Can't Wiggins grab a rebound or doesn't want to grab a rebound? The first game against the Nuggets proved that he really wasn't unable to grab rebounds, but he really didn't want to grab rebounds sometimes. Played the Nuggets with 16 points and 9 rebounds, 6-of-11. Just look at the data, then there is nothing to say, the mouth brother performance is mediocre, as if there is no sense of existence, but this thing you have to watch the game to find the beginning, someone is in the red flower, then naturally ask someone to be a green leaf. And the mouth brother is the green leaf of this game, very different from previous games, Wiggins highlighted two words when playing the first game of his Warriors career playoffs: caution!
In the past regular season, the mouth brother will still take the initiative to attack and take the initiative to hold the ball, but this playoff game, the mouth brother almost does not hold the ball throughout the whole time, and the score is all over, and the complete no-ball playing style is complete. Many people say that the presence of the mouth brother is not high, but the positioning of this scene is too clear. Impact point + defense point! Brother Mouth is responsible for the quick attack assault in the conversion and the empty cut under the basket, all of which are the kind of 3D flow of play, rarely hold the ball to attack in the low position, will go to the middle distance to pull, only after his opportunity, Brother Mouth will strongly rush two, he is the only player on the Warriors team who can challenge Jokic.
On the defensive end, the mouth brother can go from one defense to four or five small when he is paired with Green, and Wiggins' rebounding ability is reflected at that time. Just three words: jump high! When Wiggins started protecting the basket, the ability to control that rebound was really not covered. In the past, Wiggins used to give his teammates a card position and let his teammates pick rebounds, but after falling into the box today, he began to grab rebounds like crazy, protecting all the high rebounds and long rebounds. In addition, his and Green's forward defense is indeed strong, especially the two can change defenses with unlimited tacit understanding, and when guarding the penalty area, they are not worse than a big center.
Therefore, there are not many shots of this game to find the mouth brother, most of the time it is as an outside shooting point and an arrow for impact. Playing the Nuggets in the playoffs requires the mouth brother to play such a role, the Nuggets' outside line is not very defensive, the Warriors' outside line is easy to open, do not need the mouth brother to crazy to play in the low position, to all kinds of strong shots in the middle distance. Under this set of duels, it is more important to grab rebounds, defense and impact the Nuggets' interior line, which is the most important thing he needs to do in this round of playoffs. Once it is said that it is time to let the mouth brother cash in on the athletic talent, the Nuggets are actually quite uncomfortable.
However, the Warriors later intentionally or unintentionally hit the tactics of two mouth brothers, giving the mouth brother a certain opportunity to break through. It can be seen that the mouth brother still has the ability to hold the ball and solve hard, but at this stage, he is more required to shoot three-pointers and score some breakthroughs. As for the follow-up words, it depends on the playoffs and teammates' play, once the playoffs change, the mouth brother may be able to really play a playoff game of his own. But then again, Poole was so explosive that even Curry wanted to lie down, and the mouth brother naturally didn't want to sweat.