In the regular season, the Grizzlies averaged 49.2 rebounds per game, ranking first among all teams and the fiercest, fiercest and most rebounding team in the league. But in the four playoff games since the playoffs against the Warriors, the Grizzlies can't grab the Warriors' rebounds, and it's not that the total number can't be grabbed, but the Grizzlies can't grab the Warriors in every game. Who would have thought that the Warriors, who were originally at a disadvantage in the playoffs, would have the upper hand in rebounds, and still face the Grizzlies. Of course, the main embarrassing blow of this wave is the mouth brother, and it is difficult to fight the Grizzlies under the basket without the rebounds of the mouth brother warriors.
Brother Zui is not just a rebounding machine in this round of playoffs, but more importantly, his frontcourt rebounding ability is too good. The rebounding brother in the backcourt actually does not have a strong desire to grab, and many times the most work he does under the basket is the card slot, which is to resist the big center opposite and not let the Grizzlies' interior line enter the box to grab rebounds. Therefore, the Warriors' backcourt rebounds are not very bad, generally as long as they do not pop up with long rebounds, the Warriors' backcourt protection is still very good. But the reverse is different, and the mouth brother has become a spoiler for rebounding in the front court.
Every time when someone on the Warriors' outside line shoots a three-pointer, Wiggins is always the first to rush down to the basket, you can't grab it, this pressure gives the Grizzlies a lot, because other Warriors players have begun to defend, and the mouth brother stares at this rebound, and the Grizzlies have to defend the basket heavily! And whenever Wiggins rushed to the box, as long as it was not a long rebound, it was over, the mouth brother could always jump up and grab the rebound, even if he couldn't get it completely, he had to point out for his teammates to get, and the rebounding pressure of the mouth brother was very large.
These are not the key, the key is that Wiggins can always stand up in the key rebounds of key moments, always get that kind of key frontcourt rebounds to the team, continue to live, which makes the Grizzlies very uncomfortable. 17 points and 10 rebounds, this is Wiggins's first career playoff double-double data, of which there are 5 frontcourt rebounds, but the real from his Wiggins's backcourt rebounding card role, the number of 10 rebounds in this game is worth 20 rebounds, because every frontcourt rebounder is almost converted into a score.
And this season's playoff Wiggins focused on rebounding and defense, and his rebounding ability has always been underestimated, especially in the Wolves period, the rebounding ability of the mouth brother was directly criticized. But in the last ten games of last season, Wiggins began to frantically grab rebounds, playing play-offs and even 20+10 performances. And now in the playoffs, Wiggins' performance is a real show of his rebounding ability. In fact, if you think about it carefully, it is also very clear that forwards such as James, Durant, and George can easily rebound 8+, how can Wiggins not do it? And in terms of frontcourt rebounding ability, no one in the forward position has matched him in this playoff.