The NBA regular season continues, with the West ushering in a focus battle, and the Warriors sit at home to meet the Jazz.
Before the game began, the Warriors were in third place in the West, but the team was only 0.5 wins ahead of the Lone Rangers behind them, and was in a four-game losing streak, and the team had only won one of the last 8 games, and if it could not reverse the momentum, it was very likely to fall out of the top half.
The Jazz are in fifth place, 2 wins away from the Warriors before the game, and the team's state has also been a bit sluggish recently, but it is much better than the Warriors, if they can win, then the gap between the two teams will be directly reduced to 1 win.
As soon as the game began, the Jazz were mainly anti-guest, blossoming inside and out, and played a fantastic 7-0 start.
Since then, the Jazz have firmly suppressed the Warriors and pulled the point difference to double digits in the middle of the quarter, but fortunately the Warriors recovered in the second half of the quarter, closing the gap to 7 points at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the Jazz continued to be in a fiery state, the inside and outside blossomed to continue to score points, the Warriors fell into a dud, the point difference was stretched beyond 20 points, although the Jazz's offensive status declined since then, but the Jazz still held a 13-point lead at the end of the half.
Easy to fight again, the two teams play between you and me, the point difference has been maintained between 10-15, the Warriors have repeatedly forced the point difference to single digits, but the Jazz can always respond.
Fortunately, the Warriors' outside line felt hot, and in the last two rounds of the third quarter, Klay and Belitsa hit three points in succession, which allowed the Warriors to successfully narrow the point difference to 6 points when the third quarter ended.
Entering the final quarter of the scramble, the Jazz played consecutively, re-widening the point difference to double digits, but at the critical moment Klay took over the game, one person three-pointers in a row, plus Pooley's sudden shooting, the Warriors finally defeated the Jazz 111-107, staging a 21-point reversal.
Throughout the game, both teams played well, and the Jazz team even blossomed inside and outside to score in double figures.
Among them, Mitchell had 26 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Conley 26 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, Bogdanovic 17 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, Gobert had 14 points and 19 rebounds, and Clarkson had 14 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
Even so, it is still difficult to stop Tang Shen to return to the position, the whole game, Tang Shen shot 14 of 28, one person won 36 points, 5 boards and 2 assists, in the key fourth quarter game, Clay one person hit 4 three points, is the biggest contributor to the team reversal.
This is not the first time Clay has exploded, in the past four games, Clay has delivered 36, 25 and 37 points in a single game.
This is also the result of the persistence of Warriors coach Kerr, who was criticized by the outside world at the beginning of Clay's return, kerr still understood huge pressure to give Clay enough opportunities and shots.
This allowed Tang Shen to finally find his form, and in the past 9 games, Clay can average 25 points per game and shoot 39% from three-point range.
It is not difficult to see from the game that Clay is reducing the number of personal ball-holding strong fights, regaining the style of the top 3D players of the past, more of a catch-and-shoot shot.
This means that Clay is gradually getting rid of the self-proofing circle and returning to the familiar scoring pattern of the past, as long as he reduces the proportion of personal ball holding and gives up a large number of forced shots.
Then according to Clay's projection ability, he is still the most critical link in the warrior team's championship road, especially after the return of Curry in the future, Klay's end will become an important tactical fulcrum.
In addition to Clay, Poole's performance was also remarkable, playing 38 minutes, 9 of 22, scoring 31 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.
It's also the epitome of Poole's efficient play over the past period of time, with Poole scoring 20+ consecutive points in the last 16 games.
During this period, he averaged 26.6 points and 5.1 assists per game, shooting 49.6% from the field and shooting 45% from three-point range (averaging 10 three-pointers per game), and it was his proud play with Klay that allowed the Warriors to complete the big reversal and lock up the playoff spot in advance.