The NBA regular season continued, and today the Warriors challenged the Magic on the road, and in the end they regrettably lost the game, facing the bottom team in the East and still failed to win. This game is undoubtedly a very big blow to the morale of the Warriors. After Curry's injury, the Warriors have completely lost their original offensive rhythm, and the team is now playing very messily. Strictly speaking, it has become a second-rate team.
After Curry's injury, the Warriors lost one more powerful firepower point on the offensive end, resulting in a sharp decline in their average score in the last two games. Although Poole has a very stable performance, it still can't make up for the lack of Curry's absence. Wiggins was the best to stand up after Curry's injury, but his performance in these two games was very sluggish and really disappointed the fans. However, Porter's performance after Curry's injury surprised many fans, and he was also the warriors' biggest comfort to fans in the last two games.
Porter came off the bench for 26 minutes against the Magic today with 14 points, 15 rebounds and 1 block. In the last game against the Spurs, he also contributed 16 points, 16 rebounds and 3 assists. Porter scored 30 points and 31 rebounds in both games, and there was no doubt that Porter was really coming forward after Curry's injury. After the first few games, he also admitted that when Curry is injured, more people must stand up, and when one player falls, another player must make up for it. And he himself really interpreted this spirit on the field.
When Curry wasn't injured, Porter's play was relatively conservative and he didn't use his full strength. Porter in these two games is his real strength. Porter came to the Warriors because he liked the system and atmosphere of this team and very much wanted to win the championship on this team. So when Curry got injured he knew he couldn't hide on the offensive and defensive ends, and he had to do his best.
His approach has clearly conquered Warriors management, and there's no reason the Warriors shouldn't renew him after his contract expires in the offseason. And his team positioning looks more like Iguodala, which can become a role in the team's needle. The Warriors are in great need of a player like Porter to stay in the team for a long time, and Kerr has great trust in him. So what we can expect is that his contract extension is basically a foregone conclusion.