If you only look at the ranking of records, the Memphis Grizzlies home against the Golden State Warriors, it is bound to be a focus showdown, after all, the two teams are ranked second and third in the West. Judging from the state shown by both sides, the two teams are not on the same level at all. Stephen Curry, the core of the Warriors, continued to be absent, and the team simply let Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Otto Porter truce together. The Memphis Grizzlies lineup at home is not very neat, the two core Ja Morant and Jalan Jackson Jr. have not played, so it is completely a competition between role players.
However, from the perspective of bench depth and tactical literacy, the gap between the Warriors and the Grizzlies is quite large. They also had a slight upper hand in the first quarter, leaving fans to think that the Warriors had a chance to surprise them. Unexpectedly, the second quarter of the Grizzlies opened fire, blasting out a 43-21 attack wave, and the game lost suspense in an instant. Without Stephen Curry on the Warriors side, the team will completely lose its main heart, like a mess; on the contrary, the Grizzlies are completely different, Ja Morant and Jalen Jackson Jr. are important, their absence will have a certain impact on the team, but the rest of the Grizzlies still use their lives to show the power of team basketball.
Despite turning 34, Stephen Curry is still in excellent shape, averaging 25.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and 6.3 assists so far this season, and despite a career-low 37.8 percent three-point shooting percentage, Stephen Curry's outside firepower is still the fastest in the league. However, in the home game against the Boston Celtics, Stephen Curry and Marcus Smart when fighting for the calf injury, according to the corresponding diagnosis and prediction, Stephen Curry is likely to wait until the playoffs to return, which is a thunderbolt for the Warriors.
Sure enough, after Stephen Curry was injured, the Warriors simply left it to their own devices. They first suffered a terrible defeat, in their home 108-110 defeat to the San Antonio Spurs, but also with this victory, the Spurs are back on track, and now they have seen the opportunity to get a play-off seat; then the Warriors began a five-game road trip, the first game was unfavorable, in the second half by the Orlando Magic reversed, to know that the other side is at the bottom of the East; it is difficult to win the Miami Heat, which is troubled by internal and external troubles, and finally ended the losing streak Then the Golden State Warriors immediately lost to the Atlanta Hawks and Washington Wizards, don't forget that despite last season's excellent performance and all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals, the Hawks have not performed well this season, and even the play-off seats are difficult to guarantee, and the Warriors have given their opponents an incomparably crucial victory. The Wizards' record declined in the second half of the season in the case of early reimbursement of the current star Bradley Beal due to injury, and as a result, against the Warriors, the Wizards won a long-lost victory, and the former All-Star Christaps Porzingis, who only joined at the last moment of the day, completely dominated the basket.
Coupled with this fiasco to the Memphis Grizzlies, in other words, since Stephen Curry's truce, the Warriors' record is only 1 win and 5 losses. Stephen Curry is on the floor, not only can he score on his own, but he can also create a lot of open shooting opportunities for his teammates, and even most of the Warriors' offensive tactics are designed around Stephen Curry. Now that he has been absent for a long time, the Warriors coaching staff is dumbfounded, other players try the same tactics, and they do not have such strong execution ability, and the Warriors are naturally defeated.
To make matters worse, the Warriors' next schedule is quite difficult. The next game the team will have to return home, but they will encounter the Phoenix Suns, who are at the top of the league table. Among the opponents that followed, except for the Sacramento Kings, who appeared to be desperate, and even after the two major players of The Round of Daron Fox and Sabonis Jr., they were not easy to deal with. For example, they have to play against the Utah Jazz, although the same recent situation is not good, and they have suffered four consecutive losses, but as long as the Jazz keep the lineup in order, against the Golden State Warriors who are currently missing Stephen Curry and are very weak, the win is obviously greater. In the end, the Warriors will have to go back to the Los Angeles Lakers, San Antonio Spurs and New Orleans Pelicans in the closing stage, all three teams will fight for playoff qualification without exception, and will naturally try their best to win. Although the Warriors are ranked third in the West, the advantage is not obvious, and the Dallas Mavericks, Utah Jazz and even the Denver Nuggets behind them are all eyeing them, and the Warriors can't even keep their current positions.
Due to the dismal record during this period, Warriors coach Steve Kerr has often been the target of verbal criticism. Although Stephen Curry's absence has a great impact on the Warriors, as the head coach of the team, you can't come up with the slightest solution, and even the scene is extremely ugly, it seems to be impossible to say. Prior to this, the outside world thought that Kerr's so-called title of champion coach and the 15 famous coaches in history seemed a bit unworthy of the name, thinking that Kerr only dipped in the light of Stephen Curry and the peak Warriors. If you want to change the attitude of the outside world towards himself, Kerr must prove as soon as possible that even if the Warriors lack Curry, they can still win some games, otherwise even his coaching position may no longer be stable.