If we want to know how important a player really is to the team, it depends on how the team plays without him. If the record can still be maintained, it means that the player's irreplaceability in the lineup is very low, and it loses value; but once the team loses its usual performance in the game without him, then this person has a lot of value. Isn't that? At the moment, the Warriors have suffered a new wave of losing streaks, from which we can understand the importance of the core characters.
Earlier, Green was absent for a long time due to injury, and even though Klay had returned to the game at that time, the Warriors still could not avoid losing consecutively, and thus gave up the second place to the Grizzlies. Now Curry has suffered a small setback because of Smart's recklessness, and the inability to play has led to the Warriors suffering another three consecutive losses, and the single game score in three games has not exceeded 110 points, and the Warriors have completely lost the heroic performance of the past offensive and defensive integration, which is almost a fish belly team in the West.
From this, we can know that Green is the warriors' second most influential star, he is second only to Curry in the team, and Curry is undoubtedly the most influential player on the team, and he is indispensable. When Curry is able to play, his teammates will get more opportunities for empty shots because of him, and after playing a smooth attack, it will increase their defensive enthusiasm, so they use offense to drive defense. Without Curry, even if Green is on the team, he can't make the team play a normal strength, and the unfavorable offense will in turn affect the enthusiasm of defense, so the Warriors' current state has become very poor.
In order to be able to improve the thickness of the team's front line, the Warriors were very fortunate to sign Otto Porter, the Wizards' former three-time boss, for a base salary of $2.39 million a year. You know, he is the eye of the 2013 draft, but also the "proud son of heaven" who has high hopes from scouts, and his helpless injury has also made him lose some opportunities. Now come to the warriors' fertile land and seek a chance to be reborn, after all, there have been too many miracles here, so that the players have rejuvenated the second spring of their careers.
Isn't that? Averaging 21.7 minutes per game in the 21-22 season, he was a delegated bench player, averaging 8.3 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.1 steals per game, shooting 46.6 percent from the field, and performing better on both ends of the game than he did for the Bulls last season.
In particular, in the last two games: against the Spurs, Porter played 29 minutes and 22 seconds off the bench, shooting 6 of 13, 3 of 3 three-pointers, 4 of 4 from the free throw line, 16 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block, which also refreshed the number of rebounds in a single game of his career; in the game against the Magic, Porter cut 14 points and 15 rebounds, and cut two double-doubles in the second consecutive game, which was the second time in his career that he had scored two double-doubles in two consecutive games.
You know, Porter only has a height of 203cm, but he has to play the data of the center. In these two games, he seems to be possessed by the Ancient Divine Beast Chamberlain, after all, he also has a face very similar to Chamberlain. But the Warriors are still hard to win, completely living up to Porter's efforts and efforts in these two games; perhaps the current downturn of the team, even if Chamberlain is on the floor, can not be saved, which requires them to return to the state of inaction and heroism at the beginning of the season.
Porter played such a brilliant stat that coach Kerr naturally praised: "Porter did a great job tonight, he is one of the smartest players I have ever coached. "The Warriors have a few more back-to-back games, which tests their mentality and cohesion very much, and the Jazz and Lone Rangers behind them have the opportunity to complete the reversal in the record. However, we have always believed in the team's ability to adjust, after all, they have the deep heritage of the championship dynasty.