Remember yesterday's tragedy? As one of the most surprising teams this season, the Warriors have finally managed to rise and return to the top two spots in the league after two seasons of rebuilding. I have to say that the operation of the brave pipe is really admired. Some time ago, the Warriors ushered in Thompson's comeback, originally thought that the Warriors would take off from here, but because of Green's injury, the Warriors' strength was greatly weakened, first lost to the Grizzlies, and then, there was yesterday's tragedy against the Bucks. This game saw me directly bleeding from the brain, and I wanted to see the two strong teams collide, but in the end it ended in a fiasco for the Warriors. Today, however, there was a dramatic reversal!
The Warriors scored just 38 points at halftime yesterday, and in just two quarters, there was no suspense in the game against the Bucks. After the game, everyone was discussing that without Green, the Warriors could not even be regarded as a strong team, and could not defend themselves, which became the main tone of yesterday's game. However, today's back-to-back against the Bulls, the plot is the same as yesterday, but I didn't expect the roles to change, and the Warriors became the protagonists of the two sections to break the opponent! In the just-concluded regular season, the visiting Warriors took only half a half to lead the Bulls by 31 points, 78-47! Breaking the first place in the East at halftime, the Warriors from yesterday's fiasco to today's domination of the whole field, what kind of changes have they experienced?
As soon as today's game came up, the Warriors took the initiative of the game against the guest, and I don't know if they memorized the plot of yesterday's game, and the first quarter pulled the point difference to about double digits, announcing their determination to win today. In fact, before the game, I thought that against the Bucks, less Green is difficult to play, because there is no way to organize teammates to create a defense line that restricts the alphabet brother, but against the Bulls is not the same, the strict frontal defense, completely unafraid of the impact of the Bulls' outside line, and Vucevic's spatial center, the Warriors are not afraid at all, but the Warriors are afraid of a monster that violently impacts the inside line. Therefore, the Warriors' rebounding in this game can be said to be soft, and the Bulls can not open the situation through offense, and soon the game will have no suspense.
It is worth mentioning that This game Thompson rested, and Poole was back in the starting lineup. In the first few games, he also complained that Poole lost his value, because after returning to the second team, his performance deteriorated day by day, making people feel that he was only a flash of inspiration at the beginning of the season, and did not have the ability to increase his value. However, in this game, after Poole returned to the starter, he got the ball, and played like the Splash Brothers again, shooting 8 of 19 in the whole game, playing a report card of 22 points, 1 board and 5 assists, and also blasted the highest plus-minus +38 in the game! Wiggins was also very efficient, scoring 21 points, 4 boards and 6 assists on 8-of-11 shooting. From these two brothers, we also see the shadow of the warriors' future successor, and if we say that the previous games have not performed well, it may be because we have not yet adapted to the lack of ball rights and the tactical-centered play.
Personally, I think that in fact, it is very good to play like this, after all, Clay is seriously injured, Curry is aging, and it is not realistic for the ball to be surrounded by splashes, or to start giving power to young people to play. For example, Poole and Wiggins, they have a certain ability to attack with the ball, and they also have the accuracy of outside projection, although they have not yet reached the level of superstars, but Curry and Klay have the right to open up space on the outside line, which is also a good way. Cuminga also rose in this game, empty cut, dribbling dunk, see that is a pleasing eye, really envious of his athletic talent, against the Bulls this game he also with 12 shots 10, cut a career high of 25 points, the fourth quarter also became the Warriors' ball holding core, and played quite well.
Judging from most of the games this season, the biggest difference from last season is that Curry has begun to delegate power, he no longer needs to control the ball in his own hands like last season's scoring king, instead, he will help his teammates open up space and let them control the ball. And today's game, after Poole returned to the start, the confidence of the ball attack is obviously much stronger, to put it bluntly, the previous 1 win and 4 losses is because after Clay's return, Poole's confidence in holding the ball and the ball has decreased, and he has not yet adapted to his new role, if he adapts, when Clay and Green return, they are still the league's favorite team for the championship!