Idk how you fix this. They just need to play better. Like it's all so lazy and sloppy.
Looks like a continuation of the regular season, which is concerning.
Must win game and you come out and give the ball away 9 times in the first quarter?
Then you come out after halftime and you put the other team in the bonus at the TEN minute mark? Fouling jump shooters & other garbage. You also get baited into a flagrant-2?
All of that is unforced, which is the frustrating part if you’re Steve Kerr. Where are their heads at?
Theres no X’s & O’s for that kind of stuff
Offensively they’re also gonna have to make a more concerted effort to seek out Sabonis. 12 free throws & several other loose ball fouls drawn. 10 fouls combined on Looney & Dray. Sabonis won the battle in the paint by a MILE. They need to pick on him the exact same way they picked on Embiid.
Other concerning things are Kuminga’s defense. He checks in for Looney & was in the wrong spot almost every time the Kings had the ball. Kerr sat him for the rest of the game
And lastly…. Jordan. Poole. Looks like that ankle limited the amount of work he was able to get in between games because his touch was nowhere to be found. Every single one of his misses were terrible. Jumpers way off, layup attempts were wild.
They get two days off before G3 so maybe that’ll help but obviously when he’s that terrible it places a ton of pressure on Steph & Klay. Again Steph/Klay/Poole being more mindful of where Sabonis & Len are on the floor and attacking them can help immensely.