It’s not often that Warriors fans see Steph Curry visibly frustrated with his teammates on the sidelines.
But there was Curry Thursday in the second half of the Warriors’ ugly 130-104 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers and screaming in the general direction of Andrew Wiggins and Kelly Oubre Jr.
There were probably more targets of Curry’s anger at that moment. The Warriors dropped 39 points at Staples Center on Thursday.
After a competitive first quarter, the Warriors fall apart in the second quarter and can never recover.
Early in the season, coach Steve Kerr justified the frustration as the team learned to play with each other and he tried to develop rotations and units that work.
But now, 38 games into the 2020-21 NBA season, the frustration on this night was different.
“The difference, early in the year, felt like we just had to walk a long way, so there was frustration, but we knew we would get better,” Kerr said. ‘And I think the frustration was greater tonight because we proved that we can be competitive and win matches and we have made a lot of progress over the last six, seven weeks and we have not been competitive tonight. We did not bring it.
“It was Steph’s frustration. It was Draymond’s frustration. And so it’s my job as head coach. I have to make sure we find a way to get competitive again, because it was a really disappointing, weak effort tonight.”
After so many years where Curry does not have to be the voice leader due to the other veterans in the room, the 33-year-old and Draymond Green are tasked with being the fire starters.
It’s still a strange sight to see Curry animated on the bench during a game.
“It’s always about what’s going on at the moment,” Curry told reporters after the game during a Zoom conference call. “It’s just basketball. We try to be competitive spirit and leadership in different ways, but we had the opportunity to set the tone for the second half of the season and of course did not. We have to do something about it. the next game. ‘
After winning three runs and building a 19-15 record, the Warriors gave up all the momentum with a losing streak of four games. They are going to the Bay Area on Sunday and Monday in Chase Center for a rugby team with the Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Lakers.
If Curry and the Warriors do not put their frustration aside, the season could quickly turn up and the playoffs could be an aftermath.
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