The Golden State Warriors have slipped below .500 to start the season, as they just lost back-to-back games to lowly Eastern Conference teams like the Charlotte Hornets and the Detroit Pistons. The Pistons withstood 30-point nights from both Stephen Curry and Jordan Poole just now, but it wasn’t enough to counter the 111 points the Detroit Pistons’ starting 5 combined for.
The Warriors have championship aspirations and started off the 2021-22 season extremely well last year, but that opening hasn’t translated to this season, where teams are staying competitive against the Warriors till the last minute. Fans are worried about what these performances might mean for the franchise looking to defend its NBA Championship.
The Pistons get the W over the Warriors in the throwback unis 🔥
➤ Cunningham: 23 PTS, 10 REB, 9 AST
➤ Bey: 28 PTS, 5 REB, 4-9 3-PT FG
➤ Stewart: 24 PTS, 13 REB, 6-10 FG
➤ Bogdanovic: 21 PTS, 3-6 3-PT FG pic.twitter.com/ebLMv5OuVE
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) October 31, 2022
Steph Curry:
32 PTS – 6 REB – 3 AST
Jordan Poole:
30 PTS – 2 REB – 4 AST
Tough L pic.twitter.com/lpGVgZa6Ao
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) October 31, 2022
Warriors fans rn pic.twitter.com/nWKBIymPZo
— jose ☔️ (@KlayForTrey) October 26, 2022
CADE CUNNINGHAM LED HIS TEAM TO THE VICTORY TONIGHT. STEPH CURRY COULDN’T.
CADE > STEPH
— nick (@nsitto2) October 31, 2022
Cade Cunningham finna crash it on Steph Curry in a bit.
— 2 Cold Scorpio (@Ic3Evaa) October 30, 2022
Steph Curry is getting taught a lesson by Cade Cunningham right now.
— PistonsMuse (@PistonsMuse) October 30, 2022
Every single role player in existence agaisnt the warriors pic.twitter.com/TmCeaDSeNp
— 🍛 (@currybuu) October 30, 2022
Steph Curry this season:
33 Points, 6 Rebounds, 7 Assists
34 Points, 5 Rebounds, 4 Assists
33 Points, 5 Rebounds, 2 Assists
21 Points, 7 Rebounds, 8 Assists
33 Points, 7 Rebounds, 9 Assists
31 Points, 11 Rebounds, 6 Assists
32 Points, 6 Rebounds, 3 Assists
Warriors 3-4. pic.twitter.com/D4NK8XOZdO
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) October 31, 2022
imagine losing to the hornets and pistons😭😭 + bring GP2 back
— 𝒜𝓈𝒶 (@7Bankaii) October 31, 2022
first the hornets, now the pistons?? bro are y’all purposely losing? 😭
— 𝒿𝒶𝓎 🥷🏽 (@RatiodByJay) October 31, 2022
I haven't seen a single lineup put out do anything effectively on either side of the ball. Nobody is defensively locked in. This is a terrible squad at this point in time.
— rodlo 🪬 (@roddystr) October 31, 2022
https://twitter.com/ElonDeuce/status/1586878395345944578https://twitter.com/GodlLotus/status/1586878385497681920
— James (@King_James313) October 31, 2022
— 2 (@Cade2SZN) October 31, 2022
DEPRESSED AF 😔 pic.twitter.com/A1g9G5U8b0
— De🅿️ressed Warriors Fan 💔 (@GoIdenState) October 31, 2022
Steve Kerr hasn’t been able to find the perfect rotations for all the talent on the Warriors after a fair amount of turnover in terms of the depth the roster had last season. The team is younger due to more young players coming through the system, so there will be an adjustment period for them where they’ll make mistakes and hopefully learn from them throughout the season.
Should The Warriors Be In Panic Mode?
Outside Stephen Curry and Jordan Poole, the Warriors don’t have many consistent performers in their lineup. Offensively, Klay Thompson and many others on the team are having really bad nights, coupled with some good nights, which is not enough as their production is crucial for the Warriors.
Draymond Green seems to have lost a step defensively and cannot control the tempo of the game as well as he was doing last season. James Wiseman looks like a center who has barely played games in his career, and the rest of the bench with Jonathan Kuminga and Moses Moody needs to dramatically improve. Kerr has criticized the Warriors’ bench before, so he won’t bite his tongue when it comes to letting the players know that they need to start turning their season around ASAP.
