On January 4, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Warriors, the no. 1 in the West, sat at home and ushered in the challenge of the 4th Heat in the East. The Heat have recently suffered from a wave of injuries and players triggering health and safety agreement incidents, there are not many people who can be used, and many defensive players cannot play, so in this game they face the Warriors who can attack and defend, the fourth in offensive efficiency league this season, and the first defensive efficiency of the Warriors, the probability of winning is naturally not too high, and Green is also returning in this game, and the strength of the Warriors has been further improved.
Sure enough, from the first quarter, the situation of the game was controlled by the Warriors, although Curry's hand was still not good, but his teammates played quite well under the role of "Curry has gravity", Wiggins made three shots at the beginning of the game, including two three-pointers, 10 points, and 10 points in a single quarter. Poole hit three three-pointers in the first quarter, scored 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting, and assisted twice, giving the Warriors a firm lead.
The Heat did not limit the Warriors' empty-cut offense very well, under green's patience, there were many opportunities to cut the basket, and the crazy attack under the three-point and basket made the Heat defense care about the tail and did not know how to arrange the defensive focus. The roof leaked in the overnight rain, and the Heat star Jimmy Butler also inadvertently sprained his ankle in an attack, and then was supported by his teammates, and even his left foot could not be focused, and the Heat, without Adebayo and Butler, could only watch the Warriors complete the attack again and again.
Although it was won the game without bloodshed, Curry's play still made fans who pay attention to the Warriors nervous, the whole game, did not encounter too many strict defense Curry shot 17 times, but only hit 3 goals, three-point shots are only 10 shots, and even there is an empty basket. In this season, in addition to the super scoring explosion and excellent team leadership, instability can be described as another label for Curry. He can slash 40 points, 50 points in some games, and can burst out in a single quarter and directly crush opponents with a series of incredible three-pointers, but in other games, Curry can also feel cold, throw a dozen shots, and complete the iron under the three-point shot again and again. 6-of-16 against the Nuggets, 6-of-20 against the 76ers, 4-of-21 to the Suns and 7-of-22 to the Hornets, this destabilizing factor has actually accompanied him throughout his career.
From the early years when the Cavaliers implemented box_1 defense against Curry, Curry's instability factors will increase sharply, and his offensive state was particularly bad in the 2016 Finals, scoring less than 20 in many games, and the offensive end can be said to have been exploded by Irving, it is true that the Cavaliers won the championship that year had a referee factor, but Curry's personal poor state was also an important reason for the Warriors to be overturned.
This season, due to Curry's growing age and the impact of muscle gain, although his defense has become more and more excellent, his footsteps have slipped more, the speed of breakthrough has decreased, and the pace changes are not as much as last season. Looking back at last year's season, Curry's varied breakthroughs, deft movements, and the ability to hit the layup at all angles were really enjoyable. And now he needs to rely more on the three-point shot, in the face of strict defense can not better tear apart the opponent's defense line, before facing the Nuggets is like this, many times Curry can not even enter the three-point line, can only rely on the extremely difficult super far three points to complete the offense, that game he only scored two points in the first half, the first three quarters of a total of only 8 points into the account, so this offense is extremely unstable, the Warriors also lost that game. Curry has slipped to third place on the MVP list.
So the Warriors want to win the championship this season, whether Curry can have a very stable play is crucial, the playoffs and even the finals of the defensive oppression is much greater than the regular season, even if the current team can win a lot of games by relying on the play of role players, but the playoffs are after all the stage of superstars, is to test the superstar color of each team, and Curry's unstable play is already a huge hidden danger for the warriors at present, I hope that the return of Thompson and Wiseman can help him share some offensive pressure.