This mind-boggling stat makes the Warriors seem much more pitiful

There’s no denying that the Golden State Warriors performance on Tuesday night was difficult to watch for fans. They entered the half down over 30, and it didn’t get much better in the second half.

They scored 12 points in the first quarter and then followed that up with an insane 17 points in the second quarter. While they thankfully did manage at least 35 points in each of the quarters in the second half, it didn’t even get close to justifying such a poor first-half showing.

The Golden State Warriors were absolutely blown out by the Dallas Mavericks in a game that many would’ve considered a statement victory.

The Dubs played so badly that they did something that hadn’t been done for over a decade.

The Warriors were 142 seconds short of going the entirety of a normal length quarter. For a team that has the league’s second-leading scorer on it, that’s just insane to think about. Curry put up 27, but in that first half, the entire team was cold, including Curry.

Mychal Mulder finished second on the team in scoring with 26. To no one’s surprise, three-time All-Star Draymond Green struggled to get on the board, not recording a single point in over 28 minutes of action.

Andrew Wiggins, Kelly Oubre Jr., and Jordan Poole combining for 35 points also isn’t good enough. Most of the damage from all these players was done in the second half as that near 10-minute stretch was in the first half.

This has been a pattern with the Warriors. While they aren’t typically this bad, depending on Stephen Curry for the bulk of the team’s scoring means that when he’s off the court the team hardly has any idea what to do.

The Warriors scored eight points in the first seven minutes of the second quarter. Curry has been a model of consistency this season, and when he’s not hitting, this team is going to struggle drastically.

Still in that 10th spot in the Western Conference, the Warriors’ loss didn’t mean that much, but it’s more debilitating to their morale, much like the team’s 53-point loss to the Raptors was. Golden State has six straight very winnable games, all against teams under them in the West standings.

Take care of business in all six, and they could still find their way into the top six with a little help.