at halftime and 19 points going into the fourth quarter. The Warriors’ lone win when trailing through three quarters this season was against the Suns on Dec. 28 when they erased a five-point deficit to grab a four-point win.

A comeback win never was in store this time.

Steph Curry couldn’t get going, scoring only 14 points in 31 minutes on 5-of-14 shooting and 1 of 6 from long distance. Andrew Wiggins and Moses Moody each scored a team-high 17 points.

Meanwhile, Suns stars Kevin Durant (19 points), Devin Booker (31 points) and Bradley Beal (21 points) combined to score 71 points on 27-of-48 shooting (56.3 percent) while making 13 of their 23 3-point attempts (56.5 percent).

Here are three takeaways from the Warriors once again taking a step back after gaining momentum.

Take Two

The first start of Quinten Post’s NBA career on Wednesday wasn’t one to remember. Post was fed to the wolves, and the Oklahoma City Thunder attacked. They put him in an alley-oop situation right away, and Post was called for a foul 15 seconds into the game.

Here are the stats from Post’s first career start: Eight minutes played, no points, no shot attempts, no rebounds and no assists — but two turnovers and three fouls. Numbers to forget, but not numbers to make coach Steve Kerr lose confidence.

Despite the tough showing, Kerr stuck with Post as his starting center for the way he complements Gary Payton II in the frontcourt as a stretch 5. Immediately, the results were much better.

Post drained a 3-pointer from the top of the arc on his first shot attempt. By the end of the first quarter, Post had three points, two…

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Publish date : 2025-01-31 21:43:00

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