NBA regular season, is another game of Curry's "back pot", the Warriors against the Lone Ranger, before the Warriors won 2 consecutive wins, morale is booming, but Curry's last two games are sluggish, resulting in the Warriors can only rely on poole, Wiggins, Green's play to defeat the opponent, and the Lone Ranger with Doncic's return from injury, the team won three consecutive wins, plus this game is Nowitzki's jersey retirement ceremony, the Lone Ranger team is bound to win the league's first Warriors team to celebrate the "Old King", the two teams after four quarters of competition, Curry slump, With the Warriors' overall shooting percentage not high, Doncic led the Lone Rangers to a 17-point victory over the Warriors to win four straight. The decommissioning ceremony for Nowitzki's jersey was brought to a successful conclusion.
From the beginning of the game, due to Nowitzki's retired jersey, so that the overall state of the Lone Ranger is very good, and the Warriors started to face a downturn, Wiggins, Curry shot all iron, only scored 2 points in three minutes, the Lone Ranger took the lead under the leadership of Doncic and Powell, Curry's outside line was inaccurate, making the Warriors' entire team offensive step by step, Poole came on the court to narrow the point gap for the Warriors, the first quarter of the two teams drew, Curry shot all losses, only relying on free throws to get 2 points, to the second quarter, Lee suddenly broke out, he scored 5 points in a row, For the Warriors to stabilize the situation, the Lone Ranger relied on the offense of Hardaway Jr. and the Warriors were deadlocked, the Warriors suffered a scoring drought, the Lone Ranger focused on the opportunity, played a 14-4 offensive climax, opened the point difference in one fell swoop, Curry quickly attacked, becoming the only goal in the first half, he shot 1 of 10, only scored 5 points, 4 of which came from the free throws, the Warriors only scored 18 points in a single quarter, which was also this wave of offensive climax, allowing the Lone Rangers to lay the foundation for subsequent victories.
In the third quarter, Curry shot three points, plus Payton's three points, Curry three points, so that the Lone Ranger is very panicked, Curry provided the Warriors with the confidence of shooting, the opening played a 15-6 offensive climax, and relied on Curry's mid-range shooting to achieve a rebound, at the critical moment, Doncic stood up for the team to stabilize the situation, and led by 3 points into the final quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Lone Ranger picked up, played a 13-0 offensive climax, and opened the point difference again, although Wiggins scored 5 consecutive points to narrow the point difference, but Curry's outside line was again inaccurate, and the Warriors could only accept the loss of this game.
Throughout the game, the Lone Ranger was able to win the game entirely to Doncic's credit, he shot 7 of 18, got 26 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists, leading the team to win at key moments, while the Warriors were more depressed, Curry only hit 5 times in 24 shots, hit iron 19 times, three points was 9 shots and hit 1 time, got 14 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, and 5 turnovers, Curry's slump made the Warriors only 3 people score double-doubles, helpless to lose the game.
There are two main reasons for the Warriors to lose, one is: Curry's downturn, Curry played iron 19 times in this game, 14 times against the Heat in the last game, these two games Curry three-point total 19 shots 2, the sluggish feel, so that the Warriors' offense has a big problem, without Curry's pulling power, whether it is Poole or Wiggins, Green is difficult to play a strong performance, many fans discuss, "Curry don't shoot" waiting for Thompson to come back.
Second: the lone ranger's defensive targeting, they first restrict Curry's three-point shot, so that every time he shoots is very uncomfortable, there is always a lone ranger player close to Curry, especially Doncic, both height and arm span are higher than Curry, so that he can not find the feel, to prevent Curry is only the first step of the Lone Ranger, the second step is to limit Green's assist, Green for the Warriors self-evident, his arc top pass caused headaches to many teams, and the Lone Ranger sent Klebel, Powell two players with fast footsteps, Cut off Green's passing route, reduce his cooperation with his teammates, green on the plane does not have the ability to shoot, resulting in Green has 5 mistakes, only 4 assists, Curry, Green is the Warriors' strong point, but also the Warriors' biggest weakness, limiting them is equivalent to choking the Warriors' seven inches, Poole has no opportunity to shoot in the empty position, playing extremely difficult, playing 24 minutes, 4 of 3 three-pointers, shooting 8 of 3, only 6 points, and the last game in 26 minutes to get 32 points. Even if Wiggins scored 17 points, he alone could not lead the team to victory.
Kerr urgently needs to solve the Warriors' problems, especially in the playoffs to face a tough defense how to deal with the Warriors' biggest dilemma, fortunately, Thompson will return soon, whether he can break the Warriors' troubles, we wait and see.