On January 17, Beijing time, the Timberwolves defeated the Warriors 119-99 to end a two-game losing streak. In this game, the warriors' two cores were absent, Curry was absent because of the sore right hand, Draymond Green was absent because of the sore calf, without these two core Warriors only carried the first half, the Timberwolves in the second half were firmly in control of the overall situation, and the opening wave of the last quarter took away the game, which was also the fifth loss swallowed by the Golden State Warriors in the last 7 games.
The Golden State Warriors' interior line is already dangerous and the absence of chasing dreams is tantamount to "white give", Towns less than 30 minutes, 11 of 20, 26 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 blocks, shooting 55%, 9 of 10 under the basket, Towns This soft interior line that likes to project can turn the tide in the Warriors' three-second zone, and the inside score is 54-32 Timberwolves net 22 points. Fans must think that the Warriors lost because of the decline in defense, but it really is not.
The Warriors have lost five of their last seven games, and they've only had four games with 100+ points, the highest scoring game being the 138 points against the Bulls (a dumpling eat), and the rest of the games with 100+ is really too difficult. Looking at the two stats, you can see that the Warriors have recently not been defensively declining data but offense.
The Warriors' defensive efficiency of 104.6 in the last seven games ranks fourth in the league (season average is 102.3 league first), and the gap is not large. Offensive efficiency of 102.9 league penultimate (positive 29), season average is 110.3 league tenth. This is enough to show that the Warriors lost because of the decline in offense.
Curry went home to treat his right hand, and according to Kerr, Curry is hoping to make a comeback next Tuesday against the Pistons. So curry can solve the offense? No, Curry's offensive performances recently have been very poor, he has shot less than 50% of the bottom of the bed in 9 consecutive games, curry has only 3 30+ in the past 20 games, 4 games after entering January are not 20+, one is not in doubles, and the three-point shooting rate is less than 35%
The Warriors are currently 31-12 in second place in the West, the jazz in third and the Grizzlies and Warriors in fourth place are only 2 wins apart, and the warriors are second in danger in the West. Because Draymond Green, the key figure in attack and defense, will have at least two weeks to go without.
Earlier it was reported that Draymond Green's left calf soreness was caused by a lumbar disc injury and that he needed to continue to be absent, expecting to be absent for at least two weeks, and possibly undergoing surgery. Don't think the Warriors' record is too good until he returns.
Text/Yan Xiaobai