Steve Kerr is painfully honest after losing to Giannis without the Bucks
The Golden State Warriors had every reason to win Thursday night in Milwaukee. Giannis Antetokounmpo sat out with knee pain, leaving the Milwaukee Bucks without their best player. Before the game, Jimmy Butler and Buddy Hield were all smiles during warmups, joking with a young fan wearing a Hield jersey on the court. That happy mood didn’t last long as the Warriors lost 120-110 to fall to 4-2 on the season.
after the game Steve Kerr he didn’t hold back about a frustrating trend it haunted his team.
“We’ve been like 0-12 the last few years when opponents sit their stars,” Kerr said, as Anthony Slater on X.
It’s the kind of honest admission that describes what went wrong in Milwaukee. The The Warriors had a golden opportunity with Giannis on the benchbut they could not use it.
Turnovers killed Golden State all night. They gave the ball away 22 times, with Stephen Curry and Jonathan Kuminga responsible for five of those giveaways. Every time the Warriors tried to build something, another turnover gave Milwaukee an easy chance to go the other way.
The shooting numbers didn’t help either. Milwaukee knocked down 19 3’s at 41.3% while Golden State managed just 13 at 34.2%. When you combine cold shooting with so many turnovers, it’s not easy to win away from home.
What made it worse was watching Ryan Rollins have a career night against his former team. Rollins, drafted by Golden State in 2022, dropped 32 points on 13-of-21 shooting. He hit five 3-pointers and dished out eight assists while running the show for Milwaukee.
His most painful moment came late in the fourth. Curry hit a 3-pointer to cut the Bucks’ lead to 106-104, and it looked like Golden State might steal this one. But Rollins responded with a 3-pointer of his own just 10 seconds later, sparking an 11-2 run that put the game away.
Curry finished with 27 points, and Cuming added 24, while Jimmy Butler added 23. Myles Turner scored 17 points for the Bucks, and their bench outscored Golden State’s reserves 38-29.
The Warriors will play the Indiana Pacers on Saturday.
2025-10-31 03:42:00
