November 7, 2024

SEE DETIALS https://sportsrock247.com/2024/04/05/breaking-news-st…warriors-because/Superstar Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors expressed his amazement at coach Steve Kerr’s decision to take a longer break, which the Minnesota Timberwolves used to their advantage and win 114-110 on March 24.

After suffering their second straight loss, Curry told reporters, “Obviously, you’re comparing it to the last game and my normal rotation like I want to play as many minutes as I’m fresh and able to, so a little bit [surprised] knowing that [Timberwolves] were just going on the run.”

Curry played the whole fourth quarter in their last game, but the Warriors still lost 123-111 to the Indiana Pacers on March 22. This time, Curry just logged 30 minutes as he sat the final 4:07 of the third quarter and the first 5:06 of the fourth quarter.

From the sideline, Curry endured excruciating pain as the Timberwolves erased a four-point lead for the Warriors and, by the time Kerr got him back in the game, had created an eight-point advantage.

“You know, I played against Indiana for the entire fourth quarter, but it didn’t work out. This was not successful. Thus, we need to find a middle ground,” Curry said reporters.

But they need to find that middle ground as quickly as possible as the loss cut their lead for the 10th place in the West to just one game with the streaking Houston Rockets (35-35) coming for them.

“The situation will define itself pretty clearly and it is kind of real-time,” Curry added. “So every game matters. We’re inching closer to the other end of the standings that we never thought we’d be.”

After an encouraging February where they won 11 of 14 games, they are mired at a 5-7 slump this month with only a dozen games left in their regular-season schedule.

Kerr defended his controversial decision and adamantly disagreed that it was the culprit of their latest loss.

“We can’t expect to just ride Steph game after game after game,”  after the loss. “These last few weeks have been really tough on him. We’ve put the burden of this franchise on his shoulders for 15 years. We can’t expect him to play 35 minutes. We have five games in seven days on this road trip. If you want to say that him playing 30 minutes instead of 32 is the difference in the win or the loss, I totally disagree with that. We’re trying to win the game. We’re trying to keep him fresh.”

Curry disagrees with Kerr this time with their postseason berth on the line. There is no sense in keeping Curry fresh if they don’t make it in the play-in.

“So nobody’s gonna wave the white flag and say you’re mailing it in and if that means playing more minutes, I’ll be ready to do that,” Curry told reporters.

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