Golden State Warriors, 'not playing good basketball,' lose again without Stephen Curry

ORLANDO, Fla. — When Stephen Curry went down with a left foot sprain last Wednesday, the Golden State Warriors knew they had a difficult final stretch to the regular season.

They expected some bumps in the road — their entire system is built around Curry. Coach Steve Kerr said it's like a «domino effect» when he's out of the lineup.

But, they've now dropped three games in a row — most recently a 94-90 loss to the Orlando Magic on Tuesday night — and are 2-6 without Curry this season. The concern level is growing.

«I think we're playing soft,» Draymond Green said after the loss to the Magic. «We're playing stupid. We're just not playing good basketball and we're getting punked. It's hard to win a game getting punked. So that's where we are right now.»

The Warriors scored just 16 points in the final quarter against the Magic. But it wasn't just that period that cost them the game.

Green, along with Kerr, rattled off a laundry list of things Golden State didn't do well — fouling 3-point shooters, setting illegal screens, being late on switches. The common denominator, they said, is that the Warriors' execution has been poor.

«We have to be smarter,» Kerr said. «There has to be a level of discipline and accountability, of competitive desire. And, I know these are great guys. I love these guys. I know they want to win. But we have to learn how to win. Right now we don't know how to win.»

Added Green: «In order to execute, that requires a certain level of physicality. We're not meeting that.»

With just 10 games left in the regular season, time is running out for the Warriors to learn how to win. And the current issues they're dealing with won't be fixed by simply adding Curry back into the lineup, just as the issues the