A superstar who played in two consecutive playoff games as a substitute is not an easy task to look at. Don't think that the substitute and the starting point is a problem in the order of appearances, in fact, the substitution or the starting point is actually a matter of face for a considerable number of players. Especially as the first core of the team, or when the year of playing and the team is facing the start of the playoffs, and his bench play is extremely good, these factors are wrapped up in it, and it is actually difficult to get this superstar to play as a substitute, but Curry seems to be indifferent.
In the past two years, there has only been one game of the superstar comeback to play the bench, that is, durant last year, his first game of return was arranged by Nash to come on as a substitute, and there are few superstars playing as a substitute, even if it is two games. For many superstars, being on the bench means disrespecting him. As far as the Lakers are concerned, this season the world knows that James and Wei Shao are incompatible, and the effect of Wei Shao playing on the bench may be better, but Wei Shao does not appear on the bench, and Vogel does not dare to rush to let Wei Shao go to the bench. Thompson's comeback in the previous paragraph, although the team did not say that he was a substitute, but the outside world was quite critical.
But Thompson also made it clear that he would not be a substitute! Obviously, many people in the role of substitute do not like to play, especially as a super giant, playing as a substitute is indeed a face loss problem. But Curry didn't just play on the bench, he played as a substitute in two consecutive playoff games. In fact, according to the normal thinking, Curry is absent, Poole played a phenomenal play, who should be the most panicked person? It should be Curry, because Poole may replace Curry's starting position, but do you see Curry panicking? After Poole scored a three-pointer, he was happy like a schoolboy, and Curry did not feel flustered at all, but continued to accept the position given to him by the team as a substitute.
So when the bosses of a team start sacrificing their roles like this, the other players have nothing to complain about. Who can't play, who has few shots is not much to say, after all, even Curry has played two consecutive substitute roles. This is similar to the style of the Warriors team, team + selfless! The Warriors pursue team basketball, the style of the ball is to keep passing the ball, and constantly use the running position to catch the ball and shoot, so the Warriors always play very smoothly, everyone can have the opportunity to catch the ball, which is the biggest feature of this team, and Curry is like a reflection of this team.
Now the Warriors' lineup when there is Thompson must choose a substitute between Curry and Poole, there is no doubt that the replacement should be Poole, but now Kerr plays a trick to let Curry replace. It's hard to say whether it's a tactic or whether Cole wants Curry to recover better and face the playoffs later, but the fact that Curry has played as a playoff substitute in two consecutive games and he doesn't seem to have any impact on his form shows that not only is Kerr brave, but Curry is also selfless. G3 who will be the starting number one is not easy to say, but it is certain that if Kerr continues to let Curry play as a substitute, it will still not be surprising, the Warriors are very team, Curry is also very selfless.