Head coach of the Golden State Warriors Steve Kerr has hit the nail right on the head by saying that the team has hit rock bottom. Steve Kerr isn’t mincing words about the Warriors’ woes after their loss to Nets.
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The Warriors are depleted, playing without five rotational players, including three starters, and there is no sign of when reinforcements will be coming. They went 1-5 this trip, dropping them to 3-16 on the road overall. And even though they are about to start an eight-game homestand, their schedule isn’t easing up.
“You are what your record says you are,” Kerr said. “It was a bad road trip. We are 15-18, so we’re a below-.500 team, and we’ve got to find a way to reverse that.”
Meanwhile, the Nets extended their win streak to seven games and have won 11 of their past 12 contests.
The Nets controlled the game from tipoff, building a 29-point lead in the first quarter, the Warriors’ second-worst deficit through the first in franchise history. Golden State scored just 17 points, also its second fewest in an opening quarter this season.
Brooklyn’s 91 first-half points were a franchise record for points in the first half. The Nets are also just the third team in NBA history to hit that scoring mark through the first two quarters.
The 40-point lead they held over the Warriors at halftime was also a franchise record. That point differential is also the largest halftime deficit by a defending champion in NBA history.
“That first half, it was kind of a shock,” Draymond Green told ESPN.
Nets star forward Kevin Durant said the key for his red-hot group is that they’ve just been “making shots.”
“It’s a make-or-miss league,” Durant said. “We’ve been generating solid shots all year. I think they just started to fall now. It’s going to come with time. … It’s about shooting the ball with confidence, being aggressive downhill to make plays for others, tonight was one of those nights.”
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