A lot of us were mad because Klay had cooled off and started to miss shots/make mistakes and Kerr was bringing in wiggins for defense so you can’t have Steph, Moody, Klay out there in crunch time, but benching a higher energy player who is red hot in a moment like that probably did them in.
Moody is not some proven player and there’s a decent chance he would’ve missed his next two shots or something, but it’s still a decision you typically just don’t make in those situations unless you have some prime all star instead of Klay.
Not to mention a huge confidence hit to the young guys. Kuminga got no run last year, podz got 0 minutes this game, then you have Moody playing good D and hitting every shot and he still gets taken out? I’d feel pretty defeated knowing that’s my future on this team.
A lot of us were mad because Klay had cooled off and started to miss shots/make mistakes and Kerr was bringing in wiggins for defense so you can’t have Steph, Moody, Klay out there in crunch time, but benching a higher energy player who is red hot in a moment like that probably did them in.
Moody is not some proven player and there’s a decent chance he would’ve missed his next two shots or something, but it’s still a decision you typically just don’t make in those situations unless you have some prime all star instead of Klay.
Not to mention a huge confidence hit to the young guys. Kuminga got no run last year, podz got 0 minutes this game, then you have Moody playing good D and hitting every shot and he still gets taken out? I’d feel pretty defeated knowing that’s my future on this team.