Draymond blames himself for Warriors’ turnover-heavy loss to Clippers

Draymond blames himself for Warriors’ turnover-heavy loss to Clippers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Sitting down at the podium, Draymond Green looked at the box score from the Warriors’ 102-99 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night at Intuit Dome and muttered two words under his breath: Six turnovers.

That’s how many times he handed the ball over the Clippers in the Warriors’ third loss of this young 2024-25 NBA season. Two of those losses have come against the Clippers, who have forced the Warriors’ offense into a turnover frenzy both times these teams have met.

The Warriors as a team committed 19 turnovers, one fewer than the Clippers, but their many mistakes taking care of the ball equated to 31 points for the opposition. Coach Steve Kerr used 11 players, and eight had at least one turnover. None more than Green’s six.

“I sucked tonight,” Green said.

When asked to clarify if he meant the team or strictly himself, Green pointed the finger solely at one person.

“I sucked tonight,” he repeated. “Way too many turnovers. Too many missed bodies. Yeah, I just sucked tonight.”

A mere 16 seconds into the game, Green’s errant pass out of bounds marked him down for his first turnover. Green had the ball at the left wing behind, and while being guarded by Derrick Jones Jr., he saw a wide-open Trayce Jackson-Davis come off a screen for an alley-oop opportunity. But Green’s pass was too high, and the Clippers scored their first points of the game on their next possession.

His second turnover didn’t come until there were 5.1 seconds remaining in the first half when Green was whistled for an offensive foul trying to set a screen for Steph Curry.

Although four of Green’s six turnovers occurred in the second half, he agreed with Kerr’s assessment that the game was lost in the first half when the Warriors had 13 turnovers – two more than their 11 assists – that became 22 points for the Clippers.

“It just set a tone,” Green said. “You hold a team to 102 points and give up 31 points to turnovers … defense was really good, but you can’t defend…

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Publish date : 2024-11-19 08:17:00

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