Day 65

Fresh Start_65: A Golden head scratch?
This was expected. I predicted this months ago, I didn’t say they would lose opening night to San Antonio, but this team will have tremendous struggles this season. Kawhi Leonard lead the game in scoring with thirty-five points. LaMarcus Alridge also poured in a double-double with twenty-six points and twelve rebounds. The Spurs played Spur basketball like they always do every year. Kevin Durant in his Warriors debut, lead the team in scoring with twenty-seven points while also grabbing ten boards. Klay Thompson didn’t play so well only scoring eleven points on thirty-eight percent from the field. Draymond Green messed around and almost had a triple-double having eighteen points, twelve rebounds, and six assists. Steph Curry didn’t really play an all-around game. Curry scored like he always does, but only had four assists and three rebounds. The boards are not the big thing here, it’s the assists. Curry is a point guard, the raining MVP, and the leader of the Superteam and only had four assists.
Those assists are part of the problem in the game last night for Golden State. The team had sixteen turnovers (something that plagued them last year) was a big problem against San Antonio. Not only the turnovers but the Warriors only collected eight offensive rebounds the entire game, compared to the Spurs twenty-one offensive boards. The Spurs out rebounded the Warriors by twenty rebounds. That right there will lose you an NBA game. If you lose the turnover battle and get out rebounded by twenty you lose the game, no question. But as I’ve said, these struggles are expected from a team that has four superstars sharing the floor. All of them have to get their own points and get themselves into a grove. This won’t be their last loss and the team that didn’t lose until December in Milwaukee they lose their first game. This is comparable to the Carolina Panthers this season and being 1-5 this season. The Warriors are a great time and will blow some teams out, and lose to teams that they aren’t supposed to lose to, and they will be in the Finals come June. Don’t be alarmed just sit back, drink some scotch, and enjoy the NBA season boys and girls.
Sources:(nba.com)

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