If that doesn’t tell you how far this team has come since last season, nothing will. They were totally reliant on his offense. Last season, the Warriors only won 11 of 25 games where Curry failed to score 30 points.
He scored 15 points on 15 shots in 35 minutes, turning the ball over four times in the process. Well, simply, he didn’t contribute much to the team’s win.Ĭurry was bad by his standards on Wednesday. This is the first time I have mentioned Steph Curry in this column. Yeah, I would think so after a performance like that.Īnd to think there were some Warriors who wanted to keep Avery Bradley instead of him this season. Kerr said that he needs to play more after Wednesday’s game. What a pass by Nemanja Bjelica and what a cut by Gary Payton II. The Warriors were a net positive of 43 points per 100 possessions in Payton’s 17 minutes Wednesday. He ended the game with a defensive rating of 71 (opponents’ points per 100 possessions) and an offensive rating of 115. The Son of the Glove was better than “the mitten” Wednesday night. In the third quarter, the Hornets went more than nine minutes without a field goal. Looney, Andre Iguodala, Damion Lee, and, of course, Green all played a big role. GPII is a menace on defense 🔒 /vTKTKAHaRKīut make no mistake, the Warriors’ great defense was a team effort, even though LaMelo Ball shot 35 percent and Terry Rozier shot 16 percent from the floor. This team has an identity now, and it starts on the defensive end.īut sometimes, you need a spark plug to get a defense - and a team - going. I’d say the Warriors are doing a good job of doing just that this season. Opposing teams didn’t know what to do without easy 3-point attempts. Without serious rim protection, the Dubs locked in on the perimeter. A big part of that success was the team’s defense. The Dubs are trying to replicate the magic they found last season, when they played without a true center outside of Kevon Looney and were able to win 15 of their last 20 games. There’s a reason Warriors coach Steve Kerr was uppercutting the air in celebration on the Golden State bench during this game - it was as happily animated as we’ve seen the Warriors coach in years: The defense the Warriors played with Payton on the court was nothing less than championship-worthy.
Pair that with Draymond Green and an outstanding offensive game from Jordan Poole (31 points) and you have a win. With Payton on the floor, the Warriors had some punch, some scrap. Warriors 3 Things: Son of a Glove Gary Payton II jumpstarts Warriors’ best defensive performance of the season – Chico Enterprise-Record
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