The Warriors suffered two straight losses, while the Suns achieved a three-game winning streak, and after today's game, the Suns overtook the Warriors to rise to the top of the Western Conference standings. This season, not only is there fierce competition for playoff qualifications, but also the competition for the top spot, the Warriors and the Suns, as well as the Jazz behind them, are not far apart in winning, and the result of one game will change the ranking.
The Warriors are back-to-back games, the last game lost to the Lone Rangers, and Curry has been in a downturn for many consecutive games, shooting percentage fell into a trough, so today he chose to take a rotation, citing a quadriceps strain, the pain is very obvious. The Warriors' opponent is the Pelicans, who are in second-to-last place in the West, and they have only won thirteen games before the game, making them one of the worst teams of the season, but when they met the physically and mentally exhausted Warriors, the Pelicans did not relent and relied on Ingram's wonderful performance to win the game.
Although the Pelicans have a champion Williamson, unfortunately he has not returned so far this season, and can only receive part of the weight-bearing training at present, and there is no return date, so this team has lost the cornerstone of the team, and the results will naturally not be ideal, and the starting players they sent in this game are Hart, Ingram, Valanchuevas, Graham and Jones. Green and Curry are missing out, Thompson and Wiseman are still recuperating from injuries, and the starting players they sent are Wiggins, Poole, Potter, Payton II and Looney, all under the age of thirty and capable of reducing the impact of physical fitness.
Although the Warriors did not let the strongest players play, they still wanted to win the opponent, because losing means being overtaken by the Suns behind them, and the result of the game is important to the Warriors. The confrontation in this game is very fierce, the maximum point difference is not more than eleven points, there have been five equal points, the game entered the fourth quarter, the gap between the two sides is only in single digits, and finally the fierce battle to the last moment, the game is divided into winners and losses, and the Pelicans laugh to the end.
The Warriors had five players scored in double figures, with Wiggins scoring the highest points in the team, rookies Cumminga and Moody both getting twenty minutes of playing time, and they all had remarkable performances when they got the chance, but they couldn't help the team win. Ingram scored the highest points of the game and also had a double-double stats, and he was credited with the Pelicans' wins. Although the game was fierce, it was not exciting, and the shooting rate of both teams was very low, and the three-point shooting rate was less than twenty-five percent, so the score was not high.
Ingram played 34 minutes and had 32 points, 11 rebounds and six assists on 12-of-20 shooting; Wiggins played 31 minutes and had 21 points and 4 rebounds on 7-of-17 shooting; Cumminga had 13 points and 6 rebounds on 6-of-14 shooting; Moody had 10 points and 5 rebounds on 3-of-6 shooting; and Damien Lee had 12 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists on 5-of-10 shooting.
The result of the loss was certainly not desired, but Cole was pleased with the performance of the players, and he was proud of the players, believing that these young players had gained valuable experience through this game. The Warriors have gone through ups and downs in recent seasons, and they haven't wasted time, unknowingly completing the rebuild, most players are within thirty years of age, and there are talented players like Cumminga who can be cultivated, so I think the Warriors will have a promising future.