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Why Giannis vs. Draymond is key matchup in Warriors-Bucks game
Why Giannis vs. Draymond is key matchup in Warriors-Bucks game originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
For the second consecutive Warriors night at Chase Center, a marquee player will be sidelined. On Monday, it was Denver’s three-time MVP Nikola Jokić. On Tuesday, it’s Golden State’s two-time MVP Stephen Curry.
The Nuggets surprisingly withstood the absence of Jokić, and the Milwaukee Bucks will test the Warriors without Curry. Coverage on NBC Sports Bay Area begins at 6 p.m. PT with Warriors Pregame Live, with tipoff scheduled for 7 p.m.
The Bucks (38-29, third in the East) have their own two-time MVP in forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, who means as much to them as Jokić does to the Nuggets and Curry to the Warriors. The “Greek Freak” is averaging 30.4 points per game, second in the NBA behind only Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s 33.0.
How will the Warriors (39-29, sixth in the West) try to contain Giannis? The first step is crowding his space with more than one defender. The second is keeping him out of transition, where the 6-foot-11 veteran is the league’s most devastating force.
That task falls into the lap of Draymond Green because, well, despite being only 6-foot-6 he always gets the most threatening big man. He will be assisted by double-teams and occasional blitzes, which could include anyone from Jimmy Butler III and Jonathan Kuminga to Gary Payton II and Gui Santos.
The goal with Antetokounmpo is to force him into shots outside the restricted area, where he takes 59 percent of his shots and is making 73.8 percent. Ideally, the Warriors would like to push him out beyond the arc, where he is shooting 18.2 percent, the lowest since his second season in the league.
Antetokounmpo’s other exploitable weakness on offense is his propensity for turnovers. He’s fifth in that category, ahead of such turnover-prone guards as Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards and Washington’s Jordan Poole. Giannis has committed at least six turnovers in eight games, with a season-high eight.
Though Antetokounmpo is Golden State’s biggest challenge, the Bucks have six-time All-Star Damian Lillard (averaging 25.1 ppg) to keep defenses honest. Their combined scoring average of 55.5 points per game is the highest of any duo in the NBA.
With their season-high seven-game win streak snapped against the Nuggets, the Warriors are trying to avoid losing a back-to-back set at home for the first time since Nov. 12, 2023. There is a change they could be rejoined by guard Brandin Podziemski, who has missed the last five games with a low back strain and is listed as questionable.
Getting back to their winning ways against Milwaukee is hard enough for the Warriors, and trying to do without Curry is exponentially more difficult.
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Steph ruled out of Warriors-Bucks game due to rest; Giannis probable originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
The Warriors will try to bounce back against the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night, and they will have to do so without their best player.
Steph Curry will miss the second night of Golden State’s back-to-back after playing close to 36 minutes in the Warriors’ 114-105 loss to the shorthanded Denver Nuggets on Monday, per the NBA’s latest injury report.
After Monday’s loss, Warriors coach Steve Kerr was honest with reporters about Curry’s fatigue.
“He’s tired,” Kerr said. “Steph has been carrying us for a month; he’s been amazing. He’s tired, so we got to get him some rest. You can see it — he doesn’t have his energy right now.”
Curry, who has been playing lights out in recent weeks, finished Monday’s loss with 20 points on 28.6-percent shooting from the field and 28.6 percent from 3-point range, with four rebounds, seven assists, three steals and seven turnovers.
“We got to absolutely consider giving him a night and getting him rejuvenated for the sake of him and the remainder of our games,” Kerr admitted, adding that he would discuss with Warriors’ director of sports medicine and performance Rick Celebrini.
The Warriors are 6-3 without Curry this season.
Brandin Podziemski is questionable after missing the last five games with a back strain, but NBC Sports Bay Area’s Dalton Johnson reports he is expected to return Tuesday night. Quinten Post also is questionable with a right ankle issue.
For Milwaukee, Giannis Antetokounmpo (right patella tendinopathy) and Damian Lillard (right groin soreness) are probable.