The Warriors’ role players need to step up like Lonnie Walker IV did for Lakers
LOS ANGELES — The scene at Crypto.com Arena was wrought with emotion following a Warriors’ Game 4 loss.
The feeling within the Warriors’ locker room was strange, in contrast — as hopeful and even-keeled as it has been through every high and low this season with a tinge of tension hanging overhead. How could they not feel tense with their title defense season now one loss away from ending? At least they have a few players in the locker room who’ve faced 3-1 deficits before.
The clear silver lining is the way in which the Warriors lost. It wasn’t Davis or James who beat them down the stretch, but a role player who has barely played this series saving them from defeat. Perhaps the Warriors can glean a little hope from the idea that one role player — like Dennis Shroder in Game 1, D’Angelo Russell in Game 3 — won’t always be able to save the day.
“We get questions about him a lot and our whole team is all together in the sense of trying to figure out how to win playoff games,” Steph Curry said. “We all have to make adjustments, we all have to play together considering we’re in a 3-1 hole. There’s no sense in isolating him, it’s about collectively deciding what we can do to get better.”
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