The Golden State Warriors currently lead the Memphis Grizzlies 3-1 in the Western Conference semifinals, and while they've performed well in four games, not everyone has played explosively like guard Jordan Poole, and even home star Stephen Curry hasn't played at the best level, and while they're highly likely to advance to the Western Conference Finals, at least three of those players have performed disappointingly so far.
The Warriors are the team that has averaged the most points per game in the playoffs this season, averaging 118.8 points per game, and in second place is their Western Conference semifinal opponents, Memphis, but their average scores per game are only 113.6 points per game, far lower than the Warriors.
Compared to the current game against the Memphis Grizzlies, the Warriors' first round of the game has been played more smoothly and looks more championship-like. While the Warriors have always been able to win a few games with explosive offensive ability, not all of their players have played well over a long period of time.
3 Clay Thompson
I know that Thompson did well in the first round against the Denver Nuggets, and his overall playoff stats are stable, averaging 19.4 points per game in the last 9 games, as well as 43.3% shooting and 37.3% three-point shooting, which are all good, and he was included in this list because he played abnormally in the second round.
In the past three games, Thompson has averaged only 15.5 points per game, and he is not efficient, because he only shoots 34.7% from the field and only 25.7% from three-point range, and the Warriors lost the second game by a 5-point margin, and in that game, Thompson shot 5-of-19 from the field and only 2-of-12 from three-point range. In today's victory over the Grizzlies, Thompson shot just 6-of-20 from the field and 0-of-7 from three-point range, scoring only 14 points, and his crotch performance almost ruined the game.
It is undeniable that Thompson's recent performance has not been up to par, he is a player who has been proven to be a god in the playoffs, as long as he can get back to the original 80% level, the Warriors should be able to easily summarize the Western Conference semifinals.
2 Nemanja-Belitsa
Bjelica averaged 10.6 minutes per game in the playoffs this year, but only played five games, and as the Warriors faced Jarren Jackson Jr. and Brandon Clark Jr. in the Western Conference semifinals, rather than interior players like Nikola Jokic and DeMarcus Cousins, the Warriors didn't have as much demand for players of size like Bjelica.
The lack of involvement has reduced Bielica's overall influence on the team, and he averages only 1.6 rebounds per game, which is not satisfactory because he has played nearly one quarter. At the same time, throughout the playoffs, all of Bjelica's three-point shots hit the iron, which further reduced his influence on the court. If the Warriors' opponent in the Western Conference Finals were the Phoenix Suns, then Bjelica's importance could be repeated, but at the moment his influence on the team is very low.
1 Damian Lee
Damian Lee will continue to have a place in the Warriors' guard rotation due to a fractured hand, but if Lee can't improve his standard, then he definitely won't play too much. Due to Payton's growing importance in the Warriors' lineup, Lee only got 8 minutes of playing time in the first round of games against the Nuggets, scoring 6 points on 2-of-4 shooting.
With Peyton Jr.'s absence, Lee averaged 9.8 minutes per game in the Western Conference semifinals, but in those three games, he scored only four points on 2-of-9 shooting, especially in the third game when he played 14 minutes without a single point.