by David Zizmor

OAKLAND–There is a little bit of concern the loss to the Clippers in Los Angeles last Wednesday night in a 111-98 at the Staples Center it was a loss at the time you could kind of brush off, for one the Warriors were on the second game of a back to back which is always done when the second game is on the road. Also the Clippers are one of the best teams in the NBA.

The Clips were one of the only other teams that were hotter the Warriors at the tine of that game so the Warriors losing to the Clippers on the road was no biggie. You like to get the win but you can understand, losing to Cleveland last Friday night at the Coliseum Arena 103-94 is inexcusable. The Warriors were equally disturbed by it after the game.

That was a really bad loss the W’s went up by 18 early in this game and then they gave back every single one of those points and more and ended up losing and it wasn’t even close at the end and it didn’t help that Clay Thompson was out of the game due to a death in the family. That’s no excuse the Warriors have been missing various players at various times and they still managed to get wins this season.

The loss to Cleveland was just awful for Golden State, the Cavs are one of the worst teams on the raod and their just a lousy team in general. There is no way that Cleveland should score as much as they did against the Warriors. The Warriors have a pretty good defense and letting Cleveland score kind of at will was just awful.

The Warriors have had these issues earlier in the season where they kind of had defensive lapses where players were not in position where they weren’t putting in the effort. That seemed like the case and the extreme on Friday night. They seemed to know it based on the closed door meetings that they were having afterwards in the statements by head coach Mark Jackson after the game.

The Warriors seemed to be very much aware that this was an awful game and their very embarrassed about it they don’t do anything about it in the next game. They will have conversations that hopefully will be effective before the next game this Sunday in Portland. The Warriors have a big stretch here and their in playoff position but there by no means in a playoff spot.

There are nine teams in the Western Conference in line for eight spots. Most of the teams ahead of the Warriors are locked in for those top eight spots. The Warriors are in position to make the playoffs but there is a chance they can lose it if they go on a stumble. So the Warriors can’t take anything for granted they have to play hard every night.

David Zizmor covers the NBA for Sportstalk Radio