At 11:00 Beijing time on January 19, the Golden State Warriors will sit at home to meet the Pistons. In the past 10 battles, the Warriors have lost 6 games, Green's absence due to injury has caused the team to collapse half of the sky, and now coupled with Curry's wrist injury into the truce battle, it directly led to the Warriors' team collapsing on both offensive and defensive lines, which is also one of the main reasons for the Warriors' previous defeat to the Timberwolves. At the same time, the Golden State Warriors have been pulled away by the Suns by 2.5 wins, and it is already difficult for the Warriors to continue to surpass the top of the West.
I believe that everyone knows that the biggest shortcoming of the Warriors at present is the inside line, especially the center position, only Looney can use it at present, wiseman will have one more candidate after his comeback, but according to Wiseman's performance last season, it will take a long time to realize the potential. Green and Bjelica are both big forwards, and sometimes they play the No. 5 position in the small ball lineup, but it seems that they have not really played a role in protecting the frame.
The Golden State Warriors really need to bring in stronger interior players, and the scoring ability no longer needs to be greatly enhanced, and even the Warriors' firepower points are a bit excessive. According to the news revealed by the media, from the market observation, there do not seem to be many center players who meet the Warriors' requirements, and Turner is one of the suitable candidates.
However, the Warriors' recent good news is also that rookie Cuminga has played a good performance after being reused in recent games, and in the past 3 battles, Cuminga averaged 19.2 points per game with 52.5% shooting, which may become the future of the Warriors.
The Pistons seem to have regained their winning form in the past period of time, and despite losing to the Suns by 27 points in the last game, the Pistons still have five wins in the past 10 games. After this period of outstanding playing time, the Pistons have now completely dumped the Magic, and the Pistons are currently in second-to-last place in the East with a record of 10 wins and 32 losses.
Although Cunningham can play well in some games, his continuity and stability are still lacking, and what Cunningham has to do is to ensure that he can make a stable contribution in every game, and the young players of the Pistons still have a lot of room for improvement.
In today's battle, if the Warriors continue to lack Curry and Green, then the Pistons still have some hope of winning, but there is a high probability that Curry will usher in a comeback in this battle, so the Pistons' hope of winning will be minimal. The Warriors have won seven of the last 10 games, while the Pistons have won just three away games, but the Pistons are playing away from home in this game, so it's hard to win over the Warriors.