I watched it with everyone in the studio today, and I'm doing my homework at home for tomorrow's Clippers show, but let's talk while it's hot!
As you can see, in the nearly one-month period from February 9 to March 7, the Golden State Warriors lost nine of 11 games, the lowest period of the season. Of the two games won, one was illuminated by Thompson's last quarter, two points narrowly won against the Los Angeles Lakers, who were also deep in the quagmire, and the other was won by the Blazers, who had already been bent on it.
During this time, the Golden State Warriors spent the trade deadline and All-Star Weekend calmly.
Watching the team's interior line being used as a cash machine by all league players, from head coach Cole to general manager Miles, the caliber is almost surprisingly consistent: don't panic! Our internal problem is not a problem! Enough time to give Green plenty of rest, Wiseman is coming back soon, bear with it, endure it again!
The Warriors' two bottles of panacea, now one bottle has been completely unable to deliver: the big smart knee injury appears repeatedly, the team also announced the news of her complete season reimbursement; the other bottle? It doesn't look as good as it did then: Green hasn't won the next five games since his comeback on March 14, except for his comeback win over the Wizards.
In other words, without Curry by his side, Green lost four consecutive games and the cumulative plus-minus was -50.
So what kind of strong team did the Warriors lose? Lost eight points to the Orlando Magic, 24 to the Atlanta Hawks and 20 to the Washington Wizards. Three teams outside the top eight in the East, the Warriors are as relaxed as a dish.
Since his return in March, Green has averaged 4.2 points, 5.7 rebounds and 5 assists per game, shooting 33.3% from the field and 12.5% from three-point range, with a plus-minus of -6.8. Throughout the season, Green's three technical stats are all single digits, and according to Bballmuse' statistics, he is the only All-Star player in NBA history to average "three singles" per game in the second season of NBA history.
The state is not good, the mentality is naturally anxious, against the Wizards, he faced Porzingis, suffered three fouls in one round, and took the initiative to apply for the game. The Warriors did not expect Green to bring much help on offense, but as the top three players in the official best defensive player list in the first half of the season, the recent decline in the defensive end of the dream seems to be more worthy of fear for Warriors fans.
So what level is Green without Curry? Since the 2014-2015 season, when Green and Curry were on the floor together, the team had a plus-minus of +9.13; only Green did not have Curry? The team's plus-minus is -3.78.
To share another set of data, last season, Curry played in the game the Warriors 37 wins and 26 losses, a win rate of 58.7%; curry did not play in the 9 games the Warriors 2 wins and 7 losses, a win rate of 22.2%;
How much has the Warriors improved this season? Curry played in the game, the Warriors 45 wins and 19 losses, a winning rate of 70.3%; Curry's absent game The Warriors won 3 wins and 9 losses, with a winning rate of 25%.
From the improvement in winning percentage, we can indeed see some improvements in the rest of the Warriors, Poole has become "Tea Jordan", Wiggins also handed over a good 3D player performance in the first half, and returned to the level of sweating after the All-Star Game!
As the season drew to a close, Curry began to miss out on injuries, and the Warriors were now "out of shape," and only when the tide faded did we know who was swimming naked.
Yesterday, a warriors fan friend in the background wrote me privately, saying that he was tired of the clichés of Kerr every time he lost. "I want Wiggins to show aggression", "Green is the soul of our team", "We are in adversity but I believe in our team". Sounds really familiar.......
But as soon as you get on the field, familiar scenes always happen every time. Players like Chiosa who should not be in the NBA at all can also get 11.6 minutes of rotation time (31.3% + 10% shooting rate after the All-Star game), Bjelica's poor state of the DNP can still be a pit, Damien Lee's three-point shooting rate from the All-Star Game is 18.5%, but he and the rookie Moody's 40% three-point shooting rate are only 0.2 minutes apart.
As a head coach, who can use and who can't, is Cole really indistinguishable? Or is it because of Curry's presence that Kerr can't see the true level of the Warriors' role players?
Today's game against the Memphis Grizzlies, the Grizzlies gave up two stars, Morant and Jackson, the result? The Warriors played a quarter and a half and scored 24 points, so how low was the quality of the game? Put it this way, the Grizzlies are like a serious NBA team, the Warriors say that the NCAA is too strong, at most a high school level team, the second team looks at players like Chiosa in control, not to mention the Warriors fans, even the Grizzlies fans have to doze off bored. The second quarter of this game was completely spent, and the people watching it were really bored, and they thought that the second and third in the West could have a fierce confrontation? As a result, the Thunder Blazers can play overtime, and the Warriors are here for sightseeing?
Cole was also not polite in the second half, and directly applied for the two technicians to go out. This game is really bad enough. Jackson of the Grizzlies also tweeted on Twitter to taunt a wave of Warriors, and the youngsters were angry enough.
The prediction I gave before the start of the season was that if the Warriors had a chance to rush to the Western Conference Finals, they would now have 48 wins and 28 losses, but since 2022, they have only 21 wins and 21 losses, the 13th in the league in the same period, in fact, they are only 1.5 wins ahead of the Lone Rangers.
If it really slipped to fourth, it is better to meet the Jazz team that has lost the last four consecutive games, and Curry is also quite experienced in playing the Jazz. What if you run into The Nuggets? It may not be very pleasant to say, and it is not impossible to get out of the first round!
At the end of the day, it's time for everyone to see who the Warriors' real big core/who is the player who really comes with their own system.
It was Steven Curry who brought this mediocre team to the heights it shouldn't have been, and it was he who made his teammates better.
From teammates, head coaches to management, cherish Curry, no Curry, really is the existence of a collective downgrade.