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\"Warriors'<\/p>\n

The Golden State Warriors failed to capitalize on a golden opportunity to continue their dominant opening to the 2025-26 NBA season on Thursday night against the Milwaukee Bucks.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee’s 2-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo was revealed to be a late scratch for the matchup against 4-time NBA champion Stephen Curry’s Warriors, but the loss did not matter to the scrappy Bucks.<\/p>\n

With the 2021 Finals MVP sidelined, the Warriors were still handed a deflating 120-110 defeat by Milwaukee, as ex-Warriors guard Ryan Rollins torched his former team for 32 points and eight assists while knocking down five of his seven attempts from three-point range.<\/p>\n

Following the contest, Golden State’s head coach Steve Kerr spoke with ESPN’s Anthony Slater\u00a0about the team’s clear lack of energy and failure to execute on the defensive end.<\/p>\n

“It looked to me like fatigue,” Kerr told Slater late Thursday night.<\/p>\n

“Mental and physical fatigue. It did not look like our team out there.”<\/p>\n

“We didn’t handle our switching very well. Our defense struggled tonight , they were small so we went to an all-switching coverage and lineup.”<\/p>\n

“We’ll have to watch the tape, but I didn’t feel like they did a great job there.”<\/p>\n

When Milwaukee’s floor-spacing, shot-blocking center Myles Turner took a seat on the bench, Golden State struggled to combat their various combinations of small-ball lineups consisting of Rollins, Cole Anthony, Gary Trent Jr., Taurean Prince, AJ Green, Kyle Kuzma, Amir Coffey and sixth man extraordinaire Bobby Portis.<\/p>\n

Aside from Rollins’ career night, Turner and Anthony combined for an efficient 33 points, and the Bucks boasted eight double-digit scorers for the game.<\/p>\n

Even the Warriors’ most versatile defensive talents, such as Draymond Green, Jimmy Butler and Brandin Podziemski struggled to contain Milwaukee’s drive-and-kick offensive style and increased pace.<\/p>\n

After all, Golden State’s jam-packed schedule to begin the new season must not have helped with their energy levels, as the bout against Milwaukee on Thursday night was their sixth game in ten days.<\/p>\n

Curry tried his best to help the sluggish Warriors pull out a come-from-behind victory, but his 27 points on 40.0% shooting from distance was not enough to get the job done.<\/p>\n

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