Dick Motta’s 10 game set

[KillerLeft]

To me the news here is how different our close game performance has been compared to last year’s 24-9. Last night’s 11th game Stoph Curry loss makes us 1-5. I’m in pain today but I have enjoyed watching except for the endings.

Their play down the stretch of close games has been concerning. 

If I were to play Devil's Advocate here, I'd point out that the majority of these struggles are due to offensive issues, and that the defense has actually gotten them back into these games late in order for them to be close in the first place. Further, never once during the Kidd era has the team started a season with any sense of offensive cohesion. I don't know if Kidd just isn't good at getting the offense ready during training camp, doesn't care enough about that even to try during training camp, or if this is TOTALLY about Luka's lack of urgency to start seasons, but it shouldn't surprise us. This extrapolation isn't definite, so we shouldn't count the chickens before they hatch, but there's plenty of track record at this point to suggest it's possible, maybe even likely, that the offense will get more polished as they go.