In a strong and weak dialogue in the West, the Warriors, who lacked the core Curry, sat at home to meet the Spurs, and finally the Spurs successfully killed the Warriors 110-108 with a key rebound after Johnson's key rebounds.
If you look at the ranking and hard power of the two teams alone, the home game is undoubtedly a big upset, the Warriors are in third place in the West before the game, and the Spurs are only 11th in the West.
But in terms of game progress and player presentation, the Warriors did not lose this game unjustly, because the team almost played the role of a catcher in the whole game, and repeatedly fell behind double-digit point differences.
Although there was some controversy over some of the blows in the game, such as two inexplicable fouls at key moments, and although the two teams were on the free throw line, these two blows clearly disrupted the smooth game itself.
As for Green's two technical fouls, he was directly expelled from the game, which also had a great impact on the Warriors, but it is difficult to blame the referee, most of which is that Green failed to control his emotions.
In addition to this, the performance of the Warriors' other core players has also been disappointing, especially in Curry's absence, and some players' poor value for money has been exposed.
But there are also some players who have shown their value in times of crisis, and Poole and Otto Port jr. are among them.
Among them, Poole played 36 minutes, 11 of 21 shots, cut 28 points, 5 boards and 3 assists, which is his ninth consecutive game to cut 20+, continuing to set a new career record.
After the game, Poole told the truth, saying that he didn't care about the ranking problem at all, and he just wanted to find a way to help the team win.
The timing of Poole's remarks is very subtle and practical, because some teams in the league have begun to deliberately pick opponents, and for the Warriors, a proper loss is also good.
Because if the Warriors return to the second place, then the most likely teams to play against the Nuggets and Clippers, Jokic's Nuggets naturally restrain the Warriors with shortcomings in the interior.
The Clippers, led by Tyrenlu, are all soldiers this season, and George and Leonard may still return in the playoffs, which is undoubtedly not a good choice for the first round of matches, compared to maintaining the third place in the West against the Timberwolves, or falling to the fourth place against the Lone Rangers and Jazz.
But the problem is that this is not something that players on the field should consider, and there are still about 10 showdowns left in the regular season, and even if the opponent is picked, the time is earlier.
Instead of digging out to pick an opponent, it is better to play your own game, find a stable rotation lineup and a way to win, then no matter what kind of opponent you face, you don't need to be afraid, after all, the iron needs to be hard, and the Warriors' goal is still the championship.
Another Wizards, Otto Porter Jr., gave a similar statement, Otto Porter Jr. shot 6 of 13 from the field, 4 of 4 from the free throw line, and had 16 points, 16 rebounds and 3 assists.
The 16 rebounds in a single game set a new career high for Otto Porter Jr., and this statistic also made Porter the first player in Warriors history to win 16+16 since Corey Magateti in 2009.
After the game, Ottopo Jr. broke the Warriors' top priority, that is, the team needs to quickly figure out how to play when there is no Curry, which is a very basic thing for a team, when one person falls, everyone else has to stand up.
As Otto Porter Jr. said, some of the Warriors' rosters rely too much on Curry's pull-in, and in the past two seasons, when Curry is absent, the team's record is only 3 wins and 12 losses.
In contrast, the Second Western Conference Grizzlies, in the absence of core Morant, delivered an impressive record of 14 wins and 2 losses, and the First Suns of the West handed over an 8-2 record in the absence of Paul.
Among them, when paul played, the team's win rate was 82.8%, the league was first, and when Paul was absent, the team's win rate was also the first in the league (80%).
The performance of the Western Conference doubles undoubtedly pierces the Hearts of the Warriors, because in addition to Curry, the team also has a deep lineup, Green, Clay and Wiggins are all All-Star players, Golden State has paid a huge luxury tax for this lineup, these players obviously need to ensure the team's basic record and competitiveness when Curry is absent, rather than losing to the Fish Belly team again and again.