bdonovan
10-31-2025, 05:45 AM
The highlights make it clear
You can see Rollins effortlessly drives around a clueless Kuminga
https://youtu.be/cDAy7yBxDBU?si=PPKgyYmnScXiA_6Z&t=16
Here you can see Kuminga doesn't bother to guard Rollins at the perimeter, lays off him, refuses to get above the screen- easy bucket
https://youtu.be/cDAy7yBxDBU?si=sl4UZRAwMo_smD3y&t=42
This was a bad defensive game in general by Warriors including by other defenders; a good example of how they are over-helping up top, but leaving their man wide open
https://youtu.be/cDAy7yBxDBU?si=LUqeyeeCeJzqwsld&t=325
Butler looked a step slow, constantly letting Rollins and Anthony drive around him or shoot wide open. I've mentioned this before. Butler is not the defensive presence he used to be.
As he's older, he needs to step back one or two steps from the ball-handler to account for their speed advantage. He's lost a step, so he needs to make up for it by dropping back a bit.
Horrible game defensively for the Warriors; their ineptitude made Cole Anthony of the Bucks look like an all-star.
I'm sure the casuals will be chirping about Kuminga's 24 points (and OMG 8 rebounds!); too bad he gave up 32 to Rollins.
Rollins is a legit player who's establishing himself this year (started a few years back with the Warriors); and he's caught people by surprise with his dexterity and driving skills. That said, when the guy is lighting you up, you need to adapt, and the Warriors didn't. They treated him like a nobody and he burned them.
Not all Kuminga's fault, Kerr put other defenders on Rollins but Kuminga set the tone with his lackadaisical effort. Rollins shot 5-7 from 3 and you're still not guarding him on the perimeter?
In all, Warriors gave up 120 points in 4 quarters to a Bucks without Giannis (and of course now without Middleton, Lillard); who's best known player was Myles Turner.
You can see Rollins effortlessly drives around a clueless Kuminga
https://youtu.be/cDAy7yBxDBU?si=PPKgyYmnScXiA_6Z&t=16
Here you can see Kuminga doesn't bother to guard Rollins at the perimeter, lays off him, refuses to get above the screen- easy bucket
https://youtu.be/cDAy7yBxDBU?si=sl4UZRAwMo_smD3y&t=42
This was a bad defensive game in general by Warriors including by other defenders; a good example of how they are over-helping up top, but leaving their man wide open
https://youtu.be/cDAy7yBxDBU?si=LUqeyeeCeJzqwsld&t=325
Butler looked a step slow, constantly letting Rollins and Anthony drive around him or shoot wide open. I've mentioned this before. Butler is not the defensive presence he used to be.
As he's older, he needs to step back one or two steps from the ball-handler to account for their speed advantage. He's lost a step, so he needs to make up for it by dropping back a bit.
Horrible game defensively for the Warriors; their ineptitude made Cole Anthony of the Bucks look like an all-star.
I'm sure the casuals will be chirping about Kuminga's 24 points (and OMG 8 rebounds!); too bad he gave up 32 to Rollins.
Rollins is a legit player who's establishing himself this year (started a few years back with the Warriors); and he's caught people by surprise with his dexterity and driving skills. That said, when the guy is lighting you up, you need to adapt, and the Warriors didn't. They treated him like a nobody and he burned them.
Not all Kuminga's fault, Kerr put other defenders on Rollins but Kuminga set the tone with his lackadaisical effort. Rollins shot 5-7 from 3 and you're still not guarding him on the perimeter?
In all, Warriors gave up 120 points in 4 quarters to a Bucks without Giannis (and of course now without Middleton, Lillard); who's best known player was Myles Turner.