Stephen Curry blames himself a lot

After taking feet in the carpet in milwaukeeThe Warriors confirmed their fragility by blowing an 11-point lead in the 4th quarter in Indianapolis. Facing a very weak Pacers, it’s a species a defeat that leaves a markand Stephen Curry blames himself, he finished with 24 points on 4 of 16 three-pointers, no rebounds and just two assists.

“It’s one of those matches where you have to look in the mirror. There were parts where I made things difficult for everyone.” recognizes the All-Star point guard. “We weren’t well organised, we had bad possessions, a bit of a lack of energy… As a result, you give life back to a team like that. Their record is a bit flawed: they’ve been in touch for a lot of matches, and they’ve got enough talent to get shots in at the right time. It’s one of those matches where you have to play better in the middle of the match, which means you give yourself that margin, which means you give yourself that margin, or two. outcome.”

Given the experience of the group, we thought the Warriors would be safe from such a hiccup, and yet, two matches in a row, the team has disappointed by losing games within reach.

“You have to be a professional and understand what you need to do to prepare your body and your mind, and do your best” he continues. “Here we veterans — and I put myself in this — we have to lead by example, even if you’re not 100% physically. You have to be able to control the match on both sides with your head. That’s what I thought in the middle of the match: we complicated our lives for nothing.”

We have a complicated schedule ahead of us

The journalist asks him to give examples of this way of “futilely complicating life”. What exactly does he mean? “For Stupid Stray Bullets” Curry answers. “There are two possessions in the third quarter. One where I come off a screen, I’m in the air, and I’m walking. I had zero options. I could have continued to dribble and let the ball go. Then we see the ‘separation,’ but the timing is bad, you lose the ball, and they have a layup behind them because that’s a trigger space. Those are triggers for my teams, and when I give them these possessions, it changes the momentum. After that, you have to work twice as hard to you would get back together or create an advantage I know I can do much better than that.

In the end, we shouldn’t regret the end of the season… “First of all, it’s a frustration that we haven’t been able to keep and maintain the momentum we had at the beginning” underscores the Golden State leader. “I know we can find it again because the road is long. You start 4v-2d, everyone talks about a tough schedule, etc. But these are two matches we needed and wanted to take to confirm a good start. I hope it lights a fire in all of us, to get back in the saddle and find a way to win a very complicated series coming up, to show a quality team.”