The Golden State Warriors suffered a 126-102 blowout loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night, dropping to 6-6 amid a skid of five losses in their last seven games. Star players Draymond Green and Jimmy Butler criticized the team's commitment and lack of fight in postgame comments. Green highlighted personal agendas hindering team success, while Butler stressed the need for defensive intensity.
The Warriors' defeat to the league-leading Thunder exposed ongoing defensive and offensive struggles. Golden State allowed 126 points, continuing a pattern where the Thunder, Denver Nuggets, and Milwaukee Bucks all scored over 120 in recent wins against them. Over their last seven games, the Warriors rank 12th in defensive rating at 112.7, per NBA Stats, though skewed by low-scoring wins over the Phoenix Suns and Indiana Pacers, who managed just 83 points in one outing.
Offensively, turnovers have plagued the team, with a 16.4% turnover percentage—the sixth-worst in the league over that span—leading to a 109.2 offensive rating, 24th overall. Jonathan Kuminga leads the Warriors with 34 turnovers, followed closely by Green with 32. In the Thunder game, Stephen Curry, returning from a three-game illness absence, shot 4-for-13 for 11 points. Green finished with 3 points on 1-for-4 shooting, plus 2 rebounds and 4 assists.
Green questioned the team's desire to win, contrasting it with their early-season form. "I think everybody was committed to winning [back then] and doing that any way possible," Green said, via ESPN. "Right now, it doesn't feel that way." He also addressed personal agendas: "I think everyone has a personal agenda in this league. But you have to make those personal agendas work within the team confines. If it doesn't work, you kind of got to get rid of your agenda or eventually the agenda is the cause of someone getting rid of you."
Butler agreed, calling for honesty and fight, especially on defense. "The fight, honestly. I just think the fight is not all the way there," Butler said. "If you're not getting stops, you're not playing hard—you're not doing whatever it takes to win." He added, "Everybody has to be honest with themselves. Everybody has to be honest with everyone else."
Reports vary on the Warriors' starting record, with some citing 4-1 and others 5-1 before the skid. Tensions appear between veterans and younger players like Kuminga and Brandin Podziemski, whose preseason comments about surpassing Curry drew internal eye rolls, per ESPN's Anthony Slater. Green later responded to analyst Kevin O'Connor's criticism on Threads, emphasizing collective accountability: "Who said it was the young guys Kevin? I said WE!!"
Green's season averages sit at 7.9 points per game, his lowest since 2021-22, amid 17 turnovers in his last five games. The Warriors, on a six-game road trip with six straight away losses, face the San Antonio Spurs next, with Curry and Green listed as questionable.
