Warriors 113-104 Grizzlies!
In last season's playoffs, the Grizzlies stepped on the Warriors' corpses into the playoffs.
This season, the Warriors have been soaring, and it is the Grizzlies who have given the Warriors their first defeat of the season.
Today, the third meeting between the two sides in half a year has caught up with Wiggins, Poole and Lee all isolated, and this battle is not easy to fight.
In the play-offs, Curry scored 39 points, 5 assists and 3 steals, but scored only 2 points in overtime with 7 turnovers, and finally lost out;
Curry played nearly 41 minutes in the first defeat of the season, with 36 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists, but 5 turnovers were not scored in the fourth quarter or overtime, and finally fell into an empty cut.
Obviously, Curry will not have a situation where he can't get a point under the tight defense of the Grizzlies. But the overall efficiency is not very high, and it is accompanied by a very high error rate.
With 13 assists in two games but 12 turnovers, the assist-to-loss ratio is close to 1:1, and considering that Curry actually plays without the ball, this number is even more ugly.
The Grizzlies have always been Dillon's main defense against Curry, and Dillon's absence at the beginning of the season was Bane's replacement, but the way is the same: they are all trying to squeeze through the cover by their bodies, not giving Curry an easy three-point shot, and it is really impossible to squeeze through The teammates will come up and delay, giving Dillon time to bypass the cover.
That said, the Grizzlies' defensive focus is all on the line, saving Curry's three-pointer.
Today, with Wiggins, Poole and Lee — the Warriors' second, third, and fourth scoring points — absent, the Grizzlies have taken this line of thinking to the extreme.
But the problem with heavy hoarding on the line is that it will miss the back door, and the Warriors' first starter Peyton Jr. averaged only 6 points per game, and the first quarter of today's game got 6 points, all from Curry's online attraction, Green or Looney passed to the bottom line to sneak in the peyton Jr. basket to score.
This shows the Warriors' reading of the Grizzlies defense and Curry's patience.
Entering December, Curry's performance was a mess, although the score did not look obvious, but only 1 of the 10 games had an overall shooting rate of more than 50%, and 8 of the three-point shooting rate were around 30%, including 2 games that shot an outrageous 21.4%.
This month's Curry is particularly impatient, this is the case before breaking the three-point record, and it has not been adjusted since the record was broken. Before breaking the record, it is obvious that there are ups and downs in the mentality, and after breaking the record, it is eager to rebound, and the result is that the three-point shot is more and more, more and more inaccurate, all bad on a rush word.
Facing the enemy Grizzlies today and the lack of helpers, Curry has calmed down.
He scored 7 points on three shots in the first quarter today, namely:
Traveling to mid-range without the ball, facing Adams' shot to cause a foul, hitting both free throws;
During the counterattack, Dillon did not stare at himself, shook away Morant, and shot a three-pointer;
Using double cover to force out Adams to change defenses, an easy breakthrough pick-and-roll hit.
In these three rounds, none of them barely withstood Dillon's shot, did not insist on shooting three points, and scored in the three areas near and far. At the same time, there is no chance not to play randomly, and the opportunity to use his own gravity to create a backdoor for his teammates shows Curry's patience and calmness.
Curry's three-pointer is of course great, but Curry's strength is never just a three-point shot, a patient like a hunter, cunning like a fox, smart as a loach Curry is the most terrible.
Because Curry played without the ball, and teammates scrambled to shoot open three-point shots, it was difficult for the Grizzlies to maintain the defensive intensity of the opening game against Curry throughout the game.
When the Grizzlies' defense slowly loosened, Curry's opportunity naturally came. His 46 points split into 4 quarters, which are 7 points, 9 points, 15 points, 15 points, showing a clear upward trend, because Curry is getting more and more slippery, and in addition to Curry Grizzlies have to take care of others.
So Curry scored 46 points on 22 shots, shooting nearly 60% overall, 8 of 14 three-pointers and 12 free throws, which is obviously the best game since December.
But the Warriors won more than just Curry's 46 points.
With 2:05 left in the fourth quarter, Green made a mistake in passing, Melton counter-attacked to tie 102, and then the Warriors scored seven straight points to kill the game.
Those seven points didn't all come from Curry, but three people — Anderson, Payton Jr. and Curry.
At 1 minute and 48 seconds, Anderson held the ball low to Melton, and the Warriors' on-line trio Green, Curry and Porter covered each other, as if to make a three-pointer for Curry to cut the ball on the line.
The Grizzlies switched well on the line, but Melton involuntarily glanced at the line, because in his consciousness Anderson only made a low-post response for Curry, but Anderson seized the opportunity to turn around and wipe under the basket.
At 1:12, the classic Green Curry played the hand, the Grizzlies double-clamped Curry, and the Warriors' ball from curry Green Anderson's bottom corner was released by Payton Jr. for three points.
In the final 30 seconds, the Grizzlies were on the defensive, Porter grabbed the key frontcourt board on the heads of three Grizzlies players, and Curry finally broke through Jackson Jr. to hit a layup and kill the game.
This is the classic Warriors basketball: the Warriors' final small lineup is Curry + Payton + Porter + Anderson + Green, it seems that the real offensive threat is only Curry and Porter, but after playing, they find that everyone has contributed.
Curry's dazzling 46 points are the first time in Payton Jr.'s Warriors career to start 22 points and 4 three-pointers, Cumminga's two three-pointers, Porter's key frontcourt board and open three-pointer, Anderson's bad hand but sent out only to Green's 6 assists, Bjlitsa's nonsense after the attack killed in the connecting section, the detection of gaps in green's offensive and defensive ends, and everyone knows how to cover, run and pass after playing...
Unity of purpose is the true warrior system.
The alliance under the shroud of the epidemic, everyone is lingering, and the warriors who can fight may have a greater advantage.
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