Thursday, January 11, 2024

Trouble by the Bay

 

SAN FRANCISCO -- Boos rained down on the Golden State Warriors from their home crowd in Chase Center -- a place that was a safe haven for them last season -- all throughout their 141-105 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans :o on Wednesday.

The same thing happened two days before. That time it was on their way to a routing by the Toronto Raptors [133-118].

Two consecutive games in which they got blown out. Two consecutive games in which they never held a lead. Two consecutive games in which their stature got more and more rattled.

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They blew a 24-point lead to the Sacramento Kings. They blew a 22-point lead to the LA Clippers. They fouled a shooter on the Oklahoma City Thunder in the final seconds of two different games :o to end up with losses. They blew an 18-point fourth-quarter lead to the defending champion Denver Nuggets.

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In the third quarter, the Warriors trailed [New Orleans] by 41 points.... The 36-point loss is their worst home loss since March 2007...

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...according to Klay Thompson, the mood surrounding the team has been "deflated."