The Warriors were unable to survive the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night as they lost the final game of their homeland by 104-95.
Pacers routinely swarmed Steph Curry with several defenders and implanted many box-and-one in the NBA MVP twice.
It was a very solid effort by the entire team, which explains why Curry seemed uncomfortable with a specific question during his post-game video conference with the media.
“Uhhh, he played defense,” said the star before laughing. “I don’t know. Everyone was aggressive. They had a scheme. It wasn’t just him, it was everyone.
“I tried to delay us and give us different looks. But … yes (laughs).”
Curry ended the night with 20 points (7 to 17 overall, 3 to 8 in 3s), three assists and two turns. He entered the game with an average of 20.6 field goal attempts, so Indiana has successfully limited his number of looks.
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The Warriors are well aware that more and more teams are going to launch “strange” defenses against them, and must prepare accordingly.
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“This is going to be a big theme this season,” said Steve Kerr. “And we have to do a better job to be comfortable attacking what people are playing against us and we will do it.
“Let’s get better with this.”
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