Warriors win without Curry + Can NBA referees improve?
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How did the Warriors win without Steph Curry?
Good morning, everybody. Welcome to the NBA Daily. Coming up, the Warriors won a game without Steph Curry. What? The Clippers beat the Cavs. And Shakia Taylor stops by to talk about referees and the referee crisis in America. Good morning, everybody. Good morning, Zena. I don't know if I could have sounded more serious in that rundown, the referee crisis in America. But anyway, we had a great conversation with Shakia Taylor from The Athletic. She wrote an interesting story about how the NBA is training referees or not training referees. So we talked to her after the break. I hope you guys really enjoy it. Zena. Not a lot of games last night, but there were some really important games, at least for the teams that got wins. Steph Curry, apparently exhausted.
gets the night off, and I'm thinking to myself, and I text you, oh, Steph's out. Okay, so the Bucs are just going to roll. And what do you know? Another night where the Warriors surprise us. They surprise us by not showing up when Jokic and Jamal Murray weren't out there, and they lose to the Nuggets.
Right, that's true.
And then they surprise us by showing up when Steph Curry isn't out there and they beat the Bucs. I mean, and honestly, they handled them the entire game. You know, it felt like they controlled the entire game. And I really don't know where you hang the credit for this because it was such a weird performance. I would say they handled them the entire game except for that 10 turnover third quarter where things went awry for the Warriors. It was very strange. It's hilarious. It's almost as if, Dave, you were not with me in that conversation with Eric Name just very recently about the Bucs and how much you cannot trust particularly
What were the key moments in the Bucks vs. Warriors game?
their offense and also like their desperation defense the Bucks got within three after being significantly down earlier in the game got within three in the third quarter uh and flipped the game pretty much on its head got the lead and you see their defense pick up a little bit you see Jay Lillard chasing down folks on screens switching people off I mean it was amazing And then it went away. It was as if it just like they're like, oh, this is enough. We'll keep our three point lead. And of course, in the fourth quarter, the Warriors remembered we're at chase. We know how to hit threes in this arena. Let's go ahead and do that as a team and came back and just obliterated. The Bucs defense, it was a night and day performance from what the Warriors looked like against Denver in terms of being able to have their offense be led by their defense. They kept the Bucs to under 40% from the floor. Big difference. Big shout out to Draymond Green for making life hell for Giannis Antetokounmpo, who finished 5-16 from the floor.
Giannis struggled inside, and it was because of Draymond Green's physicality. It was him playing rover on the back line of the defense. He was showing up in places that the Bucs couldn't imagine him every time they turned around. And then, of course, the scoring ability of Jimmy Butler. This has been a... slog of news and press around this, but it can't be said enough. He is a free throw machine as put in our, some people would say, I mean, listen, you shoot 11 free throws in a game. You are, you are making your money at the line at that point. Right. Jimmy Butler goes 11 for 11 from three or from the free throw line. Excuse me. Quentin Post hits four threes. Brandon Pajemski hits four threes. Buddy Hill hits four threes.
And they never shoot like this when Steph is out there. And so you start to, you know, you start to get a little bit of hope. And look, we've been hitting these guys since Jimmy Butler got there. They haven't played anybody. They lose to the to the Nuggets without Jokic and Murray. And we start saying, oh, OK, so our. our gut feeling that maybe they're not quite this contender yet might be right. But then they have a game like this and you see them without Steph holding the Bucs to 93 points. And I know that we've talked about how bad that Bucs offense can be, but that is huge to know you have that sort of defense in your back pocket when you go into the playoffs and Steph can't play 48 minutes. Right.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
How did the Warriors win without Steph Curry?
0:07–2:07
2
What were the key moments in the Bucks vs. Warriors game?
2:07–8:10
3
What challenges are the Bucks facing this season?
8:10–11:00
4
How are the Clippers performing lately?
11:00–21:05
5
What insights does Shakeia Taylor provide about NBA referees?
21:05–23:17
6
Why is referee training important in the NBA?
23:17–25:04
7
What are the current concerns regarding NBA officiating?
25:04–27:43