It’s easy for the main takeaway from the ’ loss against the Denver Nuggets to be one or a combination of the following:
- Steph Curry having another mediocre Christmas game, in which he finished with 18 points on 7-of-21 shooting (3-of-13 on threes) and was a minus-26.
- Nikola Jokiu0107 finishing with 26 points despite a 4-of-12 clip from the field — buoyed by a career-best 18-of-18 at the free throw line. He was a plus-26, which speaks to his ability to affect the game in other ways despite having a subpar shooting night.
- The Warriors’ defense coughing up 121.