The Golden State Warriors received a lot of backlash from the fans following their 131-136 defeat to the 11th-placed Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday. It was a game full of missed opportunities as their talisman, Stephen Curry, dropped a 48-point masterclass, but it was not enough to guide the Dubs to victory.

Following the result, a crazy Warriors fan had sent an email to the team owner Joe Lacob, expressing his concerns with the team and requesting personnel changes. To everyone’s surprise, the Lacob replied to that angry fan, sharing his frustration about the proceedings and also assuring that none of this is happening because of Jimmy Butler. The entire conversation between the two has gone viral on social media.

“You can’t be as frustrated as me. I am working on it. It’s complicated. Style of play. Coaches’ desires regarding players. League trends. Jimmy [Butler] is not the problem,” Lacob wrote in his reply mail to the Warriors fan.

While it is extremely rare for a team owner to respond to a fan, Lacob is leading by example and promoting constructive discourse within the Warriors fanbase, where he acknowledges the criticisms and anger surrounding a game that the Dubs should have won. Overall, this leaves them eighth in the Western Conference with a middling 13-14 record, which reflects this season’s inconsistency.

Overall, things got extremely feisty among the Dubs fanbase as some of them stated calling shots at the owner, while others were criticizing  Steve Kerr for his questionable tactics and team selection.

“Joe Lacob is the problem to me, he is the one cutting the checks,” a passionate fan writes on X, highlighting how it is the owner who needs to take the blame as he is taking shots at team building. The Warriors have lacked cohesion and with every defeat, the fans are getting more agitated with the owner.

Another Dubs fan blames Kerr, “Steve Kerr has to be gone by the trade deadline and let Stotts take over.” The fans are also concerned about Kerr’s tactics and selections, as they are extremely worried about wasting Curry’s final few years playing the hero ball. The Chef is still going strong in his 16th season in the NBA, as he is still putting up MVP numbers. Therefore, the fans desperately want Kerr and his coaching staff to maximize his chances of winning another ring before calling time on his career.

Warriors HC Steve Kerr makes a concerning admission about his coaching

The gut-wrenching defeat to Portland has irked many Warriors fans all over social media. This marked Golden State’s third defeat against the Trail Blazers this season, reflecting a concerning pattern of failing to close out tight games.

The Dubs are only 5-9 in clutch situations this season and while dissecting the result, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr was bold enough to accept the blame.

“We gotta find a way to connect the game, that’s my job. I’m not doing my job well this year… we have enough talent to be much better… I gotta find a way to help these guys,” Kerr said following the defeat.

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He acknowledged that his players are struggling to keep their composure in pressure situations.

Curry handed the Warriors a 126-124 lead with 1:26 minutes left on the clock, but Portland simply refused to budge and eventually closed the game with a strong finish. The result overshadowed Chef’s brilliance on the night as he drained 12 three-pointers on the night.

Shaedon Sharpe and Jeremi Grant delivered outstanding performances, scoring 35 points each. Sharpe drained 5-out-of-7 threes, whereas Grant also recorded five threes from 12 attempts. Both players had a massive final quarter to register an impressive win.

The Warriors now sit under .500 while holding an underwhelming  6-10 record on the road this season. The Dubs have lost seven of their last 11 games and immediately need to fix their late-game issues to emerge as contenders once again.