Warriors lose a stupid, stupid game 103-102 to Timberwolves

Warriors lose a stupid, stupid game 103-102 to Timberwolves

Warriors lose a stupid, stupid game 103-102 to Timberwolves
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Warriors lose a stupid, stupid game 103-102 to Timberwolves

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This was a very stupid game.

The Warriors limped into tonight’s game with a belt full of unfortunate experiences. There was the Durant injury. The strange schedule foisted upon them by the league. The shooting slump. The slumped shoulders.

In the end, they dropped the game by a single point, losing 103-102 in Minnesota. However, they had been down by 17 points, but they’d struggled back — expending all sorts of energy, energy they definitely didn’t have available — to take the lead late in the fourth quarter.

But some bad calls later, plus some tired legs later, the game ended on a stupid jump ball that probably shouldn’t have happened. The ball careened away, into empty space. Two games lost in a row. It’s becoming an epidemic.

Here — in a sort of angry, postgame, I don’t really care way — are some of my notes from the game:

First quarter

In an up and down first quarter, the Warriors continued their somewhat perturbing stretch of “not looking so great, and oh god can they actually win the title without Durant or are we doomed forever” play.

Second Quarter

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[editor’s note: these are the placeholder notes I wrote before the quarter started, and — F it — I’m leaving them because, ehh, it was boring.]

The Warriors went down big, they fought back, they ended up down by nine points.

Third Quarter

I was beginning to feel the same way. Like, maybe kinda sorta this could be a thing? Especially considering the stretch of games they’d just played?

It’s been a strange couple of weeks.

The teams battled back and forth. Back and forth. Honestly, I was having a super deep conversation with my wife the whole time. It was soul-affirming and eye-opening, and I won’t explain any of it. Also, I missed most of this quarter.

Warriors ended up down 10 on a Matt Barnes lay up right before the break, actually shit, nope. The lay up was dismissed as an act of tom foolery. An act of mischievousness. An act of action. Down 12.

Fourth Quarter

Don’t worrya bout this game. It never happened. And if it did happen, it was just stupid. Walk away from it now. Don’t look back. Watch the Julian Lage video and forget that anything bad has ever happened ever, even once, in this world.