On the morning of February 28, Beijing time, the NBA East held a strong dialogue, by the Warriors against the Lone Rangers, this game is already easier for the Warriors, after all, the opponent has no super inside line, which makes the Warriors' defensive pressure is not so great. The first three quarters of the game were also developed according to the script, and the Warriors gave the Lone Ranger a dismount in the first quarter, leading by 13 points into the second quarter. However, this also made the Lone Rangers come back to life, and in the second quarter they began to strengthen their defenses without allowing the score to expand further, and at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Warriors' lead became 14 points, and the Lone Rangers also blew their own counterattack horns.
A 26-1 offensive climax directly blinded the Warriors, who did not have any athletic scores in those 8 minutes, and only scored a point on the free throw. In the end, the Lone Ranger reversed success, and the Warriors could only swallow the bitter fruit. When Paul of the Suns announced that he had missed the last 20 games of the regular season due to injury, many fans said that the warriors' first opportunity had come. To be honest, the Warriors have many problems, and their offense is still very unsmooth, so what exactly is the hands that bind the Warriors' offense?
Question 1: How exactly should Curry be used
Curry had 27 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists in this game, looking at the data is still relatively gorgeous, but his three-point shooting rate is only 30%, the overall shooting rate is only 44%, and the overall performance can only be described as qualified. Curry has not found the state at the beginning of the season for a long time, and even the performance of last season is difficult to find back, his offensive efficiency is very low, the current three-point shooting rate of Curry has fallen by 37.4%, which is a new career low except for him who only played 5 games in that season, and his shots have not dropped a lot, last season Curry alone led the team to average 12.7 three-point shots per game, this season is 12.1 times, so curry's efficiency decline is indeed very large.
The result of this is mainly Curry's own mentality and the methods the team uses against him. Curry's mentality is mainly because he broke the record before, at that time his frequent hand three-pointers, is to break the record, which also caused him to have a relatively average shooting rate, after breaking the record, Curry wanted to consolidate his shooting rate, this time found that the more he wanted to shoot, the more difficult it was to shoot, which made Curry's mentality change.
As for the problem of the team system, it is very simple, the pass cutting system is not something that the Warriors can play with these turnip greens, this game Thompson is suspended, Curry alone leads the team. At this time, don't play any cross-cutting, just play magic ball around Curry. It was okay to let Curry go, but the team didn't choose that way.
Question 2: Passing is missing a crucial point, but Cole is still stubborn
As mentioned above, when Curry leads the team alone, don't pass anything, a few people surround Curry, and we start playing magic balls. Because you're missing a crucial point in your lineup to chase Green. Green's stats this season are very interesting, averaging 7.9 points, 7.6 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game, and his three-point shooting rate is still 28.6% at the regular level, but Green's shooting rate this season is surprisingly high at 53.3%, because he has increased the gap after the block this season. So Green is now an offensive threat. When he stands at the top of the arc to deal cards, the Warriors' passing can run in a serious way.
Curry and Thompson run out of the empty space without the ball, or Wiggins plays a no-ball combination with Curry, and Green's ball passes. Now the team can't find a point like Green. Cole is still stubborn to continue to pass the cutting system, which is like you have an Alto engine installed on the Audi, can he bring it up? Warriors now as long as the defensive ability of the team, the short board is exposed in an instant, the Lone Ranger this season has changed very much, their defense is very hard, it can be said that they have taken off the hat that will not defend, Kidd is also an old fritter, he will not see the shortcomings of your team, as long as Curry is not easy to get the ball and shot, the entire Warriors' offensive system instantly collapsed, after half-court stop to find someone, do not know how to continue to attack, feel that the Warriors will not play in an instant.
The Warriors want to solve the problem, and their personal feeling is to let Curry pick it up and go straight to the magic ball. Don't do such a complex tactical system, you see Jordan Poole, Cummingga they played, they can't do what Dream Green can do, give Curry cover to open up space they can't do, they only have the basket in their eyes, if Curry and Thompson take the Warriors' existing lineup to let go, the record may be better than it is now. Curry's ability to hold the ball is indeed worse than Harden's, but it is also the top presence in the league. And Curry is a very good at using his own offense to lead the whole team, you make him happy, he can bring you more surprises.