After the 2023-24 season that was designed to be forgotten for the Golden State Warriors, the surprising switch of Klay Thompson appeared to have set them again one other step. With doubts looming over how the workforce would ultimately carry out within the 2024-25 season after shedding out on the playoffs within the earlier season, Steph Curry and firm’s first 15 video games erased all these doubts.
The Warriors, additionally nicknamed the Dubs, began the season robust after profitable 12 video games and shedding simply three of their first fifteen. The followers felt that this might be a comeback, and the Warriors would doubtlessly attain the playoffs for the thirty eighth time of their 76 12 months historical past. However issues have drastically circled because the Warriors now sit within the play-in spot at tenth after their loss in opposition to the Cleveland Cavaliers dropped their win proportion to 0.500.
After their dominant run within the first part of the match, the Dub Nation’s run now seems like a 16-16, and within the 12 video games they performed in December, they’ve gained solely 4. When their efficiency began to falter simply in November, they nonetheless had the Factors Per Recreation common (PPG) at 114.9, which is taken into account an incredible common within the league. This dropped all the way down to 104.7 in December. To place into perspective, their current opponent Cavaliers have a PPG common of over 122 in December.
Whereas their PPG dropped, a degree to notice can be their defence that has seen a slight setback. Since November, the Warriors have a Steals per Recreation common of 8.3. This set them again additional, after the spine of the Warriors’ defence Draymond Inexperienced was seen to be lacking in the course of video games, hinting that he could also be nursing an damage. Within the recreation in opposition to the LA Clippers, Inexperienced was not seen to be on court docket earlier than the sport was over. Although he made a comeback in opposition to the Phoenix Suns, a recreation that noticed the Warriors win in extra time, their subsequent recreation in opposition to the Cavs gave him one other damage scare, as he left the court docket within the third quarter, visibly in ache.
For the final two months it has solely been Steph Curry and Jonathan Kuminga who’ve carried out persistently with 518 and 446 factors respectively.
This doesn’t shed optimistic mild on the Warriors who’re already limping in direction of a playoff end. They play their subsequent recreation in opposition to Philadelphia 76ers on third, and will likely be hoping for yet one more turnaround, this time for the higher.
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