Lack of defensive intensity has been the recurring theme in the Golden State Warriors' four losses in the past five games.

It's a statement that's hard to believe with a team with a defense quarterbacked by Draymond Green , one of the most intense and legendary defensive players in NBA history. But in the Warriors' utterly one-sided 129-104 NBA Cup loss to the Denver Nuggets, that side of the ball was the issue .

“We didn't defend. That's kind of been the theme,” Green said solemnly after the game. “We didn't play with high energy, which has off and and on been a thing. And when you don't do those two things, you're playing against a set defense every play. And it's hard to execute so I think it was a multitude of things.”

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