The Warriors spent most of the last month rebranding themselves. With Draymond Green back in the fold and since their nine-day hiatus, the Warriors are 8-4 having pocketed comfortable and clutch wins with one of the NBA's best defenses over that span.
A bit of their old selves flashed at the worst time in Wednesday night's loss to the hot Los Angeles Clippers: Again they had a discombobulated defense, frozen scoring stretches and their sixth loss when leading by at least 15 points this season. The Clippers outscored the Warriors 44-28 in the fourth quarter. Amir Coffee who closed to replace a fouled-out Paul George and Norman Powell delivered the daggers in the form of a trio of wide-open corner 3-pointers. Those shots were the result of James Harden picking to pieces Golden State's pick-and-roll defense late. They picked us apart in the pick-and-roll, coach Steve Kerr said. And we didn't adjust well enough. They got the ball into the pocket and Powell got several threes off of that pocket pass, and then we fouled.
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