Steve Kerr Comments On Warriors Loss To Timberwolves
The Golden State Warriors have been nearly impossible to stop on their home floor this season, but on Sunday night, the Minnesota Timberwolves escaped Chase Center with a 99-96 victory, a game that tightens things even more in the Western Conference standings.
Having a chance to move 2.5 games ahead of the Timberwolves and move ahead of the Los Angeles Clippers for the 5-seed in the standings, the Warriors now find themselves a half-game back of the Clippers and just a half-game in front of the Timberwolves.
Avoiding the Play-In Tournament will be critical for the Warriors but once again, they find themselves in a position where they are dangerously close to being in that region of the standings.
Warriors head coach Steve Kerr spoke to the media after Sunday's game and claimed that Golden State did not deserve to win this game with the way they played.
"I just thought the final two minutes, we didn't execute. I thought that we had a chance at a layup in transition with about two minutes left and I think we had another possession where we turned it over," Kerr said. "We just didn't execute down the stretch. We didn't deserve to win, they outplayed us."
The 96 points the Warriors scored in this game were their fewest points scored at home this season and the least amount of points they have scored in a game since scoring just 94 points on the road against the New York Knicks on December 20.
While shooting 41.5 percent from the floor and 37.5 percent from three-point range as a team is not necessarily terrible, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson were cold against Minnesota, shooting just 13-40 (32.5 percent) combined and 9-24 (37.5 percent) from three-point range.
With just six games remaining on their schedule, three of which are at home, the Warriors have very little room for error, as they can avoid the Play-In Tournament by just simply winning games at this point.
They will play again on Tuesday night in San Francisco against the New Orleans Pelicans, who have won four straight games to move up to the 8-seed in the Western Conference, just one full game behind the Warriors in the standings.
With a win in this game and a loss by the Timberwolves on Monday night in Sacramento, New Orleans would move up into sole possession of the 6-seed in the West. As for the Warriors, they could potentially fall to the 8-seed with another Timberwolves victory and a loss on Tuesday to the Pelicans.
Golden State can move into a tie for the 4-seed in the conference with losses by the Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night, as well as a victory over New Orleans on Tuesday.
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