“Thybulle hits those first three or four 3s it’s easy to overreact,” Draymond Green said. The Warriors gave up 41 points in the first quarter and trailed by 14. Lillard scored 15 points in the opening frame, and Matisse Thybulle - the poor-shooting guard the Dubs left open with the Lillard double-teams - made two 3-pointers, to boot. It looked like the dumbest plan in basketball history after one quarter. “You just gotta make somebody else make a shot instead of him. They ran janky zones, like a box-and-one, and left lesser shooters wide open in the process. They blitzed Lillard with two defenders and committed a third defender to take away his drive. So the Warriors made it their mission to make anyone but Lillard beat them. The Portland point guard scored 71 points Sunday. On Tuesday, the Warriors’ plan focused on taking the ball out of Damian Lillard’s hands. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jonathan Kuminga ruled out for Warriors-Bucks
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