Beijing time on May 4, the NBA playoffs continued, the Warriors lost 101-106 away to the Grizzlies, in the last game the Warriors with the efforts of the team to steal a victory at the home of the Grizzlies, for the Grizzlies, they have reached the edge of the cliff, this game has no way back. Sure enough, the first quarter of the game, the Grizzlies preconceived, successively hurt The Little Payton and Green two defensive gates, and they themselves also lost the important rotation player Brooks, followed by Curry, Curry was also hit by Clark, there was a bleeding hand, many people felt that the Grizzlies played too dirty, but Xiao Feng felt that this is the defensive intensity of the playoffs.
With the offside of Payton Jr., Morant was not polite at all, and got 14 points in a single quarter of the game, helping the Grizzlies firmly occupy the leading edge, the Warriors played very hard this game, and even we can see that the Warriors are constantly speeding up and trying to solve the Grizzlies as soon as possible, but in the final quarter, Morant stood up again, 18 points in a single quarter, completely killing the Warriors' chances.
Throughout the game, the Warriors played very hard, but they also exposed a lot of shortcomings. First of all, there are mistakes, in fact, we can see that the Warriors are trying to speed up as much as possible, but this invisibly increases the probability of mistakes, the Grizzlies are a particularly impactful team, when the Warriors continue to make mistakes under the Grizzlies to play too many defensive counterattacks. Then the Warriors' three-point shot is too bad, the Warriors' three-point shooting rate in this game is only 18.5%, 38 shots only hit 7 three-pointers, wasting too many opportunities, Xiao Feng felt that since it was not accurate, it should be played more patiently, and can not blindly choose to debug their own feel on the outside. Finally, the Warriors can not find a limit to the Grizzlies scoring points, such as Morant scored 47 points in this game, it can be said that with the little Payton off the field, the Warriors can not find a way to limit Morant, Green although the role is very large, do not forget that the Grizzlies side of the Jackson, overall, the two teams have their own strengths and weaknesses, destined to be an extremely difficult series.
Of course, for the Warriors, it is not without gains, especially Wiggins's performance is even more eye-catching, and it can even be said that if Wiggins did not perform well enough today, perhaps the game would have been spent a long time ago, next, let's take a look at what Wiggins did today.
In the whole game, Wiggins shot 6 of 16 and only had 16 points and 9 rebounds, but Wiggins's plus-minus was the highest among starters. Especially in the second quarter of the game, Wiggins' performance in the block Clarke has made the morale of the Warriors unprecedentedly high, although Wiggins's shooting rate is not very good, but in this game he is the most active player on the Warriors side, from backward to leading Wiggins is the most stable presence on the Warriors side, which greatly alleviates Curry's offensive pressure.
Although the Warriors lost, the injured are not in the minority, but Xiao Feng feels that Wiggins' awakening is the biggest gain of the Warriors in this series, Curry, Klay and Poole have equipped the Warriors with sufficient firepower, with the injury of Peyton Jr., Wiggins and Green will definitely bear heavier defensive pressure, if Wiggins can also send 16-20 points in each game under the premise of defense, such a Warriors team is really invincible.
A game of victory or defeat does not prove anything, Morant can not get 40+ data per game, overall, or the Warriors' lineup is more balanced, even if Morant can barely do it, in this kind of high-intensity consumption of him, how long can he hold out? Therefore, the warriors' hope of promotion is still quite large, this is just the beginning, don't worry.
Today's topic is here, the above views are only Xiao Feng's personal views, please forgive me for the deficiencies.