No one expected that the Warriors, who could not even win the magic and wizards before, actually fought with the first in the West today.
103-107, although Green's last-minute mistakes buried hopes of victory, while the Western Conference ranking was overtaken by the Lone Ranger to fall to fourth, objectively speaking, the Warriors of this game still played their own style, which was eye-catching.
11 of 22 shots, 7 of 15 three-pointers, 9 of 10 free throws, 38 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, a standard "Curry-style stat", but the person who played this statistic is a man named Jordan Poole, who exploded today, shooting 6 of 7 in the first quarter, hitting 3 three-pointers, slashing 15 points in a single quarter, helping the Warriors achieve a slight lead.
Looking at Poole's scoring method, it is not difficult to find that he is completely imitating Curry's regular playing style, the first is that after halftime, Green actively enters the mode of running without the ball when holding the ball, and then uses the cover to resolutely shoot three points, followed by the use of his own attraction in the fast attack to involve the defense, and then looking for teammates in the empty position to shoot easily, which can be described as the second vein of the system.
Curry's role in the Warriors is actually not so complicated, his historical projection ability can bring multiple threats to the team's offense, while empowering teammates around him, and his agile singles with the ball give the team more tactical options.
But in fact, because the physical talent is not the top of the league, as long as the projection ability reaches the standard, Curry's offensive mode is completely replicable, in addition to regular time, Poole also caused consecutive fouls and free throws at key moments, if not too many mistakes in the details, perhaps he still has the opportunity to win the team, as Curry's stand-in is fully qualified.
Poole can explode, who is behind it? Of course, it is the head coach and his passing system, as we all know, when Curry is not there, due to the lack of a defensive attraction point, so the entire tactical system can not be activated, at this time Green in the arc to hold the ball in addition to wasting time has no meaning, so the outside world will say that Kerr is an ordinary coach without Curry.
So Kerr in this environment let Poole take on the role of moving the defensive layout, fortunately the latter completed the task well, taking a round in the first quarter as an example, Green handed the ball to Poole, and he became a cover wall, Poole got a little shooting space and immediately hit a three-point shot, which is not the scene where Curry let the fans "kneel and watch the ball" in the past?
Any great coach, after losing the help of a superstar, is unlikely to continue to achieve the desired success, which includes Popovich and Zen master Jackson have to admit that Kerr's passing system has no problems in appearance form, and the ultimate goal is still to get the players moving, and then choose the best shooting point to complete the fire output.
To put it bluntly, the system is still the basic plate of the Warriors, the more hot the player's feel, the stronger the power of the system, on the contrary, if the ability and state of the players can not meet the requirements of the operation of the system, then the Warriors are a fish belly team, now Poole has been able to do Curry's work well, if today's 21 in 5 Thompson can give some strength, the future is still afraid of not winning the ball?
As a coach, in addition to Kerr's confidence in some moments, whether it is personality charm or tactical literacy, he can't fault too much, and hopes that Curry can make a comeback in time, so that he and Kerr can achieve a perfect effect.