Will the Warriors need even more from Steph Curry to keep their Play-In hopes afloat? | NBA Today

Will the Warriors need even more from Steph Curry to keep their Play-In hopes afloat? | NBA Today

We start our show in Minneapolis where the Golden State Warriors they went into the fourth quarter with a lead over the Minnesota Timberwolves remember though the dubs they came into last night only a game and a half ahead of the 11th Place Rockets uhoh all right we’re going

To pick this one up here in the third quarter with the Warriors leading 6057 Steph Curry uses the pick here Brian don’t go under that screen on Steph Curry holy Moses knocks down the contested three he’s heating up from the outside Warriors up six what did I say

They did it that’s what happens when you drop you have big men but you drop on Curry troubling that’s when Britney Spears would say oops he did it again Curry 22 points through three quarters the Warriors lead 8178 after three Curry would sit shortly after with 407 left to play in the third

Quarter here and here come the Timberwolves Nelle Alexander Walker hits that three ties the game and then watch here Chris Paul a little ball pressure a turnover here that the Timberwolves force and all of a sudden the Wolves pull ahead this one Brian yep they went

To the corner there MC con he’s a smart man and why is Steph on the bench Steph still on the bench watching as his team Falls farther and farther down remember when again the down still on the bench what do you think he’s thinking right

There why am I not in the game well now he is but perhaps it is too little too late Steph Curry pulls up for three here can’t quite get that one to go golden state gets another opportunity Steph Yes sir that one’s good tie game with 326

Left here Timberwolves up by one Nel Alexander Walker that was good defense what are you gonna do not much check that Jaden McDaniels Timberwolves up by three at this point Steph Curry doing it all putting the team on his back here in the final seconds the Warriors down by three

Klay Thompson elevates can’t quite get that one to go the Golden State Warriors fall to the Timberwolves 114 110 the Warriors remember they had a five-point lead when Steph went to the bench for his ex extended rest and we do mean extended Because by the time he came

Back the game it really felt Out Of Reach Curry played 32 minutes on Sunday which at first glance it might seem like that’s not that much but it is in line with his season average so here’s Ste Steve cerr on Curry’s minutes load after the game we can’t expect to to just ride

Step um game after game after game you you know these last few weeks have been really tough on we we we’ve put the burden of this franchise on his shoulders for 15 years if you want to say that him playing 30 minutes instead of 32 is a

Difference in the win and the loss I I totally disagree with that we’re trying to we’re trying to win the game we’re trying to uh to keep him fresh obviously you’re comparing it to last game and the my normal rotation like I want to play

As many minutes as as I’m fresh and able to play the whole fourth quarter in IND against Indiana didn’t work out this didn’t work out so we got to find somewhere in the middle I think I think that’s fair Steph’s been carrying this team for the last 15 years but you ke in

On his minutes in the fourth quarter of this game Brian versus the last game that we saw him yeah they’ve clearly made an organizational decision uh after the All-Star break to reduce his minutes he’s been playing 32 minutes now for several weeks um and then on Friday that

Changed a little bit they played in the whole fourth quarter in a game against the Pacers which they were ahead big in early and then lost the lead late and it was 35 minutes and so that was the most he’s played in over a month and so obviously they were trying to correct

That and I think they just kind of overcorrected right and look at the end of the day they’re playing in Minnesota Minnesota is one of the best teams in the league they’re playing at home the Warriors losing this game is not a stunner right however when you see Steph

Sit for that kind of a stretch in the time when the game is maybe being decided and it’s unusual obviously it feels weird and it certainly felt weird you could tell Steph by just looking at his face on the bench he wasn’t used to that and so now they got to figure

Something out for tomorrow night Steph is averaging his fewest minutes played in like the last five seasons so we have seen this happen overall and I do want to give the Minnesota Timberwolves credit they played a great game their fourth quarter woes which were a big problem for them pre- All-Star break

Really they seem to have settled that a little bit so it’s not just that the Golden State Warriors lost this game Minnesota came out and they took this game there were questions of how they were going to play without Carl Anthony towns it seems like at least for now

Some of those questions have been answered but Kendrick when you’re looking at the Warriors are they going to need more from Step whether or not not that is fair in order to keep this dynasty and their playing hopes AF flat no they’re not I mean he’s doing everything and more and Malika Wendy

Look you cannot drive a vehicle with just the rims okay you need the rims and the ti right right now Warriors right now the Golden State Warriors are asking Steph Curry to be the rim and the tire and that’s not fair now he could be the tire but where is

His Rim at who is want to be that guy to help him out on a consistent basis when you have a team and you have veterans like CP3 Draymond GL green Klay Thompson uh Andrew Wiggins like nobody can hold a fort down enough or or or be able to

Carry their weight on a consistent basis look it’s it’s a lot of times that I do disagree with Steve Kerr but on this point he’s right and maybe the right is on the wall maybe he actually said and said you know what we’re not good enough

To compete in the way in conference why should I run our franchise guy our heart and soul Mr Golden State himself into the ground Steve Cur is right on this one somebody else got to help to help I will say Malika this does kind of fit into the actions over words character

Characterization because the Warriors may not say what they actually think about their chances this year they may say that we think we can still win everything but the fact that while they’re in an allout fight for play in not play in right that they would elect to reduce Steph’s minutes with an eye

Towards longterm kind of illustrates and you know perk and I have been going back and forth on this I’ve been refusing to let go of the Rope on the Warriors that action is kind of speaking towards the way the Warriors are looking at right well to that point both Draymond Green

And Steph Curry they were asked about the state of the Warriors after the game take a listen to this how much are you now kind of tracking the Rockets I don’t give a damn about the Rockets the uh situation will Define itself pretty clearly and it is in in kind of real

Time so every game matters you know we’re inching closer to the other end of the standings that we never thought we’d be in nobody’s gonna wave the white flag and say you know you’re you’re mailing it in and if that means playing more minutes and I’ll be ready to do that so

The Warriors they dropped their first game of an all important five game Road Trip you can see here this could really end their hopes of moving up past 10th in the standings but looking at the end of the road trip they have one home game against the Mavs and then they have that

Game against the team that is behind them in the standings the rocket so Wendy alluded to this perk there’s a lot of basketball that’s still left to be played here but the Warriors they are at risk of missing the play in completely so what would the ramifications be if they

Do I mean I don’t want to say nothing but they actually would be in a great spot to be honest with you I mean because at the end of the day let’s be honest are the Warriors going anywhere absolutely abolutely not that that uphill battle that they have to fight to

Get out of the playin tournament or to stay in the playin tournament and then make the playin tournament get into the postseason that’s a long that’s a tall task to ask but what they can say is you know what we didn’t seen some production from Jonathan kaminga we seen some

Production from psky like Steph looks still like Prime step so they have some decisions to make but I wouldn’t look at the Warriors season if they didn’t make the playin tournament or the postseason and say that it was a failure because in my eyes it’s no other organization that

Has been through the adversity like the like the Golden State Warriors has been through this season at no level no level whatsoever with the Draymond Green suspension with the Klay Thompson uh contract you know negotiation not coming to a stance all that stuff the Golden State Warriors have fought through that

Type of adversity like no other team well let’s just let’s just again let’s just be honest about the warrior situation if you look at where they are relative to what they thought at the start of the Season cavon Looney is out of the rotation he has been a main state

For them he’s no longer contributing Andrew Wiggins having arguably the worst season of his his career maybe not even arguably the worst season of his career Klay Thompson has been demoted to the bench right Chris Paul has been largely injured and made some impact but not a

Major Impact um Steph is having a good season but he’s not having a great season by his standards he’s borderline line all NBA at this point I I don’t know if he’ll make it or not they’ve just they’ve just gone down but didn’t we get we got sucked in we got sucked in

For you know a month month and a half after Draymond Green returned after Wiggins got back and looked a little bit better like they got healthy and it said oh okay maybe the Warriors are here I I don’t think we would have had those same expectations I agree with you but I I

Think we got sucked in thinking that they could maybe get back into the first round of the playoffs we never thought oh my gosh they’re back to absolutely and I just think that when they get to the end of the season it they’re just going to they’re

Not even going to have to make announcements that they’re going to do they’re just going to say look what happened yeah and and we’re going to say yeah we know we’ve been watching well we’ll sprinkle a little bit of good news in for Golden State Warriors fans they

Do have the easiest remaining schedule in the Western Conference the Houston Rockets they own the tiebreaker over so Houston would have to finish with a better record straight out than the Golden State Warriors if they are tied the Golden State Warriors have that tie breaker so Houston has to have a better

The record they have won six straight without arguably their best player Alper shenon eight straight games overall they’re 10- one in the month of March so I’m not saying that this is not a tall task for Golden State but I still would give the edge to the Warriors but that

Edge is shrinking every single [Applause] day NBA is

Will the Warriors need even more from Steph Curry to keep their Play-In hopes afloat? | NBA Today

On NBA Today, I am joined by Brian Windhorst and Kendrick Perkins to discuss Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors.

0:00 Warriors-Timberwolves highlights
3:00 Curry’s reduced minutes
6:49 Will Golden State miss the Play-In Tournament?

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