“Six turnovers”, six personal turnovers. These are the first words that Draymond Green pronounces after sitting down. In front of the microphones in the press room of the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. A few minutes before i Golden State Warriors they had suffered their third defeat of the season, the second against i Los Angeles Clippers. In both cases, one was the common thread: many – too many – turnovers for the team coach Steve Kerr. This time, despite the double opportunity to impact the game in the final seconds, the Warriors return home after conceding one scorching 102-99. They are worth little 26 points from Curry and 22 from Wiggins. In reality, the 2 are worth little3 by Norman Powell and the double double 12+16 signed by James Harden on the Clippers’ side. The real story of the match is precisely the turnover.
For the Warriors it is 19, two more than the Clippers. From those 19 turnoversthe Clippers scored 31 points. In the first two quarters the San Francisco Bay Area team lost 13 balls, against 11 assists on the scoreboard. Draymond Green alone committed 6 turnovers.
“I sucked tonight. Too many errors. I missed too many steps. Yes, I sucked tonight. If you hold a team to 102 points and allow a 31-point margin… The defense was very good, but you can’t defend these margins. Like I said, I was terrible, so it’s my fault.”
These words reassured his teammates a lot, including the new Warrior Buddy Hield:
“(Draymond Green) is a winner. This is why we respect what he says and what he does. Even if we don’t think it’s his fault, he blames himself because I know he feels he can do better. But I too, personally, could have done better. We all could have done better. But that’s the kind of pressure he puts on himself and I respect him for that.”
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