May 29, 2024 - Sports
Warriors were least successful team at coaches' challenges
Add Axios as your preferred source to
see more of our stories on Google.
The Golden State Warriors were the least successful team when it came to coaches' challenges last season, according to an Axios analysis of NBA data.
Context: Coaches' challenges, which the NBA introduced in the 2019-20 season, allow a team's coaching staff to challenge certain calls by referees during games.
- Each team gets one challenge per game. If a team's first challenge is successful, it gets one more.
By the numbers: During the regular 2023-24 NBA season, the Warriors challenged 44 calls, getting 31.8% of them overturned, according to NBA challenge data.
- League-wide, there were 1,282 coaches' challenges and 59.2% of them were successful.
- The Chicago Bulls were the most successful, with 77.3% of their challenged calls overturned.
What's next: The Warriors are expected to have a busy offseason following its elimination from playoffs contention at the hands of the Sacramento Kings.
- Keep an especially close eye on the future of shooting guard Klay Thompson, now an unrestricted free agent, whose performance struggled at various points throughout the season.
- And who knows, maybe we'll be better at challenges next season.