The Warriors faced old rival Grizzlies on the road, facing the Grizzlies without star Morant and starting center Adams, the Warriors still failed to end their road losing streak, but suffered a humiliating defeat.
Before the game, the Warriors, who were already short of personnel in the offensive line, suffered another major blow, and the youngster Kuminga paid tribute to yesterday's Durant, who also sprained his ankle during pre-game warm-up training and had to withdraw from the game.
With Kuminga's exit, Cole had to put on a crazy experiment and put on a jaw-dropping Super Death Five starter.
The starting five are: Curry (height 188cm), Poole (193cm), DiVincenzo (193cm), Klay (198cm), and Dream (198cm).
No player has a starting lineup that is taller than 2 meters, and it's quite explosive in the entire history of the NBA.
The result was no surprise, with the Warriors' Super Five being blasted on the defensive end, and the Grizzlies had already scored 21 points in less than five minutes into the game.
Throughout the first quarter, the Grizzlies scored 48 points, setting the record for the highest first-quarter conceded points in the Warriors Kerr era.
The Warriors scored 28 points in the first quarter and dug a 20-point hole in the first quarter.
Originally, the Warriors recently collapsed in the first quarter, and now they put on a suicide death five, adding fuel to the fire to create this humiliating record.
In the second quarter, Curry stepped up and went on a 19-5 run with Ty Jerome, Iguodala, Baldwin and Dreamchase, at one point chasing the gap to just four points.
Then, Poole was back on the court, and the Grizzlies played another high to widen the gap, and at halftime, the Grizzlies' lead was back 18 points.
Throughout the first half, Curry had 19 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, with a plus-minus of -5. Poole scored 11 points, plus or minus is a terrifying -32,
Iguodala and Baldwin, who played minutes with Curry in the second quarter, were +5 and +9, respectively, Iguodala did not shoot, Baldwin shot 1 of 4, but the Warriors won points when they were on the floor.
In contrast, Poole's plus-minus of -32 at half is simply outrageous.
In the third quarter, the Warriors carried forward the tradition of brave three madness, once again chasing the gap to single digits.
Early in the final quarter, Poole's Warriors collapsed again, and by the time the splash returned, the gap had once again widened to 15 points.
Then, the Warriors collapsed, the gap widened, and Kerr threw in with 3:43 left in the game.
Throughout the fourth quarter, Poole scored a team-high 11 points, plus-minus -12.
Throughout the game, Poole shot 5 of 10, 2 of 5 three-pointers, 5 of 6 free throws, contributed 22 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, and seemed to be good in efficiency and statistics, but the positive and negative values were off the spectrum.
Poole's plus-minus of -33 is the lowest on the team, and for comparison, Curry has a plus-minus of +2.
In a 21-point loss, Curry and Poole both played 34 minutes, and in the 34 minutes Curry played, the team won by 2 points. In the 34 minutes that Poole played, the team lost by 33 points.
If you don't count the time the two have appeared together, this gap is even more outrageous.
In the past two seasons, the Warriors have made many attempts and sacrifices for Poole.
Since last season, Klay and Curry have played bench for Poole, and when Klay and Curry are both healthy, and when Poole makes way for the two big brothers, he who comes off the bench begins to inexplicably drop.
So far this season, Poole has averaged 24.4 points per game when he started, while he averaged only 14.4 points per game when he came off the bench, and his scoring and efficiency have dropped significantly.
Poole, who played as a backup, had a feeling that he couldn't contribute to his work, which caused the Warriors a headache.
Putting Poole in the starting XI today is a frantic experiment that Cole was forced to do in order to attack, and a helpless move when Wiggins and Kuminga were not available.
Like last year's Lakers, there's no way around the crazy little lineup.
As we all know, former Lakers coach Vogel is a traditional coach, and when the Lakers won the championship in 20 years, he also adhered to the system of starting at least one center on the court. At the time, James played point guard, Pope and Green were shooters, and there was plenty of room on the court for him to put on a center.
Last season, Wilson and James were on the floor at the same time, and the three-point decline of the thick eyebrows seriously shot less than 20%, and there was almost no room for three-point points, so the Lakers had to put on a deformed small lineup. Even for offensive space and projection, James played center with four guards in an extreme small lineup.
At the beginning of the season, the Lakers' offense was like constipation, and the crazy use of three guards was also for court space, and Lakers coach Hamm even put on the court a death five guard that was more outrageous than the Warriors today.
The same goes for Kerr's considerations, and the Warriors must have enough shooters to create space for Curry to attract defense.
Rooney does not have the ability to make three points, and the three points of Chasing Dream are also cleared by five meters, and the team can still play a dozen big lineups when Wiggins is there. Wiggins wasn't there, and the Warriors, who didn't have a steady three-point point point on the front lineup, had to use a small lineup.
But the disadvantages of the small lineup are also obvious, the Grizzlies can easily score on the inside, and once the inside is wrapped, the outside line will definitely have the opportunity to open three points, and the Grizzlies' offense will play easily and smoothly.
No way, the Warriors themselves have no strong points inside, and defense is also a natural disadvantage. If there is not enough space on the court, the opponent can wrap Curry at will, and the offense cannot be opened, so they can only wait to lose.
Two bottles of poison, no matter how you choose, it is death.
Choosing a small lineup can also expect the team to win with a three-point feeling, and choosing a large team can only hope that Curry will score 50 points in the face of at least two people in the game to win.
For the Warriors, the situation of no forward available is likely to continue.
Wiggins has not returned for personal reasons, and there is no timetable for his return, and even if he does, it is estimated that he will not be able to find his status anytime soon.
Kuminga's injury is similar to Durant's, Durant's latest news today shows that he will be out for at least three weeks, and the young Kuminga may not need that long, and he will be out for at least a few days with protective boots on.
Cole, who had no one available, could only continue to struggle in two bottles of poison.