Rocket In My Pocket - 5:30pm PDT

[AirP.]

So I went back and looked at touches since it felt like Curry, Butler and Draymond didn't go through them as much last night and the numbers show it, Draymond self destructing really threw off the offense since a playmaker sat a little more than usual.

Since Butler has been added, the touches per game have been...
Draymond 71.1
Curry 69.9
Butler 67.7
Podz 64.0
Hield 39.5
Payton 32.6

Last night the ball was handled by the role-players at a much greater rate...
Podz 67
Draymond 54
Butler 53
Hield 49
Payton 48
Curry 47

Anytime you can have the other teams top 3 guys touching the ball much less you're expecting to do good. Maybe this was determined before the game that the main guys would play but take it easy and see if the role-players could win the game?

Curry had no energy to beat the top lock and denials. Also it looked like we weren't ready for the Sengun on Moody and FVV on Dray. Which is good because it gives us something to look at before a possible matchup in the playoffs. It was more like Houston was playoff game planning while we couldn't get out of first gear.

Like whatever we know how to beat the top locks and denying of Steph with Jimmy on the team now. Just requires a lot of effort on Steph's part.

They might as well have been resting a decent amount this whole time vs not go all out to try to get that playoff reset, they're 7 games ahead of the 9th seed.

[Onus]

So I went back and looked at touches since it felt like Curry, Butler and Draymond didn't go through them as much last night and the numbers show it, Draymond self destructing really threw off the offense since a playmaker sat a little more than usual.

Since Butler has been added, the touches per game have been...
Draymond 71.1
Curry 69.9
Butler 67.7
Podz 64.0
Hield 39.5
Payton 32.6

Last night the ball was handled by the role-players at a much greater rate...
Podz 67
Draymond 54
Butler 53
Hield 49
Payton 48
Curry 47

Anytime you can have the other teams top 3 guys touching the ball much less you're expecting to do good. Maybe this was determined before the game that the main guys would play but take it easy and see if the role-players could win the game?

Curry had no energy to beat the top lock and denials. Also it looked like we weren't ready for the Sengun on Moody and FVV on Dray. Which is good because it gives us something to look at before a possible matchup in the playoffs. It was more like Houston was playoff game planning while we couldn't get out of first gear.

Like whatever we know how to beat the top locks and denying of Steph with Jimmy on the team now. Just requires a lot of effort on Steph's part.

They might as well have been resting a decent amount this whole time vs not go all out to try to get that playoff reset, they're 7 games ahead of the 9th seed.

I mean I get wanting to test yourself against the gauntlet just to see where we stack up against them, but you could see how tired and no energy we were against houston. Dray was literally exhausted in the post game after Denver. Let the tank re-fill rather than going to empty to chase the 6th, I'd be completely fine with it. Been saying this for weeks now.

[HiRez]

Weird game for me because while the Warriors somehow kept closing the gap to like 4-7 points (and earlier led by a bunch), it never felt to me like they were even in the game, I never once had the feeling they were going to win.

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[WarriorGM]

Interesting game. I think what it showed was the weakness of the smaller lineups. Moody was played off the floor. Podz and Hield lineups showed vulnerabilities I was concerned about previously. Kuminga will be vital in a series against the Rockets. This is one of those matchups where Wiggins might be more valuable than Butler at least the Butler we've seen so far.

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