This article will bring you a three-point observation about the Warriors' Grizzlies' Western Conference semifinals opening game, namely Payton's downs, Wiggins' frontcourt rebounds and the Grizzlies' three-pointers on the outside.
In this game, Payton raised the starting line with Curry to partner with the guard line, so the Warriors began to play three Curry Payton high blocking tactics in a row:
The first goal, Payton went down, attracting the defense, and the ball was ambushed in the bottom left corner of Wiggins, who missed the opportunity to hit three points
- On the second goal, Payton still went down, and the Grizzlies responded to the bottom corners of the two sides, but missed Klay at a 45-degree angle, who missed a three-point opportunity
- The third goal, after Payton went down, directly to Bain
Curry and Payton's blocking, the Grizzlies in the absence of defense, almost unable to limit the Warriors' tactical coordination, because Morant and Dillon are not high, can not interfere with Curry's unexpected ball.
Second, there is the deterrent power of Payton's downfall. In six games in the playoffs this season, Payton averaged 0.7 runs per game after blocking the ball, scoring 1.5 points each time. Both production and efficiency are higher than in the regular season, the production in the regular season is 0.2 times, and the efficiency is 1 point.
There is also a data about Curry and Payton, compared with the regular season and the playoffs, Curry Payton's time in the field at the same time has not changed much, 11.1 minutes in the regular season, 11 minutes in the playoffs, plus or minus has risen, +3.6 in the regular season, +4.5 in the playoffs. In the case of Peyton's average number of empty cuts per game drop by 1, this positive and negative improvement basically comes from the two people's blocking and dismantling cooperation.
The second point of concern is Wiggins' frontcourt rebounding scramble.
Wiggins' scramble for rebounds in the frontcourt is mainly these three scenarios:
——After smoking in the bottom corner, sneak the bottom line card slot to grab the board or grab the point, which is unexpected and positive
——Non-bottom corner three-point position rushed into the inner line to grab the board
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Wiggins' frontcourt rebounding enthusiasm has been reflected in the regular season, but comparing the playoff data, it will be found that Wiggins has a higher rebounding rate in the playoffs.
Let's look at the data:
Wiggins' offensive rebounding rate after missing a regular season team's shooting was 3.6%, 57% more than the same position;
So far in the six playoff games, the team's offensive rebounding rate after missing a shot is 6.7%, which is 96% of the players in the same position
After the regular season team missed the free throw, Wiggins' offensive rebounding rate was 1.9%, outpacing the 71% player in the same position.
So far in the playoffs, this figure is temporarily zero.
The high-level data is in line with the perception, and the basic data is that Wiggins has averaged 7 rebounds per game so far in the playoffs, a new career high, and an average of 1.7 frontcourt rebounds per game is also a career high.
Wiggins is silently dedicating his strength, sacrificing some of the ball and doing more dirty work. So far in the playoffs, BBR data shows that Wiggins's USG% is a career low of just 19.8%, or more accurately, for the first time, a career low of 20%.
The third observation is the Grizzlies' outside three-pointer.
In the regular season, Morant's absence from the floor had a negligible impact on the Grizzlies' three-point shooting percentage. But in the targeted playoffs, worried about Morant's breakthrough, most teams chose to contract and let Morante go.
So, in the playoffs this season, when Morant was on the floor, the Grizzlies shot 37.1 percent from three-point range, and when they weren't on the floor, the Grizzlies dropped to 35.7 percent. This is feedback from the overall defensive strategy.
If the data were more specific, it would be so.
In the regular season, the Grizzlies shot 669-of-1,849 non-bottom three-pointers, shooting 36.2 percent from the field, the league's third-
In the first round of the series, the Grizzlies shot 54 of 134 non-bottom three-pointers, shooting 40.3%, the league's third;
G1 non-bottom corner three-pointers shot 14 of 34, a mid-41.2%.
First, the Grizzlies' non-bottom corner three-point shooting rate is a little too unusual, 4 percentage points more accurate than the regular season; second, although the Warriors let the Grizzlies shoot 41.2% of the non-bottom corner three-point shooting rate today, the Grizzlies' most accurate shooter Bane 5 of 1, Morant and Little Jalen 20 of 10, the latter two are usually not accurate, but this gives the Warriors a defensive response.
But it is impossible for Morant and Jalen Jr. to be so accurate.
In the regular season, the Grizzlies shot 228-of-620 three-pointers from the bottom corner, shooting 36.8 percent from the field, the league's 24th.
In the first round of the series, he shot 15 of 53 three-pointers in the bottom corner, shooting 28.3%, the league's 18th.
G1 bottom corner three-point shooting 6-of-2 shooting, shooting 33.3%.
This may be one of the reasons why the Warriors' bold bottom corner contractions.