The NBA regular season ushered in a focus battle, the Warriors sat at home to meet the top of the league table Suns, the former Curry was injured, suffered three consecutive defeats, lost 6 of the last 7 games, and the latter won 8 consecutive wins, locked the first place in the regular season, it can be said that morale is booming, the two teams after the competition, the Warriors lost the Suns by 4 points, suffered four consecutive losses, the ranking slipped to the fourth place in the West, the Suns won 9 consecutive wins, 62 wins broke the best record in team history.
From the perspective of the whole game, the Warriors can withstand the pressure of the sun, it is completely the credit of Poole, in the first quarter he showed his strength, bringing the Warriors to take the lead, and in the second quarter, the Sun adjusted tactics, strengthened the defense, the Warriors once could not adapt, when the Suns overtook the game and wanted to open the point difference, it was Poole who helped the team through the difficulties, to the third quarter the Sun always maintained a 2-point lead, to the fourth quarter, Poole's three-point one-point helped the Warriors to take the lead, but the inner line could not prevent Ayton, Crowder was released from the outside, and with Green's mistake, Poole's three-pointer failed to be extended, and the Warriors eventually accepted the loss.
Four Warriors players scored in double figures, Poole became the most shining player in the game, played 37 minutes, 11 of 22 shots, 15 three-point shots hit 7 times, 9 of 10 free throws, had 38 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, only 2 turnovers, his performance was perfect, 38 points was the highest score in Poole's career, so the data also made Poole the second player in Warriors history to be able to get at least 30 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists in a single game, and shot more than 7 three-pointers, and the player who previously held this record was Curry This game also allowed Poole to score more than 20 points in 15 consecutive games, and the only people in the active league who can surpass Pooler are Tatum, Embiid, Booker and Jokic.
It can be said that Pooler is comparable to a number of MVP candidates, whether it is data or hard work on the court, he is completely above other players, in Curry's absence, Wiggins is depressed, Green and Thompson are also helpless, Poole stepped forward to take over the team, although the Warriors lost the game, but Poole's play is enough to make fans happy.
The main failure of the Warriors has two aspects, one is that Green's mistake, at the critical moment of the game, Green dribbled the ball, jumped up in the air to pass, the result was that he fell to the ground with the ball, the ball was thrown out, and was punished by the referee for walking violations, Green did not realize his mistake, but complained that his teammates did not come to catch the ball, Paul laughed after seeing it, Green's mistake also directly ruined all the Efforts of the Warriors, Green played for 32 minutes, 8 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 mistakes, plus or minus the lowest minus 10 in the whole game. Become the root cause of the Warriors' defeat.
Second: Kerr's tactics and Thompson's use, if Green's mistake is the main reason for the Warriors' loss, then Thompson's defense is another layer of reasons for the Warriors' loss, empty Crowder, causing the latter to shoot the key three points, this game Clay played 34 minutes, 21 shots only 5, three points is 10 of 11, got 13 points and 4 assists, did not play a core role at all, now the Warriors' biggest difficulty is whether to reuse Thompson, reuse him for the sake of the playoffs, But his form is still not fully restored, not reused, worried that he has lost confidence, Kerr as a manager is very confused, he has not effectively solved this problem, at the critical moment, even if Poole performs well, he prefers to trust Thompson, which makes Kerr's tactics have a lot of doubts.
As for Wiggins, the performance is still flat, 19 points, which is his ceiling, but the Warriors can play the suns with neat personnel until the last moment without Curry, which is already an indirect victory. The only thing I expect Curry to return quickly is to lead the Warriors back on track.