Steph Curry and Jordan Poole filled up the stat sheet, but they didn't get much help as the Warriors lost to the Pistons on Sunday in Detroit.
Here are three observations from a loss that has the Warriors searching for answers two weeks into the season:There is reason to believe the Warriors will, at some point, play the kind of defense that resembles, if not replicates, that which has been their standard for the better part of a decade.The Pistons were averaging 109.7 points per game and cleared that by 18. They were shooting 42.5 percent from the field and finished at 48.2 percent against the Warriors. They were shooting 33.
The most distressing part of this for the Warriors is that it’s becoming a pattern. Teams are feasting on Golden State’s early lethargy, uncharacteristic assignment errors and turnovers. Only the Lakers, the NBA’s worst offense by every metric, failed to score at least 60 points in the first half and 110 for the game.
The Warriors often look like, dare we say, the slower squad lacking athleticism. If this doesn’t change, they’ll dig a hole within the highly competitive Western Conference.During Poole’s two seasons at the University of Michigan, some of the students began referring to each of his scoring sprees as a “Poole party.”
Perhaps seeking to relive those moments, Poole arrived at Little Caesars Arena wearing a maize and blue Michigan jacket.Poole was the catalyst behind third-quarter outburst that got the Warriors back into the game, trimming a 19-point deficit to six. He scored 18 points, including 15 in a row at one point. He was one point short of his personal record for points in a quarter.
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