On December 31st, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued. In today's focus game, the Warriors lost at home to the Cavaliers, suffering a double defeat this season, with their record becoming 16 wins and 16 losses!
Facing the Cavaliers, who have the best record in the league, the Warriors led by 1 point in the first quarter. After entering the second quarter, the Cavaliers completed the lead, and after chasing to 36-38, the Warriors completely collapsed, ending the first half with an 8-point deficit. After the start of the second half, the Cavaliers quickly widened the gap to more than 20 points, and the Warriors were unable to reduce the gap, eventually losing at home again to the Cavaliers, twice this season.
The Warriors' loss today is directly related to the poor performance of many players. As the star player, Curry had another bad night. In the entire game, Curry made only 4 out of 14 shots, including 3 out of 11 three-pointers, without any free throws, totaling only 11 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, and 1 steal. Curry hit two consecutive three-pointers in the third quarter, which was one of his few highlights in the game, but he was unable to help the team close the gap.
Green also had a very poor performance today, making only 1 out of 10 shots, including 0 out of 2 three-pointers and 0 out of 2 free throws, totaling only 2 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, and 2 blocks, with 2 turnovers. In the third quarter, Green returned to the locker room due to a back injury in one play, not returning to the game until the fourth quarter, but was unable to change the situation.
In addition to Curry and Green, the performance of new recruits Hield and Schroder, who joined the Warriors this summer, was equally poor. Hield has completely lost his bravery from the beginning of the season, making only 1 out of 8 shots today for a total of 2 points and 3 rebounds, including 0 out of 3 three-pointers, and in the last 4 games, his three-pointers were only 2 out of 16!
Schroder has not performed well since joining the Warriors, and today was no exception. Schroder continued to start today, but made only 4 out of 12 shots for a total of 12 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists. That is to say, Curry, Green, Hield, and Schroder combined for 44 shots and 10 makes, scoring only 27 points, including 5 out of 20 three-pointers, almost equal to Garland alone, obviously such a performance cannot help the team win.
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