The clock could also be ticking on Steph Curry’s profession, however there’s little question that is nonetheless his Warriors staff.
Forward of Golden State’s Christmas Day showdown towards the Lakers, the four-time NBA champion referred to as a players-only assembly Wednesday, ESPN stories.
If the intimate speak acquired anybody’s head straight, it was Curry, himself — the 36-year-old star dropped a game-high 38 factors, however it nonetheless wasn’t sufficient to carry Golden State above LeBron James.
James paced the Lakers with 31 factors and 10 assists, and the 115-113 win lifted Los Angeles to a 17-13 file, good for sixth place within the Western convention.
Curry and the Warriors, in the meantime, misplaced their second straight to fall to 15-14. After scorching out of the gate at 12-3, Golden State has misplaced 11 of its previous 14.
Curry’s players-only assembly definitely had a lot to do with that steep drop-off.
“It is an inflection point on, obviously, which direction our season can go,” Curry mentioned after the loss. “Our last 14 games, it’s just been tough trying to find any type of momentum or consistency, and through that, you just can’t lose spirit and belief that we’re a good enough team to figure it out because this league is ruthless.”
Golden State’s entrance workplace definitely agrees there. However the plethora of letdown losses over the previous month, or the downward trending play of the best shooter within the historical past of the sport, Warriors brass continues to bolster their roster on the expense of draft capital.
Level guard Dennis Schroder was lately acquired from the Nets for 3 future second-round choices.
Via his first 4 video games with the Warriors, Schroder is averaging 8.5 factors and 4 assists throughout 27 minutes per sport.
Schroder posted 11 factors and shot 3-of-10 from the sphere within the loss to the Lakers.
“Everyone’s dissatisfied, head coach Steve Kerr mentioned in his postgame presser. “We’ve misplaced some confidence. You may really feel it. We had an ideal vibe early within the season, and we’re going by means of it proper now.
“But I love our guys, high-character guys. They care. They care about each other. I believe in them. I believe we’re going to get this thing turned around, so this is all part of the season, part of life.”
Curry did all he may to get the Warriors again into the win column, taking pictures 14-of-24 general and 8-of-15 from past the arc. Seventeen of his 38 factors, together with two 3-pointers within the span of 5 seconds, got here within the fourth quarter.
The sport was knotted at 113 apiece with 7.6 seconds left, however a driving layup from Austin Reeves with 1.7 seconds left secured the Lakers their Christmas Day win.
“I still have hope and faith and confidence that we can figure it out — it’s how I’m built” Curry mentioned. “And I feel like you go out there and you talk about it, but how you execute, how you show up on a nightly basis, the effort we’re giving, even considering what our record’s been over the last stretch, [we’re] a team that’s desperate to figure it out, [but it] just hasn’t gone our way. So yeah, until things change, you got to keep that mentality.”
