In a just-concluded NBA focus game, the Warriors fought fiercely on the road after 4 quarters, and finally won a 124-120 comeback to narrowly defeat the Spurs and win 7 consecutive wins! After this campaign, the Warriors recorded 39 wins and 13 losses, continuing to rank second in the West to catch up with the Suns.
In this game, the Warriors took a rotation of Curry, Klay and Wiggins, coupled with the previously suspended Dream Green, the Warriors' 4 giants were collectively absent, and the team's strength weakened a lot. Although the Spurs are a lottery team, Kerr is clearly ready to give up this game with so many main players in the rotation, but under his planning, the Warriors finally achieved a big comeback after falling behind by 17 points in the third quarter.
In this game, the Warriors sent Moody, Anderson, Poole, Damien Lee and Looney's starting lineup, almost a development league-level lineup, after all, Moody is only a rookie, the other day was also sent to the development league to exercise, and in the past two seasons, in addition to Looney, the other 3 people are the Warriors' fringe players. But it is such a set of lineups that allows the Warriors to create miracles in the state of intentional exercise and unintentional winning. In addition to winning the game, Cole's lineup can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
First, the main rotation reserves the playoffs
Cole's intention to take a break from the main team is very obvious, that is, he does not want them to have accidents due to the heavy load of the game during the dense schedule. For the protection of the main force, Kerr almost did the extreme, in order not to let them go to Canada to play, directly in the game against the Raptors in the rotation of a number of main players, and this game to play the Spurs is the Warriors back-to-back second game, he also chose to let Curryclair and others take turns, without considering the record factor, and left a core team leader.
At the same time, it takes a lot of courage to take so many main players off, because Kerr needs to face the condemnation that may be met after losing, but the championship manager knows the way to win the championship, and the victory of the regular season is obviously not the most important factor in winning the championship, and the health of the core players is the key to their playoffs.
Second, train young players to improve the depth of rotation
The rotation means that young players and marginal players have more opportunities to exercise themselves, and in this game, Kerr has reaped the results he wants to see.
Rising star Poole once again showed his true character as a scorer, bombing 31 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, perfectly filling the offensive gap after Curry's absence. Damienly contributed 21 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, completely failing to live up to Kerr's trust. Compared with the outstanding performances of these two players who are already the main rotation members of the Warriors, the performance of the two rookies Moody and Cuminga may be the biggest gain of the Warriors in this game.
Moody played 37 minutes in the game, shooting 6 of 12, 6 of 10 from three points, 2 of 2 from the free throw line, cut 20 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist, and his performance outside the 3-point line was quite a bit of Clay's figure, making up for the offensive gap on the outside after Clay's truce.
No. 7 Coach Cuminga played 29 minutes off the bench, 8 of 15 shooting, cut 19 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, plus or minus as high as +15 team first, of which, he scored 14 points on 9-of-6 shooting in the fourth quarter, and it was the rookie's outbreak in the final quarter that blew the Horn of the Warriors' counterattack. A fledgling rookie can play such a performance at a key moment, which not only shows his talent, but also shows the potential to become a star, because he has the big heart attribute that a star should have.
The No. 7 and No. 14 shows have combined to contribute 39 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists, and helped the team achieve a big comeback, what could be more gratifying to the Warriors than this? They really achieved Cole's purpose, in the absence of the main force, well seized the opportunity, cashed in on the talent to the fullest, and let the team see a bright future.