On March 8, Beijing time, the Warriors challenged the Nuggets away, and in this game, the three core warriors Klay Thompson, Wiggins, and Curry failed to play, and even did not go to Denver with the team, but after playing the Lakers in the previous game, they returned to San Francisco to prepare for tomorrow's game at their home and the Clippers. So today the Warriors can be said to face the game against the Nuggets with a residual team. Although the lack of major generals, but the Warriors did not let the game into the garbage time early, the whole game between the two sides played very anxious, until the late quarter nuggets relied on Jokic's excellent play to harvest the game, the Warriors finally lost 124-131 to the opponent, expanded their losing streak to the fifth game, once again gave up their second place in the West.
Shuzhong no big general Liao hua pioneer, and the pioneer of this game is back to the starting Pooler, this campaign Pooler played 34 minutes, 11 of 19 shots, 8 of 12 three-pointers to get 32 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists, and in the game with the Lakers, Poole was pressed on the bench by Kerr as a spectator at a critical moment, to know that the game Pooler actually has a good play, in the 32 minutes of playing time, 15 shots 9 of 15 shots to score 23 points and 5 assists, Unfortunately, with Klay Thompson firmly occupying the core position in the backcourt, Poole can only become that victim.
With this "resentment", Poole also made a strong response to today's game with the Nuggets, using practical actions to announce to Kerr that he can indeed take on heavy responsibilities at key moments. In the previous time when Clay had not yet returned, Poole had been firmly occupying the team's starting No. 2 position this season, but clay was too heavy, and after his return, Poole could only "abdicate and give way".
It is true that not long ago Clay did play a good performance, but the state of Clay in recent games has not been satisfactory, before missing 2 games of the team due to illness, and after the comeback, Clay only took 23 points in these two games, the shooting rate did not reach 40%, but Kerr's stubbornness, preferring to superstitious Clay, rather than give Poole, who had previously played well, has not had the opportunity to do so, the rigidity of scheduling, but also let the Warriors unfortunately suffer from the current wave of losing streaks.
In the past 2 seasons, benefiting from Clay's injury, Poole has always been Kerr's favorite training goal, and he has also played a gradual improvement in statistics every year in the 3 years since he entered the NBA, and this season has played a career-best 16.5 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.5 assists, but with the return of Clay, the core of the backcourt, Poole finally has to give up his heart's starting position.
In fact, as far as the current state of Clay and Poole is concerned, if Clay is still in the doldrums, Kerr might as well simply give Poole more playing time, and even in some games can make Poole return to the starting lineup, so that Clay retreated to the second team, according to relevant statistics, in the 36 games that Pooler started this season, he can average 18.7 points per game, and the three-point shooting rate is as high as 36.2%, but in the 23 games as a substitute, His average points per game dropped to 13.1 points, and his three-point shooting percentage was only 31.1% below par. As mentioned earlier, if Cole has this courage, he really should decisively abandon the in-form Klay at some critical moments, so that the more fiery Poole can go to the backcourt with Curry. This may have some unexpected effects.