Turnovers Telling the Story

In the Warriors two wins prior to tonight's loss there has been a common theme. This theme being that the team as a whole has  turned the ball over at a much lower rate. In Tuesday night's game against Sacramento, the team turned the ball over only eight times in a game they won (93-90). Two days later against Utah, they turned the ball over only eight times once again, blowing the Jazz out by 18 points.


In a loss prior two the two game winning streak, the turnover story was much different. In a Friday night battle against the best team in the Western conference, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Warriors turned the ball over 20 times in a (109-120) loss.

Now a couple of days before the Friday night matchup against the Thunder, the Warriors turned the ball over 11 times in a (101-93) win against the Trail Blazers.

Now let's fast forward to Saturday night's game in Sacramento. The Warriors turned the ball over 16 times most of them leading to fast break buckets on the other end. Granted, they only turned the ball over once in the final quarter helping them extend the game into overtime, but in overtime another issue evolved. Not being able to rebound lost them the game in overtime, but everything leads back to the turnovers in the third quarter

So we have clearly come to a conclusion that if the Warriors can keep the turnovers at a minimum, they will be in every game to the final buzzer, and have a good shot at winning most of the time. But if the turnovers pile up their chance of winning goes down dramatically, especially if the turnovers come in the crunch time; (AKA VS Memphis).