It was interesting listening to the Warriors announcers last night. They constantly praised Cousins, but noted that Bogut gave him fits. They thought that Mclemore had made great improvment from his first year, and that he could become a star in the league. They thought that the Kings were very predictable, and were the most isolation oriented team in the NBA. The Warriors plan was to just double anyone that had the ball, because most of the time that person will just throw up some kind of shot rather than pass the ball, or if they did attempt to pass the ball, it would result in a turnover. They couldn't understand why Stauskas wasn't getting more minutes considering where he was drafted.
In the second quarter they commented that the Kings in general didn't handle adversity very well, and often looked confused and frustrated. I couldn't really find fault with their observations. The made several comments about how the Warriors bench was outscoring the Kings bench by a ridiculously lopsided amount, and that the same thing had happened in the Pacer game and in games before that. I kept track of our bench scoring in the last few games, and the disparity is two fold. One is the obvious, our bench isn't very good. Two is, when our bench is in the game, one of either Cousins or Gay is always on the floor, and taking the majority of the shots. In short, our bench players don't get many chances to score.
Comes down to ball sharing. If your only on the floor because five players are required, than that's probably how your going to play. Being a team is about keeping everyone involved. If you don't feel involved, you tend to lose focus, and the quality of your play is diminished. If I walked out on the floor and felt like I was nothing but window dressing, I think eventually, I would just be going through the motions. I hope not, but after a while you get tired of cutting across the floor, or doing backdoor cuts, and never getting the ball.
Sean Cunningham @News10Sean 
