The NBA regular season continues, the East and West usher in a strong and weak dialogue, and the Warriors go to the away game to challenge the Wizards.
The Wizards are ranked 12th in the East before the game, and while there is theoretically a possibility of reaching the playoffs, there is little overall hope, and the team has been in terrible shape lately, being one of the few fishy brisket teams in the East this season.
On the other hand, the Warriors, the team bottomed out this season, once firmly occupied the league's first position, with Curry suffered injuries, team problems continue to be exposed, recently is a series of upset losses, the overall state of the team needs to be improved.
As soon as the game began, the Wizards, who were sitting at home, took the lead and won the top spot in three points from the outside.
Although the Warriors responded from the outside, the Wizards blossomed inside and outside, showing good strength, and the Warriors fell into a dud, once lagging behind by as many as 9 points, but at the end of the section, the Warriors felt warmer, and at the end of the first quarter, the point difference was close to 4 points.
In the second quarter, the Warriors continued to be in good shape at the end of the quarter, filling in the point difference under the leadership of the bench, after which the team was dumb again, and the Wizards took advantage of the situation to pull the point difference to double digits, but in the last minute of the second quarter, the Warriors found their touch, and at the end of the half, the point difference was forced to 8 points.
The Warriors were muted again in the early third quarter, and the Wizards re-widened the point gap to double digits.
Then the two teams continued to pull around the 10-point difference, during which the Warriors repeatedly set off a wave of counterattacks, but the Wizards were always able to respond, which kept the point difference around 10 points, and the Warriors were still 11 points behind in the third quarter.
Entering the final quarter of the competition, the Warriors once forced the point difference to single digits at the beginning of the quarter, but then pulled away by the Wizards, until the last minute, the Warriors again reduced the point difference to single digits, but finally failed to complete the reversal, 115-123 regrettably lost to the Wizards, once again encountered a upset.
Throughout the game, the Warriors have clearly recovered on the offensive end compared to the past few upset games, after all, the Wizards are not a team known for their defense.
Among them, Clay continued to be hot, playing 37 minutes, shooting 10 of 22, shooting 5 of 13 from three-point range, and handing over 25 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, including 10 points in the third quarter.
Wiggins also finally got out of the slump, playing 34 minutes, shooting 8-of-14, delivering 23 points, 2 rebounds and 1 steal, during which he completed multiple interior shocks and provided the Warriors with much-needed aggression.
Helplessly, Poole, who was in a hot state before, the overall state declined significantly, playing for 40 minutes, shooting 8 of 25, shooting only 1 of 10 three-pointers, and getting 26 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals.
The most disappointing nature is the dream green, since Curry's absence, the dream has not only lost its former dominance, but has become a burden on both ends of the team's attack and defense.
In the whole game, Green played 26 minutes, shot only 2 of 6, only had 7 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals, as well as 4 fouls and 3 turnovers, and his personal plus-minus was the lowest minus 20 in the game.
Even so, Kerr was very supportive of Green, bluntly saying after the game that Green had the ability to disrupt opponents, and he did have some fouls, but the team played in the second half, and a large part of the credit came from Green.
In addition, Kerr said he believed in the players, that they had the ability to stick together, and that everyone knew that nothing was going well.
It is worth mentioning that since Curry suffered an injury, the Warriors have only won 1 and lost 5 in the last 6 games, which gives the team only 2.5 wins ahead of the fifth-placed Lone Ranger, and if the situation cannot be reversed, it may even fall out of the top half, and according to Kerr, Clay, Dream and Otto Porter Jr. will most likely miss the next game against the Grizzlies.