The NBA regular season continued, the Warriors met the Knicks challenge at home, and at the deadline for the trade, the two teams did not make any reinforcements, retaining the team's original lineup for the first half of the season, and the lineup of the two teams was still relatively complete. In this game, the Knicks and the Warriors played back and forth, the Warriors had a seven-point lead, but the Knicks with a 31-20 offense in the third quarter, they overtook the score, and in the final quarter, the team held a double-digit lead. At key moments, the Warriors began to fight back, and with 35 seconds left in the game, the team closed the score gap to 2 points. Unfortunately, in the end, Kuminga had a jamming ball, the team was four points behind the Knicks, and the game lost suspense. In the end, the Warriors lost 114-116 to the Knicks at home, suffering two consecutive losses.
In this game, the Knicks Randle played well, he faced the Warriors inside, personally ushered in the explosion, the whole game he got 28 points, 16 rebounds and 7 assists of the comprehensive data, in the game the sense of presence is very strong. In addition to Randall, Fournier also scored 22 points in this game, and Burks, Reddish and Gibson on the bench also scored double digits. The team played well overall, and with the team's performance, they successfully defeated the Warriors on the road, ending their long 4-game losing streak.
On the Warriors side, Curry did well in this campaign, he got 35 points and 10 assists in the whole game, although the shooting efficiency is not very high, but he is the team's most stable offensive strength in the game, and when the team needs to attack, Curry can send the ball into the basket. Unfortunately, Curry's high-scoring performance did not help the team win the game, and the Warriors were too late to start, and in the first three quarters of the game, they had fallen behind the Knicks by a large margin. In the final moments of the game, they only began to chase points, and there was little time left in the game, and in the end they were still unable to catch up with the point difference, and suffered two consecutive defeats.
In addition to Curry, Klay had 17 points and 7 rebounds, Wiggins had 15 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, Poole contributed 11 points, and 5 players on the team scored in double figures. But they were one step closer to victory, and unfortunately the team was not able to complete the reversal and lost at home to the opponent.
I don't know if you found out, in the past two games, the Warriors' internal line is too bad, looney although in the game to do their best, but this is not enough, the team lacks a substitute interior line that can help the team at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. When facing the Jazz, the Warriors let Whiteside break the inside line, and this battle against the Knicks, the Warriors could not prevent Randall, there was a big gap in the inside line. At the trade deadline, the Warriors did not make a trade, the team's internal strength has not been improved, for them, this season to impact the championship, they need to work hard in the buyout market, sign the inner line that can protect the frame and fight for rebounds, so as to help the team become better.