Draymond Green on Warriors' recent slump: 'We're playing soft and stupid' / News - Basketnews.com

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The Golden State Warriors lost to the Orlando Magic (90-94) on Tuesday night, and Draymond Green had harsh things to say about his team's performance.

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"We're playing soft," Green said at a post game presser. "We're playing stupid. We're just not playing good basketball and we're getting punked. It's hard to win a game getting punked. That's kind of where we are right now."

The Warriors fell to 47-25 with the loss and have a tenuous grasp on third place in the Western Conference with the Utah Jazz two games back at 45-27. The Magic climbed out of last place in the Eastern Conference with the win that moved the team to 20-53 on the season.

"No disrespect to the Orlando Magic, but that's one of the worst teams in the league," Green continued.

"And we can't match up with them. And if you can't match up with them, you're definitely not going to do it against the great teams."

Green, 32, highlighted the Warriors' fourth quarter play as an area of concern. Golden State led by 14 with less than 11 minutes left Tuesday night before Orlando rallied for a comeback victory. That was their third straight loss this season, after dropping the games against the Celtics and the Spurs.

"In order to execute, that requires a certain level of physicality. We're not meeting that," he concluded.

"We have to be smarter," coach Steve Kerr added.

"There has to be a level of discipline and accountability, of competitive desire. And, I know these are great guys. I love these guys. I know they want to win. But we have to learn how to win. Right now we don't know how to win."

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