Steph Curry and Trayce Jackson-Davis assessed the Warriors’ loss to the Heat

Steph Curry and Trayce Jackson-Davis assessed the Warriors’ loss to the Heat

The Golden State Warriors lost to the Miami Heat on Tuesday night by a score of 114-98. It was, to be honest, an embarrassing loss. The Dubs were rested and at home. The Heat played a double-overtime game the night before and were without Jimmy Butler. And it wasn’t competitive.

I’m going to write the grades very quickly tonight because I’m tired and a little annoyed with the Warriors. And because you want grades and not me complaining about the team.

As always, grades are based on my expectations for each player, with a grade of “B” representing that player’s average performance.

Note: True Shooting Percentage (TS) is a scoring efficiency metric that takes three-pointers and free throws into account. Entering Tuesday’s games, the league average TS was 57.4%.

Andrew Wiggins

25 minutes, 9 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block, 1 turnover, 2 fouls, 4-for-10 shooting, 1-for-3 three-pointers, 45.0% TS, -7

With Jonathan Kuminga sidelined for at least three weeks, the Dubs will simply need more from Wiggins. It’s been a good year for him, but they need more energy, more aggression and more performance. He needs to look for his shot more, attack the rim, make more free throws and hit the glass more often. Unfortunately that didn’t happen tonight.

Grade: C-

Draymond Green

27 minutes, 7 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 turnover, 2 fouls, 3-for-9 shooting, 0-for-3 three-pointers, 1-for-1 free throws, 37.1% TS, -9

Far from a perfect Draymond game, but I thought he was one of exactly three Warriors who played decently. He had some standout moments on defense and helped the Warriors stay competitive on the glass. Most impressive was his 10 assists with just one turnover, considering how much the team struggled in that area. However, very inefficient scoring, like almost everyone on the team.

Grade: B
Post-game bonus: Led the team in rebounds and assists.

Trayce Jackson Davis

35 minutes, 19 points, 7 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block, 9-for-12 shooting, 1-for-1 free throws, 76.4% TS, -15

One of TJD’s best performances this season. He almost single-handedly brought the Warriors back into the game in the third quarter. And while Bam Adebayo still played a very nice game (as All-Stars tend to do), Jackson-Davis played more than 35 minutes without committing a single foul. It really is growing before our eyes!

Grade: A
Post-game bonus: The worst plus/minus on the team

Dennis Schröder

29 minutes, 5 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 turnover, 2 fouls, 2-for-10 shooting, 1-for-7 three-pointers, 25.0% TS, -13

I still think Schröder was a great addition and will really help the Warriors.

I still think Schröder was a great addition and will really help the Warriors.

I still think Schröder was a great addition and will really help the Warriors.

I just have to repeat it to myself a few times after games like this.

Grade: C-

Steph Curry

33 minutes, 31 points, 7 rebounds, 1 steal, 2 blocks, 4 turnovers, 2 fouls, 11-for-22 shooting, 8-for-17 three-pointers, 1-for-1 free throws, 69.1% TS , -10

A very strange statistical anecdote: This was the second straight game in which Curry had exactly seven rebounds, zero assists and four turnovers.

Of course, that’s not a good thing (aside from the rebounding part), but on a night where he played almost all of the team’s offense, it’s easy to overlook it.

Curry scored 31 points; his teammates combined to score just 67. He shot 8 of 17 from distance; His teammates combined to shoot just 6 of 33. Despite the fact that they forgot to come to Chase Center, the Warriors almost had a chance to win this game, and Curry was the main reason why.

Grade: A-
Post-game bonus: Led the team in points.

Kyle Anderson

27 minutes, 5 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks, 1 turnover, 3 fouls, 2-for-7 shooting, 1-for-2 three-pointers, 35.7% TS, -4

I said earlier that Green, Curry and Jackson-Davis were the only Warriors who played decently, but that was probably unfair to Anderson. Slo Mo had a pretty good game, the Warriors just need more points than he can provide.

Grade: B+

Buddy Hield

24 minutes, 11 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, 1 foul, 4-for-12 shooting, 2-for-9 three-pointers, 1-for-2 free throws, 42.7% TS, -7

The Warriors needed more from Hield offensively, and they will continue to need more from him in the future. But he did a good job taking care of his teammates and breaking down the glass. Poor shot selection though.

Grade: B-

Moses Moody

15 minutes, 3 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 foul, 1-for-6 shooting, 1-for-4 three-pointers, 25.0% TS, -7

Normally you can count on Moody to bring at least some energy and intensity, but even that was strangely missing in this game.

Grade: D+

Lindy Waters III

19 minutes, 6 points, 2 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block, 1 turnover, 2 fouls, 3-for-8 shooting, 0-for-4 three-pointers, 37.5% TS, -12

Waters definitely wasn’t the right fit on Tuesday, but he also definitely wasn’t the solution.

Grade: C

Gui Santos

3 minutes, 0 points, 1 rebound, 0-on-1 shots, 0-on-1 three-pointers, 0.0% TS, +2

Just a bit of a waste of Gui’s time.

Grade: Incomplete
Post-game bonus: Tie for best plus/minus on the team

Pat Spencer

3 minutes, 2 points, 1 rebound, 1 turnover, 1v1 shooting, 100.0% TS, +2

And also a little garbage time for Pat.

Grade: Incomplete
Post-game bonus: Tie for best plus/minus on the team

Tuesday’s DNP CDs: Kevon Looney

Inactive on Tuesday: Jonathan Kuminga, Gary Payton II, Brandin Podziemski, Quinten Post

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