Warriors-Bulls: Steph Curry! Klay! PBJ? (No JK/Andre) Live chat/commentary/analysis, 2nd screen, PVO
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(To be filled in as we go. Note that timestamps are not functional on livestreams until the livestream is overwith.)
0:00 Steve Kerr pregame audio with two Michael Jordan stories
10:00 commenter: "Without DeMar we should be okay" ironically is the exact attitude that we DON'T want the team to go into this game, DiVincenzo last postgame said to have the "right mental state"
12:00 the whole GOAT conversation of Michael Jordan vs Stephen Curry and, for me, how Steph changed the game etc., these back-stories like the ones we heard from Steve make my pendulum swing back to MJ
20:00 Loon got called for a moving pick on Klay splash, hope that's not a potential record-breaker tonight
25:00 so far this 15-5 deficit is directly attributable to Steph and Loon's turnovers
27:00 Moody for Wiggins then Wiggins for Looney is the first rotation
28:00 6min00 Q1 incredible how one great DPOY play can turn the game around even though he had two ball mis-handles, a missed layup and a missed three (Draymond)
31:30 funny how a non-shooting foul can change the game (floor foul for Steph banker and-one)
34:30 just like the 49ers, our talent today over time should allow us to come back vs Bulls
37:45 Ty Jerome for Steph at the 2min00 mark
38:30 1min30 Q1 good to see the bench unit execute the offense
46:30 10min33 Q2 on watching the clip, Jordan Poole tweaked his left ankle on the drive
48:45 10min17 Q2 good to see Wiggs back in the groove with a catch-3 and a touchdown pass "PURDY GOOD"
52:00 9min00 Q2 JP offensive hook wasn't needed, he'd gotten past Pat Williams already
1:02:00 6min00 Q2 Klay early catch-and-shoot but that's his super-power
1:04:00 5min13 Q2 another Steph turnover: "Bench Steph!"
1:07:00 3min28 Q2 ball movement, Donte's "ball's poppin'", but let's credit JP for the extra pass because he had easily beaten his man for a 13-footer if he wanted, the extra from Wiggs = WARRIORS BASKETBALL, the ability to score in bunches to be down only 2, we should never forget that
1:09:45 Steph celebrated JP's pass in the above play
1:14:00 2min00 Q2 JP blitzed the pick and roll on Zach
1:41:30 good news coming up for Q3: we've still got our vaunted bench unit led by Anthony Lamb coming up (who would've thought that at the beginning of the season). What's crazy is the Bob Myers is able to find these guys whereby NONE of us would've ever guessed that they'd be good.
1:43:30 this time first rotation goes to JP and Lamb for Wiggs and Looney
1:44:30 Vucevic 25 and 12: even on Orlando he was killing us
1:46:00 5min45 Q3 they're not reviewing that slap by Pat Williams because it's Draymond
1:51:30 we kind of have a double-whammy when it comes to refs: 1) Steph hardly ever gets calls, 2) Draymond is such an X-factor with refs
2:16:00 Wiseman status: hard to get practices in on the road (as with Kuminga and JaMychal Green). Blueprint for the performance staff, I think, is to do the due diligence to get people back to 100%, unless we hit a part of the season late where we have must-win games. A lot of things can happen and Joe Bob Steve have always had the wait-and-see approach.
2:25:00 THESIS: really hard for 30-somethings to get motivated during the season
2:34:45 Khaled Ibrahim: "I'm curious what the first night of the back-to-back record is"
2:38:00 THESIS: even the 80s Celtics guys like Bird, McHale, Parish, if mentally transported into this era, they would struggle. It's a different NBA, but that's only one of many reasons why this Warriors team is struggling.
2:39:00 they need energy and hunger, and I'm not sure that that's available on the open market
2:43:00 you can talk trade all you want, but the immediate solution, and we've seen evidence of this solution, is for the Foundational Six to play Q1 like they did Q4 vs Phoenix -- maybe blame the Steve vs basketball gods for naming them the "Foundational Six"
2:46:00 yes, Mike Brown leaving had an effect, he's like Draymond on the bench, emotional leader
2:47:00 Jae Crowder is the best player available via trade, right? So would you mortgage your future for him (Wiseman, PBJ, and somebody extra)
2:50:00 other ideas: Boogie Cousins (he would have to want to come here, i.e., playing time), can he do the Tiki-taka
2:52:00 still no Steve Kerr podium, wonder if he's giving a locker room speech, and if he is, the Foundational Six better be listening
2:55:00 even though Loon, JP, Klay had a good game, it's always been someone in the Foundational Six and they can't get traction; it's like they need to have a Foundational Six-only meeting
3:02:45 still, wouldn't it be pretty awesome for a GOAT like Steph to lead THIS TEAM with these struggles to another championship
3:06:00 casual fans probably shut up after this loss, but will still want trades