101-106, the Warriors lost to the Grizzlies, the reason for the loss, the team's F4 three-point collective inaccuracy, and the reason, Jenkins "abandoned 2" activation is the key.
Curry lost to the Grizzlies 27+9+8 Warriors
The Warriors' three-point shots in this game, Curry 3 of 11, Klay 12 of 12, Wiggins 7 of 1, Poole 6 of 1, F4 combined, only 7 of 36 shots, shooting 19.4%. One-man inaccuracy may be poor feel, the collective inaccuracy of the four active league top shooters, then it is not just a matter of feel, the bigger reason is related to the opponent's defense, how does the Grizzlies defend it? Take section 4 as an example:
In the last game, the Grizzlies' closing lineup: Jackson, Clark, Dillon, Bain and Morant, today, Dillon was expelled in the opening 3 minutes due to second-degree malicious fouls, Jackson had 4 minutes left the court with 6 fouls in the last quarter, and in the absence of two main players, it is reasonable that Jenkins should send Tillman (7 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals in this game) and Jones, partnerIng Bane, Clark and Morant, however, Jenkins's decision, abandoning Tillman and Jones, sending Zaire Williams and Melton to the court, the effect:
First, the talent of the field lineup.
Bain and Moland are dual cores, and we don't need to go into them, look at the other three:
Clark, 203 cm tall and 204 cm arm span, static talent is not as good as Tillman, however, he has excellent footwork and elite-level bounce ability.
Melton, 191 cm tall 204 cm arm span, 79 cm bounce, is also the top level.
Zaire Williams, 208 cm tall and 209 cm arm span, 86 kg weight allows him to walk in the air as well.
At this point, look at the Grizzlies' lineup on the court, all of which are more than 191 centimeters, at least each position is higher than Curry (188 centimeters); compared to Poole, only Morant and Melton are 2 centimeters shorter; the double interior Clark and Zavey have a height advantage over Green and Wiggins, so the defensive capital of the Grizzlies' lineup can match the Warriors' offensive advantage.
Second, the Grizzlies' defensive alignment.
With capital, how to deploy it? Let's look at Jenkins' defensive strategy:
The Grizzlies' defensive alignment
Clark defended Green and Bain defended Clay in two sets of normal alignment defense, note that the remaining three position alignments are shown in the figure: Morant defense against Pooler (normal should defend Curry), Zawei defense Curry (normal should defend Wiggins), Merton defense Wiggins (normal should defend Poole), three sets of completely misplaced defensive purposes?
Morant's defense is flawed, but fast enough to keep up with Pooler; Zavey's height can cover Curry; Melton can give up Wiggins at any time to implement the pinch, coupled with the strategy of infinite defense, so that in the next 4 minutes, the Warriors' three-point projection is as follows:
Third, the Grizzlies defend the Warriors' three-point "epitome".
Defending Curry for three points
Curry arc top with the ball and Wiggins blocked, although free from Zavey's defense, but Clark's footsteps can keep up, Curry can only pass the ball to Wiggins in the bottom left corner, Morant a look, can be defended, with teammates to protect the rebound.
Defending Curry for three points
And once Curry shoots three points, as shown in the picture, even if he has increased the projection distance and shooting speed in the semi-conversion offense, Zawei and Melton double flying jamming, the height of the two four arms, even interfered with Curry did not touch the basket.
Defensive Clay three-pointers
Dream chases and Clay blocks the cards, and Clark jumps high to complete the cover.
And the most classic scene is as follows:
The Grizzlies defended the Warriors' three-point reach of the ultimate epitome
Curry wanted to grab three points, Zawei pounced; Curry and Green played the classic hand-to-hand hand to block the "meat wall" to cooperate, Zawei squeezed through the defense to cause Green to make a mistake, and fell to the ground to fight with Green to grab the ball, although it was not grabbed, but delayed the Warriors' offensive time; more valuable, when Poole passed the ball to Curry at the top of the left arc, Zawei got up from the ground and ran to the defense, seeing that Bane had already made up defense, he calmly pounced on Clay, Klay was forced by the pressure of offensive time to quickly adjust, and the result was illegal.
The Warriors' 4-of-4 three-pointer in the last 4 minutes was a microcosm of the game's three-point misalignment, and one of the main reasons was as above, Zaweli used his height and arm length to cover Curry, Melton woven the team's inner and outer lines into a net like a bond, and the two helped Morant and Bain to hold the three-point line in two perfect puzzle postures, making the Warriors' five small lineup fail.
Zaire Williams, who contributed 14 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist on 4-of-8 three-point shooting, could not explain the importance of his defense.
Melton, 1 of 4 three-pointers, had just 3 points and 1 assist, but the defensive end contributed a team-high 8 rebounds, 2 steals and 3 blocks.
Note that Dillon was expelled, gave up interior defense in the closing stage, focused on defending three, jenkins in the decider stage reused Melton instead of Tillman is understandable; however, in such an important game, dare to use Zaire Williams, who did not appear in the last second, and let him defend Curry, you have to clap your hands for Jenkins's boldness, after all, it is the historical three-point king, two-time MVP Curry, Zavey, who has only played in the playoffs before!