The Warriors' three stars entered the All-Star, the team unconsciously ushered in eight consecutive wins, and Klay, who has not found his former state after his comeback, has finally shown his Buddha-like side. The Year of the Tiger has just arrived, and the NBA teams are also celebrating the New Year in various ways, and the Warriors in the recent period can really be said to be three happy doors.
The Warriors won eight straight, the longest consecutive wins in the league today. But before this streak, the Warriors had a tough winter, especially Stephen Curry. Throughout The month of January, he averaged 34.8 minutes per game and scored only 18.9 points, shooting as low as 38.5 percent from the field and 32.9 percent from three-point range. Poor performance, ESPN's data expert Kevin Pelton questioned, Curry may no longer be able to play the MVP level performance of last season. What's more, some lace media even published some rumors that Curry was depressed because of the breakdown of his relationship with his wife.
However, Curry is Curry, no matter how depressed he is, you dare not easily empty him, and you cannot underestimate him at any time. Today's game against the Kings just started, the Warriors counterattacked three points, Curry quickly attacked and held the ball to stand at the three-point line, although not his own defender, but Holmes was immediately replaced by the coach because he let Curry go in the retreat.
Although curry's state decline has been discussed before, in the past four games, Curry's state has picked up a lot, averaging 26.5 points, 7.3 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game, shooting 45.5% from the field and 40.9% from three-point range, at least this is the cute god we remember.
Curry and Dream Green are indeed complementary, and some media even use a word when describing the two, that is, symbiotic relationship. Curry has been in poor shape over the past month, and when it comes to why, the first thing that many people think of is Green's absence. But an interesting statistic is that Curry and Green have averaged 22.8 minutes per game this season, and Curry can score 16.6 points during that period, shooting 40.8% from the field and 38.8% from three-point range. While Green wasn't on the floor or in a truce, Curry scored 14 points at 18.3 points, shooting 42.9 percent from the field and 37 percent from three-point range.
Saying that Green's absence affects Curry's data, most of them take into account the performance of the two in previous seasons, but in fact, this season, Green and Curry are present at the same time, the Warriors have a net victory over the opponent by 13.8 points per 100 rounds, and Green is not present, Curry leads the team alone, and the Warriors still have a net victory of 13.6 points per 100 rounds.
When Curry was in a slump, many American media suggested that Curry should increase his ball-holding offense and make a big package, and this season, Curry's ball use rate has reached 30.1%. But instead, Curry's approach is to create more opportunities for teammates and use his attraction to create opportunities for teammates. During the Warriors' winning streak, Curry's ball usage was actually only 28.7%.
In the past three games, Curry's change has been particularly obvious, his average playing time per game has risen to 37.3 minutes, but Curry's number of shots has not changed significantly. Moreover, Curry's shooting method has quietly changed.
During the winning streak, Curry's percentage of three-point shots dropped from 63 percent of the season to 55.7 percent. And during this time, Curry did not force a shot, and the defender was within 1.2 meters of him, Curry's shooting ratio also fell from the season average of 13.3% to 3.3%. In a word, Curry no longer pushes himself.
After reducing unreasonable forced shots, Curry began to focus more on passing. Throughout the season, Curry averaged 6.3 assists per game, while in the past three games, Curry's average assists per game has increased to 8.5.
In today's game against the Kings, Curry only shot 2 times in the entire first half, all hit, and only scored 8 points, but Curry sent 6 assists, and the Warriors led by a large margin. During the winning streak, Curry finally found a way to lead the team without Green. More importantly, there are not many shots, and Curry can still find happiness. In the first half of the game, Curry twice passed the ball from each other to find Clay, which was a stroke of genius.
Of course, the game is five people, Curry's recovery must have been credited to Klay Thompson, just like the above GIF shows, Curry has found a tacit understanding with Clay in the past. The connection between the Splash Brothers has long been engraved in the DNA of this team, but now they have re-extracted it.
One of the interesting things is that the three people who received the most passes from Curry this season were Green's 7.5 per game, Looney 7 and Wiggins's 6.7. But in the last 3 games, Klay Thompson has averaged 10.5 passes per game from Curry, the most in the team, Looney 8.5 and Toscano Anderson 7.5.
Since his return, Klay Thompson has averaged 15.6 points per game in 23.4 minutes and shooting 40.6 percent from the field and 32.9 percent from three-point range. However, during the Warriors' past winning streak, many people vaguely saw that peak Klay. During that time, Klay Thompson averaged 17 points per game in 26.4 minutes, shooting 45.6 percent from the field and 36.7 percent from three-point range.
During the period when he had just come back, Clay seemed to be a little too anxious to prove himself, eager to achieve success. Today, Clay is gradually adjusting back to the playing mode before the injury, and during the winning streak, the proportion of direct shots after he receives the ball has increased from the season average of 37% to more than 40%.
In today's game, Klay Thompson shot 8 of 11 shots, which was very efficient. Curry passes the ball, and Clay receives the ball and throws it straight away. I don't know if such a picture will make you think of Klay's performance when he faced the Kings and scored 37 points in a single game. Seeing Klay play so strongly, the Kings may regret that they did not use the No. 10 pick to choose Klay in the 2011 draft, and finally chose Fredette.
And today's game, Klay Thompson actually ushered in a milestone. In this game, Klay Thompson shot a total of 7 of 9 three-pointers, counting these 7 three-pointers, Klay Thompson's historical three-point shooting exceeded Kobe's 1827 to 20th in NBA history. In 19th place is Changsi Billups, who shot a total of 1,830 three-pointers in his career.
In the impression of many people, Klay Thompson is a shooter, and before he was injured, he was the team's number one outside defensive sharpshooter. But after his comeback, Klay Thompson obviously has more reading about the game. For example, in the early part of the fourth quarter, when the Kings chased points continuously, Clay held the ball, and Clay in the past may have directly attacked with the ball. But in fact, after Clay broke through, he chose to pass to the bottom corner to assist his teammates. Then Clay found Kuminga in a counterattack, and the two teamed up to perform a performance of the top ten balls.
In the whole game, Clay delivered 7 assists, setting a new high for his return. Obviously, there have been no games in the past two years, and Klay Thompson is not just driving a boat, playing chess, walking his dog, watching from the sidelines, he has a better reading of the game. When Klay Thompson calmed down, the Warriors ushered in the Buddha's light.
After today's victory over the Kings, the Warriors unknowingly came with another wave of 8 consecutive wins. In this victory over the Kings, the team won from the beginning to the end. But some flaws are that in the third quarter of the game, the Warriors offense lost power, and there were some problems on the defensive end, at this time, I am afraid that everyone will miss the dream green.
If Dream Green is present, Curry can focus on scoring, and Warriors fans can see the dreamscape of Curry, Klay cross-running position, and Green's high-level license. Moreover, Green is on the floor, the Warriors have another tough defensive point, and this season, when Green is on the floor, the Warriors' defensive efficiency is still better than when he is not on the court.
More importantly, Green can be said to be the soul of the Warriors' defensive end, when the team is down, when everyone is not focused enough, Green will always use his roar to wake up teammates. If Green is there today, maybe the Warriors players can clock out of work in the third quarter, and you won't see the picture of Curry spilling blood in the final game.
At present, Green is still in a state of recuperation, but today Green still received good news, and he was eventually selected as an All-Star. Counting Curry and Wiggins, who have previously entered the starting lineup, the Warriors have made three players into the All-Star five times since 2014. You can think about it, the last time, the Warriors had three players and entered the All-Star at the same time, and everyone talked about whether it was the NBA finale.
in Kelsang