According to the normal rhythm of the season, Wiggins's playing time is about 30 minutes, not too much, less than too little, anyway, the card point up and down! But today, The Mouth Brother played 38 minutes, and the second half felt like there was no rest. From the last two minutes of the third quarter, Wiggins began to appear, and then until the end of the game, Wiggins played for more than 14 minutes in a row, this way of playing seems to make people see the situation last season, Cole used Wiggins as an "old scalper", and when it comes to the moment of the game, Wiggins can play as long as he wants!
In fact, in the last quarter, Cole seems to want to replace the mouth brother for a minute or two, but the last quarter played a wave, Mitchell on, it is obvious that this time on Mitchell that means it is impossible to go down, Cole at this time also completely dare not replace Wiggins, because he is the main force of the single defense Mitchell, the mouth brother directly from the end of the third quarter to the fourth quarter is full. And the mouth brother really showed his defensive ability, Mitchell shot 4 of 19, three points 9 of 2 only got 20 points, and in the previous period of time Mitchell can average 30 points per game, today is a complete embarrassment!
Wiggins against Mitchell directly from the beginning, in the Warriors' defense outside the line can only see the two people, Little Payton to the opposite Conley, the mouth brother can only be staring at Mitchell. Defending Mitchell's defender is not only to defend his three-pointer, but more importantly, to prevent his breakthrough, this young man is strong, fast, and the rush is also an unstoppable master, and Morant is somewhat similar. And Wiggins is in front of Mitchell, the mouth brother is covered in front of Mitchell, it is directly delayed, Mitchell's uncomfortable point comes, the most direct three-point shot is not good, Wiggins is very good in both height and arm span, so a horizontal, Mitchell can not shoot three points at all.
So throughout the first half, Mitchell relied on non-stop free throws to score, kept killing the basket, and won 11 free throws in the whole game! But in the second half, Mitchell was a bit of a mute, the mouth brother's defense was further improved, Mitchell could not easily score, can only be scattered to score. In the final quarter, I thought Mitchell would be able to take over the game, but the mouth brother strangled him to death, only allowing him to score a goal in a sports battle, and mitchell in defense was completely unable to complete an effective shot! In the last few defensive rounds, Wiggins was almost trying his best to chase Mitchell, and it was obvious that his physical strength was somewhat exhausted, but he still prevented the key attack.
It is obvious that now it is understood why Cole controls Wiggins' playing time at about 30 minutes in regular time, and in general, Cole is reluctant to let Brother Zui play for more than 35 minutes, but often in high-intensity matches, Brother Zui's playing time will directly rise to the first place in the whole team. Cole seems to be saving wiggins, keeping his mouth on playing in key games and even in the playoffs. So in the Warriors have to say that in terms of personnel rotation, Kerr is indeed dead, especially for this kind of main player, Kerr's regular season is already trying to protect!