The Warriors looked a little stale Tuesday night, though without their two big's David Lee and Andrew Bogut they were looking a bit small in the paint. Though even so they allowed Memphis to go on 20-0 streak at one point in the first half, and late in the game were not hustling back on defense even though it was the now or never time to get some stops to attempt to win the game. It is understandable that a team after 16 straight victories will get a little laiser faire, but this does show that if they truly want to be a championship caliber team they certainly still have some work to do. These are the type of losses where the film will be used to display weaknesses they need to work on and I have no doubt that Steve Kerr will have a field day with a decent part of this game's film, as any good coach would.
It isn't all bad, the season is only a quarter of the way done, and for that first quarter they are 3rd in the league in both points per game and rebounds per game, also sitting nicely at 4th in assists per game, and not too shabby at 9th in points allowed per game. Oh yeah and they are still a game up for the best record in the NBA, not to mention Steph Curry is 5th in the league for points per game and tied for seventh in assists per game. Don't get me wrong they are an excellent team, but in every loss you will see the weaknesses of a team and Tuesday night we saw a few of the Warrior's, also alot of the Grizzlies strengths, this Panda cannot wait to see these teams play again for with those big's healthy it will be a showdown to the end that could result in some overtime.
Happy Holidays Panda Out!!!
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