Big win over the Lakers + Gordon scored 50 points! Why did the Warriors upset the Trail Blazers? Curry gave the answer

In the opening game, they beat the Lakers and got off to a great start + in the second game, Gordon scored 50 points in overtime! Why did the Warriors, who were soaring with two consecutive wins at the start, lose to the rebuilding Trail Blazers by 20 points? Curry gave the answer in the post-game interview.

The Warriors suffered a 20-point defeat

After defeating the Lakers in the opening game and scoring 10 of 11 three-pointers in overtime in the second game, Gordon led the Nuggets to score 50 points. The Warriors faced off against the Trail Blazers in Game 3.

Compared with the first two opponents, the Trail Blazers, who were in the rebuilding period, were obviously less competitive. As a result, the game was one-sided, and the Warriors were completely overwhelmed by the young Trail Blazers.

Capitulated early with 8 and a half minutes left in the final quarter, and finally suffered a 20-point defeat at 119-139, their first defeat of the season, and missed the top spot in the Western Conference.

Curry gave the reason for the tragic defeat

So after defeating the Lakers in the first game and defeating the powerful Nuggets in overtime in the second game, why did the Warriors upset the Warriors by 20 points in the third game?

The Warriors core Curry gave the answer in the post-game interview. Curry bluntly said that considering the schedule, the team will start with 3 games in 4 days, and then there will be back-to-back duels, and they are still in 3 completely different cities. It is a good rhythm to be able to win that tough battle with the Nuggets and gain another victory in Los Angeles.

As Curry said, the Warriors' schedule for the start of this season is indeed too difficult. The Warriors need to deal with three games in four days. If they are connected together, it will be an extremely intensive six games in nine days. The Warriors are currently the only team in the league that has played three games. In contrast, teams such as the Nuggets, 76ers, and Pacers have only played one game.

This is undoubtedly a huge test for the Warriors, a team with an extremely old core. You must know that the Warriors' four starting starters Curry + Butler + Dream Chaser + Horford are as high as 147 years old in total, and their physical reserves and recovery are slow.

In addition, before back-to-back games against the Trail Blazers, the Warriors also fought a tough and valuable battle with the Nuggets until overtime to determine the winner. The physical fitness tank of the team's veterans has already bottomed out.

As a result, when the Warriors were depleted of veterans, they encountered the Trail Blazers, who had one of the youngest lineups in the league.

Under the instruction of the new coach Split, a group of young players of the Trail Blazers ran tirelessly, constantly improving the rhythm of the game and physical confrontation, and directly defeated the Warriors on both offense and defense.

Split also talked about this in the interview after the game. He bluntly said that it is not easy to defeat a team of the Warriors' level. Since they are back-to-back, we made full use of this and made rapid advances and short rotations throughout the game.

The Warriors failed to solve the problem

Cole was also aware of the Warriors' physical reserve problem. He used an ultra-long 12-man rotation in the first half, trying to solve the problem through the depth advantage of the lineup.

Cole also talked about this in an interview after the game. He bluntly stated that before the start of the game, the team was determined to adapt to the 12-man rotation early, but unfortunately it still failed to keep up with the pace of the Trail Blazers. I have to admit that the latter has formed a very competitive lineup.

After failing to solve the problem, the Warriors' main players were outplayed by their opponents as expected, and there were a crazy 25 turnovers in the game.

Compared to the fact that the aging core players were easily beaten by their opponents, the performance of many of the Warriors' young players was not as good as expected, which was also the core reason for the team's disastrous defeat.

Especially Podemski, who has high hopes from the Warriors, played 22 minutes and made only 2 of 9 shots. He only scored 8 points, 5 rebounds and 2 steals. He also made 2 turnovers, with a plus-minus value of -17, the worst in the game.

The good news is that the Warriors have more players to choose from. For example, Kuminga, who was previously targeted by Cole, continued his good performance in this game. He made 4 of 7 free throws and 7 of 7 free throws. He scored 16 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals.

In addition, Moody is also back in this game. Together with Melton and Curry who will gradually return, the Warriors coaching staff will have more player options to cope with the long regular season.

As long as they can stay healthy for a long time, this seemingly aging Warriors team still has the ability to challenge for the championship again.