For the first time during the entire 2017-18 season, the Golden State Warriors are currently on a losing streak. After their sloppy 125-105 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night at Oracle Arena, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr opened up about the team's current state and questionable officiating.
Via a video posted on Twitter by Anthony Slater of The Athletic:
“This game had nothing to do with the officials. They were fine. They missed some calls, but we were way worse than the officials,” Kerr said during his postgame press conference. “I thought they were fine. They had nothing to do with it. We got completely outplayed and we were on our heels right from the beginning of the game. That's on us.”
Warriors superstar point guard Stephen Curry, who finished with 21 points and five assists in the loss, said during his postgame press conference that there is no need for Golden State to panic.
“It’s a long season. We know how to win, we know how to play. We know how to do the little things to get ourselves through a tough part of the season. We know how to show up for big games when we need to. Obviously, that doesn’t happen every time. There’s no question we know how to do it,” Curry said.
The Warriors turned the ball over a whopping 25 times for the second time in the last three games, as the team continues to struggle with turnovers as of late. With the Houston Rockets' victory on Tuesday over the Brooklyn Nets, they have now tied the Warriors in the loss column and are just one full game behind for the top seed in the Western Conference playoff race.
The Warriors will look to right the ship when they host the struggling Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night.