3. The Dubs have already lost interest in the regular season
Anyone watching the game just knew the Warriors weren’t giving their best effort on either end of the floor against Charlotte. It wasn’t at all because the Dubs lack respect for the 13-22 Hornets, but rather, it was because the Warriors don’t really have much of a stake in what goes on during the regular season — most especially at home.
When playing at home, the Warriors currently average 112.1 points and 43.8 rebounds on 50.8 percent shooting from the field and 37.9 percent from behind the arc. They’re a +9.4 at Oracle and hold a season win percentage of 73.7 percent.
When playing on the road, the Warriors average 117.1 points and 46.4 rebounds on 50.3 percent shooting from the field and 39.2 percent from behind the arc. They’re a +10.1 playing away from home and hold a season win percentage of 82.4 percent.
Shaun Livingston explains why the Warriors have been better on the road than at home this season: pic.twitter.com/aGdFDWUYJk
— Connor Letourneau (@Con_Chron) December 30, 2017
Shaun Livingston addressed the locker room media after the game, admitting that the team has a tendency to be a bit “lax” at home, and that recent injuries to the team have proven difficult to work around in terms of building a consistent gameplan.
Frankly, I can’t blame them — the injury list has seemingly grown larger and larger with every single game this past month, and the Warriors need to put their championship aspirations above all else; therefore, it’s understandable why the Warriors — in an attempt to save their energy and hopefully prevent further injuries — haven’t exactly been putting their best foot forward in the regular season.
It sucks to think this “nonchalant” attitude could continue until the playoffs, but that’s now the world we live in, DubNation. We’re still living for the summer, only we’ve exchanged the ping pong balls for postseason wins and championship trophies.