The Warriors' progress this season is there for all to see, with they eliminating Jokic's Nuggets 4-1 in the first round and the Grizzlies led by young talent Morant in the second round.
The reason why the Warriors are so strong this season, in addition to the efforts of the whole team, Curry's contribution to the team is indispensable, in 5 games, four games as the sixth person of the team, for the team to win Curry willing to let go, just imagine the entire history of the NBA league, holding the absolute core of the annual salary of $45 million to play the bench, is a unique thing, but Curry did it, he did not care about outside comments, only hope that the team can win and advance, the fifth game, Curry returned to his familiar starting position, Scored 30 points to lead the team to victory and advance to the semifinals. Curry's performance has been unanimously recognized by fans and teams.
However, compared to before, Curry's data was concerned by fans, that is, his free throw shooting dropped by nearly 17 percentage points, the first round of 5 games, Curry won 39 free throws, hit 29 of them, the free throw shooting rate was 74.7%, creating a career low, Curry's free throw shooting rate in previous seasons was more than 91%, even if the first playoff trip, his free throw shooting rate was never less than 80%, for Curry's first round of free throw shooting rate declined, teammates Looney and Poole found the reason.
Looney said in an interview: Curry's free throw slippage is either a basketball problem or a basket problem. Poole said: "When the Nuggets played an away game at home, I felt that the basket was a bit off, and after the third game, our team raised this point to the Nuggets staff, who adjusted the basket in the fourth training session.
"The Warriors Talk" in the report, proved that the Nuggets home basket is indeed crooked, but Poole seems to like the crooked frame very much, after the fourth game of the basket correction, Poole's shooting percentage began to decline, shooting from the original 66.7%, down to 20%, three-point from 59.1%, down to 0.22%. Poole's sluggish shooting also explains why Curry's free throw shooting percentage has declined. But as a superstar, fans have reason to believe that Curry will adjust his form in the second round.
Against the Grizzlies will be the warriors' next main task, the Warriors' record against the Grizzlies in the regular season is 1 win and 3 losses, not dominant, but turning over the regular season data, in these four games, the Warriors have a large number of player absence records, especially in the last game, Curry, Green, Klay are all absent, resulting in their big score against the opponent, the Grizzlies are better than the Warriors' record, the two teams have home advantage, the main reason for the Warriors' failure before is the gap in the interior line, they can not limit adams outbreak, The only game to win was when the whole team limited Adams through joint defense to barely win.
The Grizzlies have many young players on this team, Morant is more affected by external factors, he can get 40+ points in a game, he can also score 20 points in a game, limiting Morant is only one of them, whether he can limit Adams will become the top priority, fortunately, the Grizzlies did not give Adams too much time in the first round of the game, played three games without a point, eliminated the Timberwolves This game, Adams is absent due to injury.
So from the current point of view, the Warriors have been completely adjusted, their small lineup is getting stronger, the regular season record does not have much reference value, as long as Kerr arranges the tactics to deal with the opponent's interior line, relying on the strong offensive ability of Curry, Klay and Poole, they are fully capable of eliminating the Grizzlies in the second round.