On Nov. 3, the Warriors ushered in their third game of the new season, and Richard also faced off against Alvin Gentry.

When he first took over the team last season, Richard thought about poaching Alvin Gentry to help him build an offensive system, but by that time Alvin Gentry was already coaching the Clippers.

Richard even looked up Alvin Gentry's coaching record, and before taking charge of the Clippers, Alvin Gentry also served as head coaches for the Miami Heat and Detroit Pistons, but most of those times as acting head coaches.

The win rate is not good either, with only one season having a win rate of 58%, and the rest are all below 50%.

But even so, Richard still attaches great importance to this opponent, carefully arranges and prepares, and the preparation work is very detailed.

Richard's goal now is to win three in a row, and he doesn't want to capsize in the gutter, after all, Richard doesn't think the Clippers are still a bad team like those reporters.

Lee sensed that the Clippers, with Elton Brand and Lamar Odom, would certainly not be as easy to deal with as the media suggested.

The game started quickly, and the Warriors laid out their starting lineup for the first two games, with center Danny Fortson, power forward Antoine Jamison, small forward Jerry Starkerhouse, scoring guard Michael Reed, and point guard Chancey Billups.

The starting lineup on the Clippers' side is point guard Jeff McGinnis, scoring guard Eric Piakowski, small forward Lamar Odom, power forward Elton Brand, and center Michael Olowokandy.

In addition, there are Quentin Richardson, Garnett Dalius Myers Jr., Kenyon Durin, and Cory Magetti on the bench.

This lineup is still good in Richard's opinion, with playmakers, three-point shooters and stars, and the bench is also quite good, so Lee still can't look down on this Clippers.

The game started quickly, and the Warriors were slightly suppressed by the Clippers at the beginning, which made Richard a little depressed, and then had to make adjustments again and again.

At the end of the first quarter, Richard had a feeling that the team was not in good shape, and it was actually 5 points behind in the first quarter, and whether it was Chauncey Billups, Jerry Stackhouse, or Antoine Jamison, they were in very bad shape.

If it weren't for the team's good performance on the defensive end, the first quarter would have been more than five points behind.

Many times, NBA games are competitive states, and if the Warriors are not in good shape, they will naturally be suppressed by their opponents.

Especially in a shooting team like the Warriors, the state is extremely important, if the state is hot, then naturally anyone can beat it, even if it is the Lakers led by the peak OK. And if the state is bad, maybe even the worst 76ers team in the future may lose once they meet.

In the second quarter, Richard continued to choose substitutions, replacing Gilbert Arenas and others, but after coming off the bench, he played a lot better.

But after all, the Warriors played as a substitute, and there was still a gap in strength, so the 5-point difference in the first quarter slowly became a trench, and they couldn't catch up no matter how much they chased it.

At this time, Richard very much hopes that Rasonestrovic can adapt to the high position, so that the Warriors will not be in a bad state and even the Clippers will not be able to beat.

The game slowly progressed into the second half, and the bad hand was contagious, and slowly, the Warriors lost their feel and condition, and the Clippers took the opportunity to widen the difference in the second half.

In the end, the Warriors lost to the Clippers 88-99 away, losing by 11 points, which made Richard quite depressed, and just two games were proud, and this game had to face defeat.

The loss to the Clippers was also the first loss of the Warriors this season, and their record became 2-1, and the overall record still satisfied Richard, but this loss to the Clippers was indeed quite depressing.

In the post-game press conference, Richard didn't encounter any difficulties, after all, the Warriors were a bad team from last season, and this season is nothing special.

A few trades were made before the season, especially in exchange for Jerry Starkerhouse, and then two straight wins at the start of the season, and now the Warriors can attract media attention on these points.

Perhaps one can be added, that is, Richard's special status - the only coach in the league who is also the head coach as the boss, and the only non-white and non-black coach in the league, of course, Richard's skin color should be more white and yellow, he is a mixed Chinese and American race.

Of course, none of this alone is enough to get more attention from the Warriors, so when the Warriors lose their first game of the season, the local media in San Francisco and Oakland will pay the most attention.

Marcus Thompson, a reporter for the San Jose Mercury News, expressed concern about Jerry Starkerhouse's state.

Jerry Starkerhouse, who averaged 26 points per game with a shooting rate of 60.6% in the first two games, scored 8 points on only 3 of 18 shots in this game, and his state fell to the bottom.

Marcus Thompson of the San Jose Mercury believes that Jerry Starkerhouse's shooting performance in this game is enough to prove that he is still a scorer with inconsistent shooting, which is not good news for the Warriors.

However, there is also a bright side, several major starters in the last game, including Chauncey Billups, were not in good form, but on the bench, Gilbert Arenas continued his good form.

Gilbert Arenas, who had 23.5 points and 4 assists in the first two games, scored 16 points and 6 assists in this game, although he failed to help the team save the defeat, many experts still expressed their optimism about Gilbert Arenas.

Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wonarowski even thinks the Warriors should have started Gilbert Arenas early and Chauncy Billups off the bench.

Gilbert Arenas, who averaged 21 points, 2 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1 steal in all three games, ranked first on the NBA's official rookie list, beating Pau Gasol in second.

Pau Gasol played two games in the first week, averaging 12 points and 5 rebounds per game, and the gap between him and Gilbert Arenas is huge, so Arenas' rookie top spot is still very high.

However, Richard didn't have time to care about these false names, Richard knew that Gilbert Arenas was still much worse than Chauncy Billups, so he would not put Gilbert Arenas in the starting lineup as Adrian Wonarowski said.

But after this defeat, Richard had a new idea. [I'm sorry today, I practiced for a day's car, and I went out to take a shower after I came back, there is really no time for code words, I can only change it today, I'm sorry, this time will be very busy, the driver's license test will be until the 19th, these days will be very busy, the test may not even have code word time for a few days, so these days to prepare a few chapters to save the manuscript, update slower, please be lenient. 】