The Warriors are still looking for a change after a bad streak
The Warriors, who held an exclusive meeting with their players before their Christmas Day matchup with the Lakers, are still looking for a way to turn things around after another loss.
SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Curry began his Christmas day at the Chase Center speaking at an exclusive pregame meeting for players from the Golden State Warriors and then backed up his speech with his best holiday performance against Los Angeles Lakers.
Curry scored 38 points, including eight points in a frenetic final 25.7 seconds, only to see Austin Reaves score on a layup with 1.7 seconds left to lift the Lakers to a 115-113 victory.
After a 12-3 start, Golden State has lost 11 of its last 14 games. That’s why Curry and his teammates met to talk about trying to find a way out of this crisis.
“It’s a turning point in obviously what direction our season can go,” Curry said after scoring his personal best for a Christmas game. “Over the last 14 games, it’s been difficult to find any kind of momentum or consistency, and despite that, you can’t lose spirit and faith that we’re a good enough team to figure it out because this league is ruthless.
“This league changes from window to window in terms of what you can draw on, and when you dig yourself a hole like that, sometimes it can be difficult to get out of it. So, we’re right in that window where we can still recover some momentum, no matter how many weeks before the (All-Star) break are crucial or otherwise (we’re) in a situation where we’re trying to get down the stretch and no one wants to be there.”
There’s a chance Curry won’t be available to help Golden State (15-14) snap a two-game losing streak when the Warriors visit the LA Clippers at the Intuit Dome on Friday. The Warriors coach, Steve Kerrsaid the team will consider resting Curry to manage bilateral tendonitis in his knees at some point over the next two games. The Warriors will play back-to-back games starting with the Clippers and continuing at home on Saturday against the Phoenix Suns.
“We’re down,” Kerr said of the team’s morale during this losing streak. “Everyone is disappointed. We’ve lost some confidence. You can feel it. We had a great vibe at the beginning of the season and we’re going through it right now.
“But I love our guys, high-character guys. They care. They care about each other. I believe in them. I think we’re going to turn this situation around, so this is all part of the season, part of life “.
Curry did everything he could to change the Warriors’ momentum against the Lakers. Golden State trailed 104-94 with 3:27 left in the game. Curry then scored 13 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 113 with 7.6 seconds left. He had scored two three-point bombs in the span of five seconds to send Chase Center into a frenzy as his Christmas showdown with LeBron James It lived up to expectations.
Curry was 14 of 24 from the field, including 8 of 15 from behind the arc. But it wasn’t enough. The Warriors are still looking for a way to turn things around after falling to eighth place in the Western Conference standings.
“We’re at a point right now where you can relax and lose a little more,” Warriors center Trayce Jackson-Davis said. “Or you can get back on the horse and start winning.”
Kerr, Curry and Draymond Green have repeatedly said they believe the Warriors are a good team and will overcome this skid.
“I still have hope and faith and confidence that we can figure it out,” Curry said. “That’s how I’m built. And I feel like you come out and talk about it, but how you execute, how you show up every night, the effort we’re giving, even considering what our record has been down the stretch, it’s a team that’s desperate. , trying to figure it out. It just hasn’t gone the way we wanted. So yeah, until things change, you have to keep that mentality.”
