After completing the five-year triple crown feat, the league's former hegemon Warriors fell into a wave of injuries, and with Durant's departure, the warriors' overall strength declined rapidly.
Although Curry and Dream Chaser sat together, and the team had an increase in immediate combat power in the offseason, the team's performance plummeted, missing the playoffs for two consecutive seasons.
During this period, the Warriors were once reduced to fish belly, getting a list-eye pick and a number of lotto picks, but this season the team came back strongly and played the first record in the league.
More importantly, the Warriors are still the first in the league in the face of the Suns, Nets, Bulls and other strong opponents in the case that Klay and Wiseman have not yet returned.
And nearly halfway through the season, the Warriors returned to number one with a wave of winning streaks after briefly losing the league's number one spot.
So how did the Warriors complete the bottoming rally? The US media "Bluemanhoop" discussed this topic, listing the three major killing moves of the Warriors, of which Curry transformed again.
The first big kill: suffocating defense
Because the Warriors have the historical level of shooters of the Splash Brothers, the outside world generally believes that the Warriors' offense is their killer, in fact, the Warriors' stable defensive system is the root of the Golden State's invincible position.
Whether it is in the 5-year 3-crown period, or this season's bottom-up rebound, in this era of unlimited advocating offense, defense is still the life-saving magic weapon of the championship team.
Even though top defender Klay hasn't returned, the Warriors still played the league's top defense, limiting the opponent's overall shooting percentage to 42.7%.
The reason why the Warriors have been able to build a suffocating defense is that on the one hand, a large number of defensive players in the lineup have emerged, and Payton Jr., Otto Porter, Iguodala, and Wiggins have all delivered excellent defensive performances.
In addition, Curry's defensive performance with Dream Chase has injected soul into the entire Warriors, and Dream Has swept away the slump of the past two seasons and played the best defensive player level performance.
Curry is further transformed, no longer the Warriors' defensive end of the board, the individual defensive score in at least 20 games, averaging at least 20 minutes per game.
The second biggest kill: the depth of the squad of horrors
If you look at the paper lineup alone, the Warriors' lineup depth is not the best in the league, and the Cavaliers, Jazz, Suns and even the Nets have a better lineup configuration than the Warriors.
Moreover, Klay and Wiseman have not yet returned, and the Warriors themselves have disadvantages, but the problem is that the warriors' new signings in the offseason Taobao are all integrated into the system, and a number of rookies are also rapidly shining.
What's more, Cole has always been a coach willing to use new players, while being willing to use multiple rotations, which gives all the players in the squad the opportunity to show themselves.
From the Warriors' patience to cultivate, this season ushered in a big outbreak of rookie Poole, to rookie Cumminga, new signings Otto Porter Jr., Bjlitsa and other players have found a suitable position in the system.
Even marginal players such as Peyton Jr. have found a suitable position in the Warriors' system, which shows the magic of the Warriors' system, and almost everyone can shine in the system.
The third biggest killer: the degree of effort
If a team has strength and talent, but there is no unity within the team and the atmosphere of doing everything for the championship, this team is not terrible, if a team has the heart to work hard, but it is useless without strength.
But the Warriors have the strength and talent, and the whole team is very hard to keep a low profile, because the team has only experienced a two-year low, during which it has become a fish belly for the league to be bullied.
This made the Warriors general, who was accustomed to seeing the big scene, hold their breath and look forward to the comeback, so when the opportunity came, all the Warriors handed over the best state of their careers.