On December 24, Beijing time, the NBA launched a focus battle, the Warriors against the Grizzlies, the Warriors directly lacked three cores, Wiggins, Poole and Damien Lee, the entire team's lineup was still greatly affected.
Especially without Wiggins, Lee and Poole, it is equivalent to taking 40+ points per game, these two main scoring points are actually very important for the Warriors, and The role of Wiggins on the defensive end is also very huge. The game just started two teams to attack, Curry came up first to make two fouls, the opposite Brooks also scored, the two sides scored consecutive points, the Grizzlies were brooks to complete the three points, and Curry counterattacked in the three points, the two teams started 6:5, the Warriors' first 5 points were from Curry alone.
Porter Jr. sent two consecutive big blocks, Jackson hit a strong attack under the basket, Curry continued to layup, a person started with 7 points in a row, and his personal state was also very exciting. And the point is that Curry's outside line opens as soon as it comes up, which is good news for the Warriors, this team must first find the outside offensive feeling before it can compete with the opponent.
Without so many people Curry can not open, the Warriors this game will not have to play, back to Payton air dunk, Bain shot a three-pointer, the Grizzlies 11:9 surpassed the Warriors, soon Morant is another easy layup, Rooney also completed the shooting, the two sides played 16:11. After the opening of the Grizzlies, the outside line has been fully fired, and the offensive efficiency is extremely high, although the Warriors side said that their offensive success rate is not low, but the outside line is only Curry alone to hit far from enough.
Sure enough, after the timeout came back, the Grizzlies played better and better, Melton completed two more breakthroughs and one layup, Payton Jr. completed the dunk, Curry was replaced to rest, he came up and scored 7 points on 2-of-3 shooting, in fact, the personal performance is very good. But there really aren't enough teammates around to play, and with the Grizzlies hitting another three-pointer, the difference between the two sides has reached 29:19 and a full 10 points.
I have to say that the warriors with the full lineup of the Grizzlies playing the current personnel are indeed occupying a relatively large advantage, and so far, after Curry shot another three-pointer, the number of consecutive three-point shots is 155 games, and the record in the front also belongs to him. But the Warriors are obviously not enough to rely on only one Curry, and now everyone on this team has to stand up, and there are already three players who are close to 50 points per game combined.
After Curry went off, the Warriors with Moody's counterattack and Bjelica's two three-pointers, finally chased the score to 27:31 only 4 points behind, it should be said that Curry as the first point of attack, got the opponent's focus on the care, but after he went off the field, the Grizzlies' defense is not focused, it is precisely because of this That the Warriors can rely on tough defense to narrow the score gap, if the Warriors can shoot, then they may still have a chance in this game. Curry scored 39 and 36 points in the previous two games against the Grizzlies, but the Warriors lost to their opponents in overtime, so they also want to win.