I am having a lot of watching the Warriors lose some games without Stephen Curry. I almost hate to admit it, because it makes me seem more like your average NBA pleb fan who only cares about storylines rather than the objective analytically-minded savant that I actually am, but whatever. Mostly, I just like seeing Draymond Green’s discord-sowing mouth-breathing donkey-from-Shrek face get kicked in over and over again.
This wasn’t that bad of a loss for them, because this Thunder squad was finally at (sorta) full strength. Not like they needed Russell Westbrook to rattle off a huge win-streak, but his presence probably helps more than it hurts. I mean, we all know who the real engine of the team is. Hint: it’s the guy in this video.
Steven Adams! He’s so good x4. Without Westbrook stealing things from him, he’s averaging a career-high in rebounds, as well as in points. I can’t explain the increase in points despite the decrease in lobs from Westbrook, but I can speculate that maybe he is a deeper offensive game than he’s been allowed to showcase the past few years.