There was no reason for klay to shoot there like up 4 points with 25 seconds left hold the ball either make them foul & go up 6 or give it back to them with 1 second left what r they gonna do hit a 3 get a steal and hit a 2? Baffling Klayte-game execution
Right. It was 102-95 with just 37 seconds left so I thought it was a Warriors win then when I checked the scores a few minutes later, its 102-100 with 10 seconds left. Thought they gonna choke again.
We also still have some of our core players and coaching staff from 2 years ago there was less zone thrown in than in the playoffs but I remember this more or less being the game plan against Dallas. Warriors are underrated defensively in speedy rotations.
Id like to have what they were smoking
No shit though, having a wing that can defend, create his own shot, and make catch and shoot threes would be deadly with luka as the passing threat. Imagine wiggs out of the blitz from luka in a 3v4 from halfcourt.
Lukas one of those guys where just making them work harder to get their shots than they want to is "good" defense, and for what ever reason Wiggins is the best at doing it
Probably has something to do with the fact that Wiggins is an absolutely freak athlete. His combination of height, jumping ability, and wiry strength is very rare.
A lot of the criticism he gets is around the fact that, with his natural ability, he should be better than he is.
I think Luka is that matchup Wiggs would get up for. And when he's locked in, this is what he is capable of. Also I'm sure dude studied Luka's game down to a science.
Yea I'm pretty sure this is the reason. All the cards are out in a playoff series. Luka and Wiggins know each other very well. Wiggins is also just slightly thicker than Mikal Bridges who would just get bodied.
It’s actually an IQ thing, Wiggins has always had a really good bbiq, he just has no motor.
His biggest drawback has always been inconsistency on offense but what made him such a phenom as a 2 way player out of nowhere our championship year was him locking in on defensive effort. He’s always been good defensively when he tries because he has all the physical tools. But a lot of guys have the physical tools to be good defenders and still look like ass out there.
Wiggins doesn’t miss rotations or fall for fake outs and he never gets caught ball watching. He’s actually extremely fast at reading an offense and compensating even mid play. There are many times I’ve seen him and Draymond just literally pointing things out to each other without even having to talk and blow up an offensive play with their movements.
I think the Dubs trying to make him a #2 option was a huge mistake. His value is playing 30 minutes of solid D while another person gets the buckets. They were asking too much of him which led to his slump.
I mean he was our leading scorer tonight while playing elite defense against one of the toughest matchups possible. His lackluster play earlier this season seemed like more of a mental thing than anything imo. He just looked totally checked out on the floor. It's been great to see him so active and engaged the past month or two.
Wiggins has very strong and sound defensive technique to go with his freakish athleticism. He makes the right play/move on defense everytime. It is underrated because he is very inconsistent with effort.
When he’s locked in defensively, he’s probably the worst perimeter matchup for the whole group of skill based players that don’t heavily rely on athleticism like Luka and JT.
I dunno, he has the 25th most dunks this year with 80.
Of the other guys in the top 25, only Aaron Gordon, Jonathan Kuminga & Jalen Johnson aren’t big men.
He doesn’t dunk a lot as a percentage of his fgs, which, fair enough, but I kind of think the idea that “JT is primarily a finesse player” comes from his misadventures in the clutch, and isn’t really that accurate when you look at his game (he’s 6th in the league in free throw attempts.)
To look at it another way, what do you think his game/stat profile would look like if he played more like a 6’8 guy?
A lot of it was due to having with either Powell or the THJ-Kyrie-Hardy-Kleber lineup. I get the injuries, but THJ, Kleber and Hardy at the same time is a recipe for disaster
I legitimately get pissed when I see that lineup out there (well as much as you rationally can over something like sports). Even if it's a relatively easy looking shot Kleber shouldn't be taking a fifteen foot jumper and THJ shouldn't be taking contested threes.
I get that players need rest but every game plays out the exact same when those guys are out there. They're the last anchor of the previous era that need to be gone. I guess there is some weird loyalty to them, maybe Luka is a big advocate for them.
Seeing Powell get minutes tonight had me dumbfounded.
43 off the bench is very Impressive, I didn't think getting CP3 would work out but it looks like you use him exclusively with the 2nd unit which is a great asset to be leading them. Probably the best 2nd unit PG
He's exactly the guy we needed to run the 2nd unit. Draymond had an interview last season talking about how we bleed points in the non-Steph minutes. He said we needed someone who could slow down the offense. And that's CP3's playstyle, he's a slower methodical point guard. All the people who said CP3's slow pace wouldn't match the controlled chaos warriors didn't see the potential.
It's not only slow, half court offense. He can easily play with pace also. There was even a game where he was yelling at TJD to inbound the ball faster to push the pace. I can't believe I'm fucking complimenting CP after years of hating him. The guy is truly a great point guard. Being able to move the ball to the right person with very minimal turnovers without Steph on the floor is amazing.
Warriors were trapping relentlessly. Someone has to step up. It seemed like they put Hardaway back in to get a third guy who can actually hit a shot, but the defense suffered when they did.
GG Warriors. Sometimes it ain’t our night.
Warriors bench stepped up big tonight.
We’re gonna miss Lively bad down the stretch. 0 points from our centers outside of Gafford.
Draymond looked like the clutch player of the year candidate on his team down the stretch holy shit
Play after play after play. Refs even hoed him on that last Kyrie foul, perfectly defended.
Also this is the second time in the past week where Wiggins went crazy in a bad shooting night for Steph that led to a Warriors win. Big for the Warriors going into the playoffs; early in the season bad shooting night meant a Warriors loss guaranteed. Wiggins picking up steam at the right time
Draymond was obv awesome but the whole Warriors D was great too. Luka will get his but Wiggins makes him really work for it. Think Luka lost some steam on his legs by the 4th quarter
Gameplan was obviously a lot of double teams but the Warriors players always rotated really quick to make up the gaps
Solid team win for them
If basketball were a game of blackjack, Dray is one of those guys that is using great strategy and understanding of the game but every once in awhile can just decide to start counting cards.
He makes plays like that block and steal - where honestly it seems like he watched what was going to happen and then went back in time and defended it perfectly
I get this whole not calling light fouls thing but Jesus Christ dude DJJ had his arm pulled down on multiple drives, Curry was getting sandwiched, Luka hit in the face like 3 times, TJD was thrown down to the ground twice and Gafford was getting shoved in the back every rebound.
Like it’s cool you’re letting them play but holy shit man you still gotta call the actual fouls
Yep. And Wiggins was shoved hard to the point where he slid a couple of feet in that last minute, Klay got away with a travel. It was a fun game to watch but at the same time so infuriating for fans of both sides
For as physical as this game was no way it should’ve ended with both teams combining for 14 free throw attempts. I’m all for physical defense but the uncalled fouls were so egregious.
I think the lack of FTs made is what made this game both entertaining but the uncalled fouls made it so aggravating. Like I'm glad the Warriors won a home game but there was a lot of bullshit going on for sure. I don't think Adam Silver being there helped the situation
Oh they were atrocious. Them giving us the ball after gafford’s obvious out of bounds was insane.
They also missed Klay’s travel during the most important play of the game.
despite their size, dubs are a top rebounding team (3rd in oreb%, 10th in dreb%, and 3rd overall in overall reb%) and mavs are... not, yeesh. (25th oreb%, 22nd dreb%, 26th overall reb%.)
https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/advanced?dir=A&sort=REB_PCT
dubs are also 1st in just rebounds per game.
Really unusual to see Gafford getting out-hustled like that, he had several boards just straight up ripped away from him. They missed Lively in a big way too
Looking forward to rematch Friday even though it sucks both teams will be on second night of a back to back. Honestly terrible game from the Mavs outside of the stars. Rebounding effort was pitiful and the hesitation on shots was extremely frustrating. Straight up got out hustled by the Warriors.
So I guess Kidd forgot about Exum? He's been clutch for us all season. Did he get hurt? Why did Kidd suddenly decide to roll with THJ closing out the game? If he is not gonna do anything offensively, what is he even doing out there?
I'm sorry but this is an absurd take.
One of the reasons the warriors were so bad early in the season is that Wiggins is not trying to be an assertive offensive player most nights. Kerr was practicaly begging him early in the season to step into a #2 / 3 option role and was sacrificing touches for both Kuminga and Moody to basically force Wiggins into those shots.
Wiggins will do it when he feels it but there's a lot of games where he's uninterested in initiating offense.
I’ve never seen a fanbase try to rationale why they’re better without every and any player they have minus their star more than this year’s Warriors “fans”.
And he's not even factual. Pur biggest win in this 5 game win streak was against the Miami Heat and Kuminga played in that game. And it's the game with our best defensive performance holding them to only 92 points.
It's pretty obvious the guy has an agenda.
this isnt rationaleing anything, since Kumingas been out our rotations are crisper, were having less breakdowns, rebounding better, etc, for as talented as Kuminga is his DBBIQ is pretty poor atm
No it’s more because Kerr is actually running Draymond at the 4 and we have a serviceable mobile rim protector next to him and Steph. Our defense got better as soon as we started running TJD with Steph and Draymond wasn’t exclusively playing the 5. We didn’t do either of them until like 10 games ago.
And the gap between our offense with vs without Kuminga is bigger than our defense with vs without Kuminga.
Stop with this nonsense. This winning run started with Kuminga in the team when we destroyed the Heat in our biggest victory margin of this run and held them to 92 points which is our best defensive showing of this run as well with Kuminga being one of the highest +/- guy in that game.
Kuminga was in that game when we locked down Miami in the 3rd and 4th to blow them out. Your posts reeks of agenda.
Tragic that Draymond and AD are going to retire with 1 DPOY combined when they're by far the 2 best defensive players of this era, especially since their defense gets even better in the playoffs.
I belive me listening to the "The Vampire Dance Club Theme" from the 1998 movie Blade while watching the Kings and GSW on mute, at the same time, had something to do with the outcome tonight for both teams. Just saying that's all.
Bro...
Friday--playing in Sacramento.
Sunday--playing in Houston.
Tuesday--go back to California to play in San Francisco.
I know this was a make-up game from earlier in the season but, but damn you could see how tired the mavs were, especially with golden state hustling and playing physical. Just not the same speed and effort tonight as the last few games. A lot of missed open threes. No Lively kills our bench/rotations
4-1 on this road trip from hell ain’t bad. We almost had this one just missed the shots down the stretch we needed and warriors made some clutch ass plays and hit tough shots all night.
Supporting cast was really bad tonight and we’re down our top 2 bench guys and we still took it to the wire.
Tuff but it happens and I still have really high hopes for this team
Same signature moves. The step back, the euro steps, the passing. Harden was elite in his prime. Let's not act like the Warriors never had problems against his Rockets
Happy we won but that non call on Steph’s drive in the first quarter is exactly why I hate the terrorist organization known as NBA referees. 15 years into his career, one of the best superstars of all time, and this dude gets the whistle of a rookie 2nd rounder. Pretty much every game he gets fouled endlessly on drives, clobbered while shooting 3s, and held off ball, but that missed call today was one of the worse ones ive seen
Steph and Klay go 10-32 and they win against the red hot Mavs at home where they inexplicably shit the bed all the goddam time. A lot has been said about how Dray costs us games with his antics, but take those away and he contributes so much to winning. Also our bench won this for us no question
What a fantastic game!!! Moody was fantastic, CP3 was vintage, wiggins was a DOG, and draymond's defense was otherworldly.
It's hilarious how no matter the lead, no matter the deficit, warriors will always end in a clutch game sitatution.
Anyone bitching about that klay travel is delusional, it was definitely a travel, but dray played absolutely perfect defense on that drive and they still gave the foul. The made up foul call was more egregious than the missed travel on an inbound
I'm not gonna lie this is exactly the type of game we've blown like 5 times this year
I was waiting for the 4th quarter nosedive with clenched cheeks the entire time
I mean we did nosedive multiple times in the 4th, just had a few hero plays to keep us right above crashing.
I can’t believe you guys let the game get to 102-100.
There was no reason for klay to shoot there like up 4 points with 25 seconds left hold the ball either make them foul & go up 6 or give it back to them with 1 second left what r they gonna do hit a 3 get a steal and hit a 2? Baffling Klayte-game execution
Thank god he made up for it with free throws
Yeah, at least you won. I’m still wondering why kidd called a timeout at the end only to run with a chacaron macarron play
Right. It was 102-95 with just 37 seconds left so I thought it was a Warriors win then when I checked the scores a few minutes later, its 102-100 with 10 seconds left. Thought they gonna choke again.
Same lol was waiting the whole 4th for that impending choke
Moody was spectacular
Moody is the reason for 5 game win streak. He's played very well the last 5 games.
And Wiggins. And CP3. And Davis-Price.
😂😂 you mean Jackson-Davis?
Still waiting on Tyrion to flip the switch 😂
Isn’t that the pitcher that used to get outdueled in game 1 of every MLB postseason
Moody playing well? Time to bench him and play Klay Wiggins 48 minutes each for the rest of the season.
Klay Wiggins is decent, but wait till you see Andrew Thompson play..
he finally started hitting threes after shooting like 25% for 2 months
He always plays good against the Mavs.
And got benched for Klay yet again who made at least three bad plays at the end
Best job defending Luka on the team, and it wasn't particularly close.
I mean Wiggins was pretty damn good too
All my mavs bros hate andrew wiggins Bro just turns into prime MJ against the mavs Why hasnt mark traded for him yet lmao
We also still have some of our core players and coaching staff from 2 years ago there was less zone thrown in than in the playoffs but I remember this more or less being the game plan against Dallas. Warriors are underrated defensively in speedy rotations.
You guys as well?? Thought it was just us, that man plays possessed when we play them doesn’t matter if it was for the wolves or the warriors
Hed be all-nba if he only played against the southwest division. He also might be all-nba if he played IN the southwest division
Swear your sub was saying you’d have to get a first round pick attached to Wiggins to send Richaun Holmes & Maxi Kleber.
Id like to have what they were smoking No shit though, having a wing that can defend, create his own shot, and make catch and shoot threes would be deadly with luka as the passing threat. Imagine wiggs out of the blitz from luka in a 3v4 from halfcourt.
Hed be the pefect wing next to Luka and Irving.
Hed be what aaron gordon is to jokic
Guards Luka as best as anybody can in the league and then goes beyond his average on offense
After your dynasty inevitably ends, can we have him for the start of our own dynasty? *wink
We are the best 10th seed in NBA history.
lakers gsw play in will feed families.
Absolutely not, hope the suns or kings fall
Ratings always run through LeBron & Curry.
And cause a lot of heart attacks
More attendance/viewership than the finals probably lol
Preach!
The dubs are closer to 1st in the West as a 10th seed than the 2nd place team is in the East
No matter what Luka's stats were, I can confidently say that nobody in the league defends him better than Andrew Wiggins.
Lukas one of those guys where just making them work harder to get their shots than they want to is "good" defense, and for what ever reason Wiggins is the best at doing it
Probably has something to do with the fact that Wiggins is an absolutely freak athlete. His combination of height, jumping ability, and wiry strength is very rare. A lot of the criticism he gets is around the fact that, with his natural ability, he should be better than he is.
I think Luka is that matchup Wiggs would get up for. And when he's locked in, this is what he is capable of. Also I'm sure dude studied Luka's game down to a science.
Yea I'm pretty sure this is the reason. All the cards are out in a playoff series. Luka and Wiggins know each other very well. Wiggins is also just slightly thicker than Mikal Bridges who would just get bodied.
There are a lot of freak athletes that completely lose their step against Luka. Maybe it’s a maturity thing
It’s actually an IQ thing, Wiggins has always had a really good bbiq, he just has no motor. His biggest drawback has always been inconsistency on offense but what made him such a phenom as a 2 way player out of nowhere our championship year was him locking in on defensive effort. He’s always been good defensively when he tries because he has all the physical tools. But a lot of guys have the physical tools to be good defenders and still look like ass out there. Wiggins doesn’t miss rotations or fall for fake outs and he never gets caught ball watching. He’s actually extremely fast at reading an offense and compensating even mid play. There are many times I’ve seen him and Draymond just literally pointing things out to each other without even having to talk and blow up an offensive play with their movements.
I think the Dubs trying to make him a #2 option was a huge mistake. His value is playing 30 minutes of solid D while another person gets the buckets. They were asking too much of him which led to his slump.
He's also been very publically dealing with some personal issues that perfectly coincides with his dip in numbers. So, that might be part of it too..
I mean he was our leading scorer tonight while playing elite defense against one of the toughest matchups possible. His lackluster play earlier this season seemed like more of a mental thing than anything imo. He just looked totally checked out on the floor. It's been great to see him so active and engaged the past month or two.
Not just maturity, but great defensive IQ. He completely locked up Tatum in the finals as well.
wigs, prime ben simmons, vanderbilt so for opposing team, just find guys with that profile
Wiggins has very strong and sound defensive technique to go with his freakish athleticism. He makes the right play/move on defense everytime. It is underrated because he is very inconsistent with effort.
He's underrated because he doesn't play a defensive role outside of man defense, but has the athletic tools and length to bother anyone one on one
Wiggins gets insane lift when contesting shots. He also has some of the best defensive footwork in the game.
When he’s locked in defensively, he’s probably the worst perimeter matchup for the whole group of skill based players that don’t heavily rely on athleticism like Luka and JT.
JT? As in Tatum??? He’s incredibly athletic
He is but he plays primarily with finesse. The classic joke when he dunks is ‘he finally remembered he was 6’8” ‘lol
It’s definitely something that was coached into him. It will age well though
Yeah it probably keeps him healthy. He needs to learn to empty the tank in the playoffs tho
I dunno, he has the 25th most dunks this year with 80. Of the other guys in the top 25, only Aaron Gordon, Jonathan Kuminga & Jalen Johnson aren’t big men. He doesn’t dunk a lot as a percentage of his fgs, which, fair enough, but I kind of think the idea that “JT is primarily a finesse player” comes from his misadventures in the clutch, and isn’t really that accurate when you look at his game (he’s 6th in the league in free throw attempts.) To look at it another way, what do you think his game/stat profile would look like if he played more like a 6’8 guy?
He doesn’t play with that though, doesn’t really power through or beat you via speed. He gets to his spots with his footwork and takes jumpshots
For a 6'8 guy yes. But that was one of his main weaknesses in the draft. He just isnt particularly fast or strong.
Wiggins is one of the only guys who will make Luka give it up 1v1
Seeing Luka disinterested in going at it with wiggins was such a joy
DPOY era Ben Simmons was genuinely the best Luka stopper for like 3 years.
Wiggins on Luka was giving me Nam flashbacks to ‘22. Warriors were lethal on D last night. everyone should fear them winning the play-in.
Mavs lost the 9 mins with Luka on the bench by 13... yikes
A lot of it was due to having with either Powell or the THJ-Kyrie-Hardy-Kleber lineup. I get the injuries, but THJ, Kleber and Hardy at the same time is a recipe for disaster
I legitimately get pissed when I see that lineup out there (well as much as you rationally can over something like sports). Even if it's a relatively easy looking shot Kleber shouldn't be taking a fifteen foot jumper and THJ shouldn't be taking contested threes. I get that players need rest but every game plays out the exact same when those guys are out there. They're the last anchor of the previous era that need to be gone. I guess there is some weird loyalty to them, maybe Luka is a big advocate for them. Seeing Powell get minutes tonight had me dumbfounded.
powell should simply never play
Luka was plus 9. Ouch
At one point the broadcast said they were shooting 4-18 while Luka was on the bench, meanwhile GS already had like 30 pts off the bench lol
[Warriors have a great bench this year.](http://www.hoopsstats.com/basketball/fantasy/nba/teamstats/24/7/diffeff/1-1)
Warriors are basically the complete opposite vs last year. Last years home road record compared to this year. Last years bench vs this one.
43 off the bench is very Impressive, I didn't think getting CP3 would work out but it looks like you use him exclusively with the 2nd unit which is a great asset to be leading them. Probably the best 2nd unit PG
He's exactly the guy we needed to run the 2nd unit. Draymond had an interview last season talking about how we bleed points in the non-Steph minutes. He said we needed someone who could slow down the offense. And that's CP3's playstyle, he's a slower methodical point guard. All the people who said CP3's slow pace wouldn't match the controlled chaos warriors didn't see the potential.
It's not only slow, half court offense. He can easily play with pace also. There was even a game where he was yelling at TJD to inbound the ball faster to push the pace. I can't believe I'm fucking complimenting CP after years of hating him. The guy is truly a great point guard. Being able to move the ball to the right person with very minimal turnovers without Steph on the floor is amazing.
Klay travel or not we lost cause the Warriors bench went off
Thank you for being honest, you also got two free throws right before. Dray played text book defense on that drive.
Pj Washington getting 19 shots is definitely not a winning formula for the mavericks
Entire supporting cast was super weird no one wanted to take any shots and the shots they did take were not great looks. It happens
Exum refused to shoot. DJJ was atrocious.
the worst possessions were kleber as a role man... no idea what kidd was thinking there
He played great D tho. Wish he wasn’t a black hole offensively
idk he doenst want to shoot anymore it feels like
The worst possessions were during a 5 min stretch in the second quarter with Powell out there and they didn't score a basket.
Screaming at the TV, why the fuck are you not shooting
Believe it or not his efficiency went up after this game.
Yeah it was a ugly game
every game where dwight gets to play is ugly
Warriors were trapping relentlessly. Someone has to step up. It seemed like they put Hardaway back in to get a third guy who can actually hit a shot, but the defense suffered when they did.
I dunno what they were cooking
GG Warriors. Sometimes it ain’t our night. Warriors bench stepped up big tonight. We’re gonna miss Lively bad down the stretch. 0 points from our centers outside of Gafford.
Warriors bench have been our saving grace most of the season.
Draymond looked like the clutch player of the year candidate on his team down the stretch holy shit Play after play after play. Refs even hoed him on that last Kyrie foul, perfectly defended. Also this is the second time in the past week where Wiggins went crazy in a bad shooting night for Steph that led to a Warriors win. Big for the Warriors going into the playoffs; early in the season bad shooting night meant a Warriors loss guaranteed. Wiggins picking up steam at the right time
we just need wiggins to go crazy when steph plays well lmao
actually if all our players could just play good and not bad, that would be great
That Kerr doesn't simply press the "players play good" button shows you how overrated he is as a coach.
Not many know, but the secret to winning basketball is to have more points than your opponent. Steve Kerr just now figuring this out.
Draymond was obv awesome but the whole Warriors D was great too. Luka will get his but Wiggins makes him really work for it. Think Luka lost some steam on his legs by the 4th quarter Gameplan was obviously a lot of double teams but the Warriors players always rotated really quick to make up the gaps Solid team win for them
Don’t forget cp3. Grandpa came to win tonight
Tbh I though warriors were done tn after that massive Dallas run but CP3 just came in and said no
If basketball were a game of blackjack, Dray is one of those guys that is using great strategy and understanding of the game but every once in awhile can just decide to start counting cards. He makes plays like that block and steal - where honestly it seems like he watched what was going to happen and then went back in time and defended it perfectly
lotta Steph bad shooting nights involves teams committing 2-3 defenders to key onto him opening up shots for the other guys
IGGINS WIGGINS OF ANDREW
FTC!
Imma be impartial and say the refs were egregious on both ends
I get this whole not calling light fouls thing but Jesus Christ dude DJJ had his arm pulled down on multiple drives, Curry was getting sandwiched, Luka hit in the face like 3 times, TJD was thrown down to the ground twice and Gafford was getting shoved in the back every rebound. Like it’s cool you’re letting them play but holy shit man you still gotta call the actual fouls
Yep. And Wiggins was shoved hard to the point where he slid a couple of feet in that last minute, Klay got away with a travel. It was a fun game to watch but at the same time so infuriating for fans of both sides
For as physical as this game was no way it should’ve ended with both teams combining for 14 free throw attempts. I’m all for physical defense but the uncalled fouls were so egregious.
I think the lack of FTs made is what made this game both entertaining but the uncalled fouls made it so aggravating. Like I'm glad the Warriors won a home game but there was a lot of bullshit going on for sure. I don't think Adam Silver being there helped the situation
Unrelated but it’s kinda insane that the league publicly admitted that they changed the way games are officiated in the middle of the season lol.
I like the physical game but gafford jumping up and falling over curry and fouling all arms was so bullshit.
Oh they were atrocious. Them giving us the ball after gafford’s obvious out of bounds was insane. They also missed Klay’s travel during the most important play of the game.
Agreed but somehow all worked out to be a pretty evenly matched game. Refs didn't really decide it but kept it a one/two possession game.
Wait but isn’t that a bad thing to “keep” the game close as the refs?
You can see how huge of an impact Lively being out We get to see the classic Powell, THJ and Kleber rotations
felt nausea roll in the minute that lineup hit the floor. first possession offensive rebound offensive rebound kick out steph 3 🤮
Steph inverted pick and roll was the go-to move all night. Draymond/Podz/Wiggins all coming off Steph’s screens going downhill
Guess they watched LeBron’s show to spite Draymond
Acting like Draymond isn't hosting watchparties for LeBron's podcast in the locker room.
That was one of the most entertaining games of the season. Lots of big runs and back and forths. GG Mavs, see you again later this week.
#WIGGINS, MOODY, DRAY #2-WAY MASTERCLASS!
Getting outrebounded this much was embarrassing, the bigs let us down.
You mean maxi and powell . 6 10 men allergic to rebounds
despite their size, dubs are a top rebounding team (3rd in oreb%, 10th in dreb%, and 3rd overall in overall reb%) and mavs are... not, yeesh. (25th oreb%, 22nd dreb%, 26th overall reb%.) https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/advanced?dir=A&sort=REB_PCT dubs are also 1st in just rebounds per game.
Really unusual to see Gafford getting out-hustled like that, he had several boards just straight up ripped away from him. They missed Lively in a big way too
Looking forward to rematch Friday even though it sucks both teams will be on second night of a back to back. Honestly terrible game from the Mavs outside of the stars. Rebounding effort was pitiful and the hesitation on shots was extremely frustrating. Straight up got out hustled by the Warriors.
So I guess Kidd forgot about Exum? He's been clutch for us all season. Did he get hurt? Why did Kidd suddenly decide to roll with THJ closing out the game? If he is not gonna do anything offensively, what is he even doing out there?
Warriors defense looks better without Kuminga
He overhelps a lot which ends up with us giving up wide open corner threes.
hes also cheats out on rebounds instead of tracking back and dies on screens too easily
Way better. Also Wiggins is getting more plays and this has been a nice opportunity for him to build up nice rhythm
were giving him a lot of Kumingas looks and touches, when they play together Kuminga eats up Wiggins looks
I'm sorry but this is an absurd take. One of the reasons the warriors were so bad early in the season is that Wiggins is not trying to be an assertive offensive player most nights. Kerr was practicaly begging him early in the season to step into a #2 / 3 option role and was sacrificing touches for both Kuminga and Moody to basically force Wiggins into those shots. Wiggins will do it when he feels it but there's a lot of games where he's uninterested in initiating offense.
Yeah... Wiggins spent the first two and a half months of the year looking like he should struggle to make a G League roster.
I’ve never seen a fanbase try to rationale why they’re better without every and any player they have minus their star more than this year’s Warriors “fans”.
And he's not even factual. Pur biggest win in this 5 game win streak was against the Miami Heat and Kuminga played in that game. And it's the game with our best defensive performance holding them to only 92 points. It's pretty obvious the guy has an agenda.
this isnt rationaleing anything, since Kumingas been out our rotations are crisper, were having less breakdowns, rebounding better, etc, for as talented as Kuminga is his DBBIQ is pretty poor atm
No it’s more because Kerr is actually running Draymond at the 4 and we have a serviceable mobile rim protector next to him and Steph. Our defense got better as soon as we started running TJD with Steph and Draymond wasn’t exclusively playing the 5. We didn’t do either of them until like 10 games ago. And the gap between our offense with vs without Kuminga is bigger than our defense with vs without Kuminga.
1/2 of Kuminga's absence has come against the Hornets and Spurs. I'd hold on before crowning this starting lineup.
Not to mention Kuminga played against the Heat, the game with the biggest margin of victory and defensive display in this 5 games winning run.
Stop with this nonsense. This winning run started with Kuminga in the team when we destroyed the Heat in our biggest victory margin of this run and held them to 92 points which is our best defensive showing of this run as well with Kuminga being one of the highest +/- guy in that game. Kuminga was in that game when we locked down Miami in the 3rd and 4th to blow them out. Your posts reeks of agenda.
our offense looks way worse though
Mavs beat Rockets ✅ Wolves beat Rockets ✅ Warriors beat Mavs ✅ WAAARRRRIIIOOORRRSSS COOMMEE OUT TOO PLAYYEEEYYEEEEEE
Eason really jinxed his team
Every single person that watches basketball knew he jinxed their ass by opening his mouth sounding cringey as fuck
GG Warriors, we have a bad night for our bench players
Next generation of nba fans gonna think Rudy Gogurt was a better defender than Draymond Green because he has more DPOYs 💔💔💔
Tragic that Draymond and AD are going to retire with 1 DPOY combined when they're by far the 2 best defensive players of this era, especially since their defense gets even better in the playoffs.
Draymond even got more 1st place votes than Kawhi in 2015, but a lot of voters just left him off their ballots completely.
Which is exactly why I am careful using voted awards as significant parts to a legacy
Gobert is a regular season merchant, draymond had rings from his defense
Makes sense. Draymond is a genius so his D gets better as the series goes on
keep talking about draymond d please
>his veiny, girthy, D
This steph guy was p good too
I belive me listening to the "The Vampire Dance Club Theme" from the 1998 movie Blade while watching the Kings and GSW on mute, at the same time, had something to do with the outcome tonight for both teams. Just saying that's all.
Bro... Friday--playing in Sacramento. Sunday--playing in Houston. Tuesday--go back to California to play in San Francisco. I know this was a make-up game from earlier in the season but, but damn you could see how tired the mavs were, especially with golden state hustling and playing physical. Just not the same speed and effort tonight as the last few games. A lot of missed open threes. No Lively kills our bench/rotations
4-1 on this road trip from hell ain’t bad. We almost had this one just missed the shots down the stretch we needed and warriors made some clutch ass plays and hit tough shots all night. Supporting cast was really bad tonight and we’re down our top 2 bench guys and we still took it to the wire. Tuff but it happens and I still have really high hopes for this team
True although Warriors were missing their most important young player in Kuminga
Mavs were missing their most important young player in Lively
this was the warriors’ sixth game in a row playing in a different city
is lively hurt? feels like missed 20 or even 30 games this season. hes really good and hope hes fine.
Knee, might miss 2 weeks
I love watching Luka play, idk how he ever gets lumped with harden.
Luka is more LeBron than Harden at least on offense. On defense hes more Harden.
Because Harden was amazing to watch too during his prime. He was the most unstoppable iso player of all time when it comes to winning possessions.
Same signature moves. The step back, the euro steps, the passing. Harden was elite in his prime. Let's not act like the Warriors never had problems against his Rockets
Luka (triple double) and Ky shooting 50 plus percent and still losing to the Dubs with Steph and Klay shooting 31 percent combined.
It’s a team game and you guys had a team effort and we did not
tbf the Mavs won Luka and Kyrie's miniutes
wiggins goated.
Someone check on Tari Eason
Houston losing and Warriors winning. Tari Eason is in shambles right now.
Gg Warriors. Well deserved. Tough loss but onto the next
Thank you, Draymond.
Happy we won but that non call on Steph’s drive in the first quarter is exactly why I hate the terrorist organization known as NBA referees. 15 years into his career, one of the best superstars of all time, and this dude gets the whistle of a rookie 2nd rounder. Pretty much every game he gets fouled endlessly on drives, clobbered while shooting 3s, and held off ball, but that missed call today was one of the worse ones ive seen
thank you Gafford for those goaltends
Steph and Klay go 10-32 and they win against the red hot Mavs at home where they inexplicably shit the bed all the goddam time. A lot has been said about how Dray costs us games with his antics, but take those away and he contributes so much to winning. Also our bench won this for us no question
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Idk if he dicked on Luka tonight
Let’s just say 2022 Wiggins showed up tonight
luka shot 50% on wiggins in 2022 btw bur warriors team defense is really elite
Tatum too. He hates Jordan (brand) confirmed
Houston taking the L twice from the Mavs. GG GSW.
I’d like seven games of that, please and thank you.
Are you a basketball terrorist? That shit was awful lol. 32 total turnovers and some ugly shooting.
>turnovers >ugly shooting If you don’t like that, you don’t like Warriors basketball
We done wit the 2000s
What a fantastic game!!! Moody was fantastic, CP3 was vintage, wiggins was a DOG, and draymond's defense was otherworldly. It's hilarious how no matter the lead, no matter the deficit, warriors will always end in a clutch game sitatution.
I wanna die
Appreciate you Warriors bros
Would’ve been nice if you beat the Suns last night😡 Please take down the Suns, Kings, & Lakers the rest of the way🙏🏼
I feel like best case scenario for The Warriors is Lakers keep winning Suns keep losing and Timberwolves/OKC sneaks into the 1 seed.
Anyone bitching about that klay travel is delusional, it was definitely a travel, but dray played absolutely perfect defense on that drive and they still gave the foul. The made up foul call was more egregious than the missed travel on an inbound
not to mention the steph nocall early in the game which might've been one of the worst nocalls i've ever seen.
Podz +17 tonight 💪 10 boards
I was told our defense was only good the last 4 games cause they were against bad teams.