The Warriors made 7 3s in the 3rd quarter last night. KP was "guarding" 5 of them.

I think KP is a great boon to our team on both sides of the ball. But I've noticed in a lot of these comebacks that his defense gets sloppy, especially as he tries to take more of the offensive burden. I was getting annoyed in the game thread watching the sub blame WUJ and Brad as KP refused to close out on 3s. Here are some more specifics:

10:51: Pure laziness/ball-watching by KP. Doesn't stick with Wiggins and doesn't try to close out once Wiggins gets the pass. Wide open 3.

10:03: In Transition Brad is slow to get back for reasons unknown (that frankly don't seem excusable). KP sinks back in case Draymond tries to drive, but Gafford is close by as well. Once they stop the ball, Draymond fakes everyone out with a no-look pass to Poole. The pass doesn't quite hit its mark, but KP gives up on the play so Poole still has plenty of time to take the shot.

8:40: Monte loses his man and lowkey a bit of a moving screen by Kevon Looney.

7:15 Missed 3 by the warriors leads to a long rebound. KP clearly looks over at a wide open Jamychal Green, but stays ball-watching. Even after they pass it to Green, KP doesn't try to run him off the 3-point line. Green waits, and then takes a wide open 3.

3:34: KP completly loses his man. Thought at first maybe he was calling out a switch with Delon Wright, but why would KP want to switch onto Ty Jerome? He then slams into a Draymond screen (maybe I just don't understand what constitues a moving screen lol) leaving Wiggins wide open for a 3.

3:00: KP again caught ball watching as Wiggins iso's Deni. Does'nt try to double or stay with his man. Instead just stays in the middle of the court guarding nobody. JaMychal Green with another wide open 3.

1:46: Although I am considering this one of the two that KP was NOT explicitly guarding, it certainly didn't help that in transition he stood there complaining to the refs. Wide open transition 3 for Jamychal Green.

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I do believe that this could be a result of fatigue. 3 of these happened in the last 3 minutes, which is usually when KP would be on the bench. But there does seem to be a general reluctance for KP to be chasing guys off ball and running them off the 3-point line. If that's the case, then either we need to get to the root of it (less Porzingas isos on offense so he can save energy for defense) or we need to stop running the twin towers lineup against teams with great 3 point shooters and lots of off-ball actions.