On March 18, the US media reported that the Warriors' star Stephen Curry suffered a sprained ligament in his left ankle and is expected to miss three weeks, and the team's regular season finale is scheduled for April 11, basically determining Curry's season reimbursement. But Celtic player Smart became the target of fan criticism, and during the game, he tried to scramble for the dropped ball, pressing his entire body against Curry's ankle.
Curry got up and sped back to the locker room, and the fans were reassured, but when the player's body cooled, the pain slowly appeared, even if coach Cole theorized with Smart on the spot, it did not help. Curry underwent ankle surgery during college; during his time in the NBA against the Warriors, he often stopped playing because of an ankle injury, even shaking the team's confidence in providing Curry with a maximum salary contract.
So far in the 2019 Finals, Curry, Klay Thompson and Dream Green have played 11 minutes together, and the former ace Warriors have lost their former style. Cole needed to finish the season without a super scorer and grab home advantage in the playoffs, and the head coach had to launch Plan B to bring the team back into the game.
The Warriors will play against the Spurs on March 21, with four days to make a comeback after losing to the Celtics, and Kerr will send Moses Moody back to the starting lineup in one game. He has played in 45 games for the team this season, including 9 starts, averaging 4.4 points, 1.7 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game, and still showed good potential as a first-round lotto show. Two-way player Witherspoon will successfully enter the rotation of the team, representing the team in 9 games averaging 3.3 points, 1.6 rebounds and 0.4 assists, as a pitcher with a good feel, he is bound to become the most accurate player on the team.
The Warriors are currently in third place in the West, and the gap with the Grizzlies is not too big. The starters can carry the team's banner, and the non-All-Star starters - Wiggins - can contribute 17 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game, and the three-point shooting rate is 39%, which is also a compliment to him, but he holds the team's high salary of 29.29 million US dollars, does not bring substantial reform to the team, the recent poor performance has made fans very worried, the shooting rate of free throws and shooting is as low as the freezing point, and the Warriors must recover if they want to enter the playoffs.
According to US media reports: Terry Evans will play for the Bucks' development league. Last week, the Warriors management prepared two trials for Evans, there are rumors that Golden State launched a pursuit of him in 18 years, although it did not succeed in staying in the NBA, but the door to the NBA is not open, the teams need to comprehensively consider Evans's competitive state, at present, the Bucks have not clearly given a contract.
In the absence of the No. 1 position, the Warriors can sign Evans, after all, the best rookie of the year, can contribute 20 + 5 + 5 per game, only for James, he is still excellent as a two-legged guard, playing for the Indiana Pacers in the 2018-2019 season, averaging 10.2 points, 3 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, and his strength is still outstanding. His addition may stabilize the warriors' current situation, smooth the team into the playoffs, waiting for Curry's return.