The defeat was the third heaviest in the Golden State Warriors' NBA history and it also was the sixth loss in their last seven games.
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The Golden State Warriors slumped to their third heaviest defeat ever when they were routed by the Toronto Raptors 130-77 in an NBA game on Friday. The Warriors were without their star players Stephen Curry and Draymond Green. They lost by 53 points and at one point were trailing by 61. This was their sixth defeat in seven NBA games in what has been a lackluster season for the Golden State Warriors. It was also the largest margin of victory in the Raptors’ history.
“You saw it. We just got destroyed. Not a whole lot to be said. Humiliating for everybody involved,” said a dejected Warriors’ coach Steve Kerr.
Birthday boy Pascal Siakam put on a marvellous display as he took 36 points, seven rebounds and five assists under his belt. Newly acquired Gary Trent scored 24 and OG Anunoby scored 21 points on eight-of-12 shooting.
Andrew Wiggins was the top scorer for GSW in the game with 15 points, followed by Jordan Poole and Nico Mannion who scored 10 each.
The Raptors ended a four-game losing streak with the victory. “Losing is not fun, and anything that lifts us out of that is good,” said top scorer Siakam.
Warriors star Stephen Curry was ruled out of the game hours before tipoff. He had suffered a bruised tailbone. Curry had been dealing with injuries for a while now, missing five games before returning for the previous two encounters.
Draymond Green was also out of action for the Warriors due to a sprained finger.
“I think without Steph and Draymond out there I think we were a bit rudderless when things went south. We didn’t have the internal fight that we needed to kind of get over the hump,” Warriors coach Kerr said.
The Raptors led by 51 points in the second and third quarters. It was the largest points difference in a single game over two quarters in NBA history. The Warriors also became only the fourth team in the last 25 seasons to trail by at least 60 points in a game.
They trailed 35-16 in the second quarter and 46-14 in the third to give the Raptors a 108-56 lead.
The Warriors have also been troubled by turnovers this season as they committed 21. The Raptors scored 30 points as a result.
“As a coach, you try to navigate the season with your team as best as you can,” Kerr said. “So there’s times for humour, there’s times for joy, there’s times for serious discussion and soul searching. This is a time for soul searching for sure.”
