In the NBA playoffs that ended today, the Warriors won the Nuggets 123-107 at home, ushering in a good start.
The Warriors' star Stephen Curry returned this game, but he only played as a substitute, and the starting point was still Jordan Poole, who performed well in the regular season. In the end, Poole did not disappoint Kerr, shooting 9 of 13 in the game, including 5 of 7 three-pointers, scoring 30 points and 3 assists, while substitute Curry also made 13 shots, only 5 of 13 shots, and had 16 points and 4 assists.
In the Warriors' system, there will always be players who can explode, starting with second-round draw Drummond Green, to later Looney, Bell, Anderson, and then to this year's Poole.
As a rookie with the 28th pick, Poole averaged 18.5 points and 4 assists per game in the regular season this season, which is a big improvement from last season. This is thanks to Cole's stocking.
Honestly, if it weren't for the three championships in hand, Then Kerr as a coach is really too "pretend", and many times, it is actually Kerr's "brainless" operation that causes the Warriors to lose. But no way, the champion is convincing.
For example, in the second round of the 18-19 season, Durant was injured, Kerr said that he could only find another player who averaged 35 points, 11 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 blocks per game, and the result was that the key sixth game, Durant was absent, and the Warriors' bench players, in total, were about 35 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists, helping the team defeat the Rockets and advance to the Western Conference Finals.
It was "loaded" by Cole again.
This season, Kerr is actually very "free-range" for Warriors players, and many players have been given opportunities. The Warriors went from being the first in the league at the beginning of the season, then being surpassed by the Suns, then being surpassed by the Grizzlies, and then almost being surpassed by the Lone Rangers, and the record continued to decline, and Klay Thompson was not in good shape, but Kerr and the Warriors still went their own way.
In the Warriors, you can understand that the regular season is a training opportunity, you have to try more lineups, all kinds of weapons, all kinds of play, the playoffs will have more choices, of course, provided that you have enough strength.
The so-called more attempts are definitely not like the Lakers, who have changed 41 sets of starts a year - that is a completely aimless change of starters, even if they lose, they are also changing if they win.
The so-called more attempts, the negative example is actually Harden, at the beginning Harden actually has a lot of weapons on the offensive end, layups, three-pointers, and middle shots, the only thing that is relatively poor is the back singles, but with more and more points of touching porcelain, Harden is not willing to make other attempts, so that the weapons in his arsenal are slowly rusting, and there is no more choice at the key moments of the playoffs.
In the 17-18 Western Conference Finals, the Rockets hit iron with 27 consecutive three-pointers, harden had no way, except to continue to play iron, there was no other choice, watching the team lose and get out.
In the regular season this season, Kerr deliberately let Klay Thompson try to play the ball, although the result was not ideal, but at least one more attempt is more possible. Not only that, Kerr also deliberately let Poole replace Curry's role in the system, using Poole as Curry, the result is not bad, Poole once played 17 consecutive games 20+, of course, the 18th game only 19 points, was ended by Kerr.
It was Cole's stocking that gave birth to a new Curry, system Curry – Jordan Poole. With Poole, Clay Thompson, and Drummond Green, you can also play the poor version of the Tsunami Brothers tactic. And today Poole scored 30 points in his playoff debut, the performance is very amazing, it is completely the Warriors' miracle, which allows Curry to concentrate on playing the bench.
Interestingly, when asked Cole if it was difficult to put Poole on the bench, Kerr didn't prove to come back to —
He only said one sentence, "The boat is naturally straight to the bridge"!
Pass to "Joe" to throw, there is a Joe, Jordan Pooler, it seems that Cole is still more inclined to Poole, Curry: Then I have become a stand-in!
Stocking has the benefits of stocking, and now warriors are experiencing this benefit, that is, they don't know how long they can experience it, and to what extent. For the Warriors, their biggest deficiency is not the outside line, but the ability to defend and attack the inside, if it comes to a hard battle, the Warriors will still be very difficult, after all, Curry and Poole are too thin.