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Monday, January 9, 2017
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OAKLAND – Rarely did Stephen Curry, coach Steve Kerr and the rest of those 73-win Warriors have to stop and re-evaluate things last season. Until they lost the NBA championship to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, of course.
Golden State sure is taking inventory now, having squandered Curry’s 40-point performance and a 24-point lead in the second half of a 128-119 overtime loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night.
”There’s no panic at all. You go through these hiccups, these road bumps and it pokes air out of the balloon a little bit, but that’s what the regular season’s for,” Curry said. ”Last year, I don’t think we had many opportunities to kind of self-assess and look ourselves in the mirror and see where we were at, just riding that wave.”
Draymond Green plans to do his part in the learning process after criticizing his own poor body language. He figures that affected his teammates as the game got away.
The Warriors watched as Mike Conley knocked down a key jumper with 55 seconds left in OT on the way to 27 points, as the Grizzlies beat Golden State for the second time this season.
Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph each made two quick baskets as the Grizzlies hit their initial five shots in the extra period and snapped Golden State’s nine-game home winning streak.
Kevin Durant had 27 points and 13 rebounds but missed five free throws in the Warriors’ sixth defeat of the season. The Grizzlies handed Golden State a 110-89 loss on Dec. 10.
Curry, who shot 15 for 27 and 5 of 13 on 3s, has made a concerted effort to be more aggressive on the offensive end during this recent stretch and since a defeat at Cleveland on Christmas after which he said he didn’t shoot enough. (AP)
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Mike Conley (11) of the Memphis Grizzlies shoots the ball past Stephen Curry (rightmost) and Draymond Green (23) of the Golden State Warriors during their NBA clash on Friday. GETTY IMAGES
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