Although Stephen Curry found his senses and scored 34 points efficiently, the Warriors' combat effectiveness was severely affected by the continued absence of Klay Thompson and Draymond Green, and the final away defeat was given to the Minnesota Timberwolves, who have been rising rapidly this season. The rest of the players on the team also did not perform well, except for Curry, no one on the Warriors team exceeded 15 points, and finally had to swallow the bitter fruit of the defeat.
Klay Thompson and Draymond Green can't play, and Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins should have shouldered the heavy responsibility and become curry's most powerful helper. However, in the past month, Wiggins's performance can be said to be extremely sluggish, statistics show that since entering February, Wiggins's average data per game is 13.8 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists, compared with the first half of the gap is extremely obvious. And this game against the Timberwolves, Wiggins also failed to respond, he shot 5 of 13 from the field, had 12 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, can only be regarded as a so-so, and Wiggins also had 3 turnovers and 4 fouls. After losing this game, the Warriors not only chased the Phoenix Suns at the top of the Western Conference, it became very difficult, and the second position in the West was also very unstable, at present, the Warriors only lead the Memphis Grizzlies behind them by one win, comparing the state and performance of the two teams during this time, the Warriors may not really be surpassed by the opponent.
As the 2014 premier show, Wiggins was pinned on high hopes from the beginning, and he was also quite competitive, averaging 16.9 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game in the first season, which can be said to have won the league's best rookie award without suspense. In the following two years, Wiggins became more and more courageous, averaging 20.7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2 assists per game in the 15-16 season, proving that the outstanding performance of his rookie year was not short-lived. In the subsequent 16-17 season, Wiggins averaged 23.6 points, 4 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game, under normal circumstances, when a player continues to improve during his rookie contract period and plays an average of 20 points per game, it is obviously the seedling of a superstar, plus Wiggins is young and famous, and has excellent physical conditions, which is more exciting.
But no one could have imagined that after that, Wiggins actually stopped growing, and the overly Buddhist personality coupled with the problem of the training method of the Timberwolf at that time made Wiggins' development seriously restricted. Especially considering that the Timberwolves' long-term record is bad, the only time they have made the playoffs in those years, or after the addition of Jimmy Butler in the 17-18 season, the outside world's doubts and misunderstandings about Wiggins are even deeper. In fact, these evaluations are still biased, after all, No matter how disappointing Wiggins is, he can't be considered a parallel cargo, and he only missed one game in the first five years of his career, which is really an attendance rate that few people can do. In the first half of the 19-20 season, Wiggins averaged 22.4 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game, and the latter two statistics set a new career high, but because the Timberwolves still had a bad record, ranking second to last in the West, only better than the Warriors with injuries, the Timberwolves had the idea of cleaning the lineup.
So before the deadline of that year, Wiggins was sent away, and coincidentally he came to the Warriors' team that had a worse record than the Timberwolves at the time. Wanting to keep carl Anthony Downs, the Timberwolves replaced his friend, D'Angelo Russell, for which they risked giving away Wiggins and a first-round pick. After joining the Warriors, Wiggins's regular stats have not changed much, and even slipped slightly, but Wiggins has played more efficiently and smarter than when he played for the Timberwolves. Over the past two seasons, although the Warriors have been affected by injuries and have missed the playoffs, Wiggins' outside projection, full defense and inspirational possession of the ball have made him a top three boss.
In the first half of the season, Wiggins became the most outstanding Warriors player besides Curry. Although his stats are not so prominent, his excellent performance has been unanimously recognized by the outside world, coupled with the Warriors' excellent record, some bonuses, making Wiggins selected as an All-Star for the first time in his career. At that time, it caused an uproar, but if you think about it, because Anthony Davis, Kawhi Leonard and Paul George and others have suffered injuries, combined with statistics, on-court roles, team records and attendance, it seems that no one who has not been selected as an All-Star can really suppress Wiggins.
However, just like the Warriors entered the low tide, as the season reached the end stage, Wiggins also seemed to be a bit tight, and the Warriors' record was naturally more volatile. Considering the team's salary structure and lineup structure, and plagued by injuries, whether Wiggins can recover from today's predicament will be a very important determinant. Otherwise, the Warriors' record and ranking in the closing stage may continue to decline, which is bound to be unfavorable for the preparation of the playoffs.