Warriors copy ‘We Believe’ predecessors vs. T-Wolves, and not in a good way

SAN FRANCISCO The present-day Golden State Warriors emulated their We Believe predecessors in at least one respect during Championship of their Western Conference semifinal playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night For the first time since Baron Davis and Stephen Jackson wore the uniform the Warriors failed to make a -pointer in one half of a playoff contest The Warriors rediscovered their perimeter-shooting identity in the third quarter making of from beyond the arc But they couldn t overcome an overall cold shooting night a handful of their miscues and Steph Curry s absence in a - loss to the Timberwolves After going -for- on -point attempts in the first half the Warriors unveiled more of a rhythm in the third quarter But for the competition Golden State was -for- on -point attempts and shot of as they fell behind two games to one in the best-of-seven series The Warriors also allowed points off of turnovers and were out-rebounded - The last time the Warriors did not make a -pointer through an entire half of a postseason contest was April That day Golden State did not make a shot from beyond the arc in the second half of their opening-round series against the Dallas Mavericks and lost - in Competition The Warriors would go on to upset the top-seeded Mavericks in six games In Tournament against the Timberwolves the Warriors led - at the half and hit two three-pointers in the first of the third quarter One came from Buddy Hield just seconds after halftime and Brandin Podziemski made a -footer to cut a four-point Minnesota lead to - with to go in the quarter The Warriors in fact made five of their first eight -point attempts in the third quarter with Jimmy Butler making one with left to give Golden State a - lead That s about as good as it got for Golden State which lost the lead midway through the fourth quarter and never recovered Anthony Edwards made five -pointers and finished with a game-high points to put the Timberwolves in the driver s seat with Match on Monday Warriors coach Steve Kerr knew his organization s offense would be wildly different without Curry who has a Grade strain in his left hamstring and will not play until later next week at the earliest Related Articles Warriors Kerr credits Timberwolves for response to racially charged case With Curry sidelined Warriors need Podziemski Moody to return to form How to watch Warriors-Timberwolves Meeting Kurtenbach Batman Robin No the Warriors need a real superhero Playoff Jimmy Jonathan Kuminga made the majority of his moment for Warriors against Timberwolves Of the Warriors three-pointers this season were made by Curry You can t suddenly install a new offense in one day Kerr revealed But we obviously will lean into Jimmy Butler play through him We re still going to run similar actions but Steph is one of one and a lot of the stuff he creates is not replicable because we don t call a ton of plays We run pick and roll with Steph He comes off gives it up and starts flying around There s no call for that it s a concept more than anything So it s not really about play calls It s about playing with pace and potential playing through Jimmy having the correct spacing and then getting stops We have to win this encounter with our defense