On April 22, Beijing time, the Warriors defeated the Nuggets 118-113 away from home, rewriting the overall score to 3-0. Their new Dead Five lineup (Curry + Thompson + Poole + Green + Wiggins) was threatening again, and data site StatMuse wrote: "The Warriors fell behind 109-111 at one point, they used the Fast Five lineup, played a wave of 8-0 in 3 minutes, and the Warriors won!" ”
The so-called "Fast Five" lineup is the Warriors' new death five, and now they have a lot of nicknames. This new set of five small, counting G3, the playoffs a total of 23 minutes, how effective? The data shows that in these 23 minutes, the Warriors' offensive efficiency is 142.6, the defensive efficiency is 105.8, and they can win 36.8 points per 100 rounds!
How strong is 36.8 points to win 100 rounds? Of all the playoff five-man groups that use at least 20 minutes, that's second in the league! Yes, you read that right, just when everyone thought they were definitely the most efficient lineup to win, there was a lineup in the league that had a better winning performance in the playoffs! They are the Heat's Lowry + Tucker + Butler + Adebayor + Strus.
This underrated Heat lineup, which is currently used in the playoffs for a total of 21 minutes, has an offensive efficiency of 111.1 and a defensive efficiency of 66.7, and their offense is not as crazy as the Warriors' new five, but their defense is more suffocating. Winning 44.4 points per 100 rounds is the winning performance of the Heat's lineup. If the Warriors' new five is a sharp spear, the Heat's lineup is a hard shield!
Of course, the data sample is still very small, and two teams, or two sets of lineups, have to go all the way to the finals if they want to really pass! The Warriors' new five-little experiment was initially successful, and now they are only one win away from the Western Conference semifinals! There is another team in the history of the league that can turn the tables when it is 3-0 behind. StatMuse wrote: "If Jokic loses the G4, he will become the first MVP in NBA history to be swept in the first round. ”