On February 10, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Jazz hosted the Warriors. The Jazz previously finished 33-21, ranking fourth in the West, and the Warriors had a record of 41 wins and 13 losses, ranking second in the West. Today's game, Clay rested, in addition to Iguodala, Bjelica, Green and others continue to be injured. From the second quarter onwards, the Warriors' offense and defense slowly lost their rhythm, but the Jazz's bench took the opportunity to open up the point difference. By the fourth quarter, the Jazz continued to widen the score gap, and the game had completely lost suspense. In the end, the Jazz won 111-85 at home to the Warriors, and the Warriors ended their nine-game winning streak, and the Jazz ushered in a four-game winning streak.
Let's start with the data. On the Warriors side, Curry had 16 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, Poole 18 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Wiggins 13 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Cumming plus 12 points, and Anderson 11 points. On the Jazz side, Bojan had 23 points and 6 rebounds, Mitchell 14 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists, Conley 13 points and 6 rebounds, Clarkson 13 points, Forrester 11 points and 5 assists, Azubuk 11 points and 5 rebounds, whiteside 9 points, 17 rebounds and 7 blocks.
Since the Warriors have a back-to-back game tomorrow, Kerr arranged for Klay to rest today, and to be honest, Kerr may want to have some reservations and is not so serious about the Jazz. Klay is not there, After Poole returned to the starting lineup, the Warriors did a bad job of passing the ball today, the Jazz defense is too tough, all kinds of physical confrontations, in the absence of Gobert, the young Azubuk can match Looney from height to strength, in fact, jazz's restrictions on the Warriors, not only for Curry's point, but also for Curry's point of play, which causes the Warriors' offensive rhythm to appear very broken, basically based on piecemeal singles. Except for the opening period when the Warriors played a wave of 15-2 climaxes, the rest of the time has been very passive. And the turning point of the game I think is that after the two teams connected the lineup, the Warriors bench was vulnerable.
Damian Lee is indeed very hard, all kinds of steals and fouls that limit opponents' shots, but the offensive end of his hand is very unstable, today only 7 in 0, Payton Jr. followed Damian Lee, Moody's group of lineups, showing his value, his partner Curry's performance is very good, he can fill the pit for Curry on the defensive end, in addition to his counterattack threat can be maximized, but the Warriors bench is really fighting for each other, today the Warriors played 5 substitutes, three quarters down, only Anderson has 2 assists, everyone else is 0! Payton Jr. worked hard but didn't get the ball. Cumminga is the only relatively stable output point on the bench, but compared to Jazz Clarkson, Forrester and Pascal, it is a drop in the bucket. It is very interesting that jazz bench center Whiteside, less than 9 minutes out of the game, sent 5 blocks, 7 blocks + 17 rebounds, Cummingga, Anderson are educated, the Warriors are really unable to threaten the Jazz inside.
The inside line can't go in, the outside line is limited, and the Warriors do lack candidates to solve the game, but the Warriors did not play their advantage today, that is, team. To tell the truth, Kerr in the absence of Klay, he can completely let Payton Jr. into the starting, for Curry to reduce the burden on the defensive end, maintain the stability of the bench lineup led by Poole, and after Poole entered the starting lineup, the entire Warriors rotation was chaotic, coupled with the Jazz's fierce scramble defense, the overall appearance of the Warriors side is insufficient. Rebounds can not grab the opposite, by the opponent to limit the fast attack, the inside line can not play in, in fact, the loss is also reasonable, of course, this is definitely not the strongest strength of the Warriors, and there is no need to worry about Curry because of this performance, the tiger still has a nap time.
It is believed that after the performance of the Warriors during these Klay breaks, Kerr will fix the role positioning of Poole next, play the sixth person, and take the substitute connection section. Little Payton's use should be more flexible, in addition, now really do not understand Damian Lee's team positioning and role, when he feels good, when he feels good, when he feels good, when he feels bad, the shooting is not threatening, the ups and downs are too big, this performance, it is better to add some ball rights to Poole and Wiggins. The Warriors have been winning even badly, and they need such a loss to let them put down their baggage, move forward lightly, and continue to refuel!