The Golden State Warriors have been widely criticized after their loss to the Suns. However, the results were not the most interesting. The more critical issue is that there are some people in the team who deliberately hurt the opponent and some players who are not performing well. This has been a problem for the Golden State Warriors so far in the 2023-24 season.
With four minutes remaining, head coach Steve Kerr made the decision to take off the starters of Klay Thompson, Andrew Wiggins and Kevon Rooney, and let the more promising substitutes Chris Paul, Dario Sarridge, Blandin Podzmski and Jonathan Kuminga continue the game. The decision also paid off significantly, as the bench players contributed a combined 80 points in the game, while Stephen Curry scored just 24 points. In stark contrast, the starters scored just 12 points together.
In the third quarter, a WWE-like attack by Draymond Green led to his ejection. Draymond Green's departure had some adverse effects on both ends of the floor. After the game, both Stephen Curry and Kerr said that Draymond Green's ejection had a direct impact on the team's performance.
In addition, Kevon Looney played 11 minutes on the court, contributing 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal;Andrew Wiggins contributed 3 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist;Klay Thompson, on the other hand, played 27 minutes and scored just seven points. After the game, Kerr responded to his decision to drop a few key starters in the final minute of the game: "They obviously don't have that ability. ...I feel like I have to keep the best players playing.
I've been patiently trying to organize everyone as a team and give them freedom and space. ”。But tonight I felt like we lacked some sense of urgency, so I acted accordingly. "With about four minutes left in the game, the effect of the substitutes coming on was significant. In the last 15 of the gameWith five seconds to go, several key shots from Jonathan Kuminga and Podzimski helped the team close the deficit to 112-115.
However, Stephen Curry's final lethal shot missed, which became the reason why the Warriors lost the game. Klay Thompson also reacted helplessly to Kerr's last-minute decision to put himself on the bench after the game. Klay Thomp said he believed in manager Kerr's arrangement, and if he didn't perform well, he should be put on the bench at the last minute. If he continues to be in poor form, then perhaps he will only be able to get a contract extension worth about four years and $80 million.
In order to get a big contract of more than 100 million dollars, he may have to choose to leave the Golden State Warriors.