Warriors vs Lakers Game 4:
Curry's third career playoff triple-double.
The Lakers had three 20+ on the team, and Lonnie Walker scored 15 points in the fourth quarter.
Jordan Poole scored 0 points in the first playoff game of his career.
So the Lakers won.
Curry rarely had a triple-double: He had 10 career regular season triple-doubles, four of which were concentrated in the 2013-14 season. It was the Mark Jackson era, and Curry was used as Nash - Curry averaged 24 points and 9 assists per game that year.
After Kerr stepped on and dreamed of starting, the Warriors only had to play Curry's no-ball threat, and he didn't need to have more ball control.
But against the Lakers in the second game, he had 12 assists; Today, 14 assists.
31 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists in a single game in the playoffs, after three people in history: Wang Weishao, a single-core triple-double in 2017, Jokic's four-overtime battle against Portland in 2019, and former triple-double king Oscar.
Force Curry to be on par with these triple-double kings:
This is the epitome of this scene.
The Warriors changed the starting small-ball team in the second game to win, the Lakers expanded the defense to win in the third game, and today the Warriors changed the starter: fake Green is not small enough, Payton Jr. is on.
Warriors starters: two one-meter nine, three two-meter.
Lakers starters: 193 cm + 196 cm plus two 206 cm, plus a seven-foot giant.
Glance.
This change was successful for a while, and the Warriors played the pressure of the Nash version of the Suns: Curry's chasing three-pointer, Payton's chasing layup, Wiggins' chasing layup. 11-10 lead.
— Then Poole came on and the Warriors were flipped 11-16.
In the second quarter, Poole came off the court, and the Warriors and Lakers tied at 38. Poole came up, 40-43, and immediately went down, and the Warriors led the finish.
When Poole came on in the third quarter, the Warriors led 73-62. Then he was chased to a 9-point difference, and then he was picked up by Reeves and immediately left the court.
Poole didn't play again in the fourth quarter, which was good for the Warriors. But here's the bad thing: The Warriors actually made only one change in the fourth quarter, and Payton replaced Moody.
That's the knock-on effect that Poole played: the scary thing wasn't that he scored 0 points in 10 minutes today, but that he was reversed as soon as he came on the court, and finally forced the Warriors to last the last ten minutes with only five men in the fourth quarter.
The warrior finally exhausted his physical strength, and this is the root cause.
Wiggins, Payton, Moody and Dreamchasing are all commendable. Fighting, hand-to-hand combat, running. Payton, in particular, played a scaled-down version of Marion today.
"Marion doesn't have any singles ability, how can he average 20 points per game every year around Nash?" It's all about Peyton today: buying playing time with desperate defense, endlessly fastening and cutting inside to seize every scoring opportunity.
It may be strange to say this: Peyton Jr. is far less talented than his dad, but he may be a better teammate than his dad.
As for Clay...
After the last game, it was said: Starting from the Warriors' second game against the Lakers, before the thick eyebrows expanded, in the fifth quarter of the game, Clay shot 14 of 23, including 11 of 16 three-pointers.
After thick eyebrows expanded, in the third quarter of the game, Clay shot 2 of 9.
Cray shot 3 of 11 from the field today.
Namely: since the Warriors small ball formation...
Thick eyebrows in the first five quarters: Clay shot 14 of 23, including 11 of 16 three-pointers.
Seven quarters of the game: Cray shot 5 of 20, including 3 of 13 three-pointers.
And this also has a knock-on effect:
The thick eyebrows expanded the defense to protect the three-point line, and after Clay was at a loss, the Lakers were not afraid of Clay chasing Reeves and them, and they were much bolder when they were on the perimeter.
Reeves played 34 minutes today, contributing to the firepower that the Lakers urgently lacked: the Warriors' small ball formation cut LeBron and thick eyebrows to connect, the Lakers could not comfortably pass the ball to thick eyebrows, LeBron could only pick three points by himself, Reeves was not chased on the defensive end, and the offensive end survived the third quarter.
Then came the fourth quarter of the bloody battle.
As soon as the fourth quarter came up, LeBron first gave Walker an assist on a three-pointer, found a jump shot himself, and then broke through to attract the dream chaser pinch, feeding a thick eyebrow who did not shoot in the third quarter.
Very old-school commander style: keep everyone's hands hot, what the elder Philadelphia Greer called "to see which cow has milk, squeeze two."
Cole immediately suspended during the 84 draw:
He wasn't quite like yesterday's coach Mazura and he knew it was a decisive moment.
The Warriors wanted to push for speed, but Walker countered with a layup; Then came LeBron's ball quotient moment:
He understood better than anyone that as soon as the Warriors fell behind, Curry would immediately come and make up for it, sending the only cover in the game to seal Curry's layup.
But LeBron himself ran out of physical strength, slipped on the offensive end, Curry got a rebound triple-double, faced thick eyebrows for a high throw to tie, and hit another four-pointer.
It was Curry's glorious moment, and this wave scored 6 points in a row, and it was about to overwhelm the Lakers.
Then the Lakers switched defense early, combined with thick eyebrows against Wiggins, and LeBron against the position to pursue dreams.
——Similar to the last game of Van Debiao vs. Chasing Dreams, try to let LeBron/thick eyebrows change defense against Curry, but after adding early defense changes, try to eat Curry's strong shooting space.
From then until the end of the game, Curry's long shot didn't hit again: the swan song that hit the four-way shot that he shot from distance.
The Warriors' positional warfare is extinguished: The Lakers know that Curry is the Warriors' only source of positional warfare firepower.
But he could still find a chance: send Peyton a Marion-style steal and hit LeBron's backdoor to lead 92-90; Chasing dreams delayed Schroeder, who played a back-pass error — but Curry slipped before that. Everyone's fitness is finished.
The Warriors' last glimmer of light was Curry→ Payton → Wiggins hit a three-point shot → Kray, but LeBron's free throws and Walker's jump shot took the lead.
In the decisive moment of the game, the Lakers did not play virtually, and directly raised their eyebrows to face Curry. Curry missed two jump shots, and the game was effectively over — and the subsequent free throws, shots, turnovers, and the final 1.7 seconds were all afterthoughts.
In fact, the game ended after thick eyebrows blocked Curry's two long shots.
But can't blame Curry:
The Warriors scored 17 points in the fourth quarter, including 10 from Curry.
Top 10 points in the fourth quarter of the playoffs this season:
Tenth Porter 52 points, ninth Tatum 57 points, eighth Booker 58 points, followed by Murray and Durant's 59 points, Jokic's 60 points, Brunson 61 points and Young 62 points.
Next faults lead:
Curry 109 points.
So Walker scored more points than Curry in the fourth quarter today, which is really an achievement.
— Lonnie Walker also has a life of ups and downs: was selected by the Spurs to play on the bench for four years, went to the Lakers last summer, played 32 starts, and then found himself out of place: Reeves and Schroder squeezed him out. He scored a total of 17 points in the first eight games of this year's playoffs. After scoring 12 points in the last game, he said that he was so excited that he couldn't sleep for four or five hours, and he was complained about by his girlfriend.
Coach Hamm said yesterday that Walker played well because, "he's ready."
LeBron said of Walker after the game today, "He's ready. ”
So today's 15 points in the fourth quarter, thick eyebrows could not catch the ball, LeBron was exhausted, he came out to cut against Curry.
A digression:
White reached the Finals with the Celtics last season, Murray played well with the Hawks this season, and Walker saved the Lakers in the fourth quarter today.
Spurs out of the guard...
So in the end, the Lakers still won collectively:
Thick-eyed defense. LeBron's scheduling. Reeves' third quarter, Walker's fourth quarter.
Admittedly, the thick eyebrows did not receive the ball in the second half, and LeBron's three-point shooting options were debatable, but they still had someone to come up with.
The defensive foundation is laid and it takes turns to find someone with a hot hand to play.
The Warriors really didn't lose on defense today: Moody, Wiggins, Dreams, and Payton all fought hard, but the Warriors' offensive end, Curry, who led the scoring fault in the fourth quarter of the playoffs this season, was forced to take over everything and play a 31+10+14 Oscar Robertson-level triple-double.
He scored 10 of the team's 17 points in the fourth quarter, and the defensive end was attacked by LeBron and Walker in turn, and the offensive end had to face thick eyebrows at the end.
The five members of the team played the last ten minutes.
In the regular season this season, the Warriors have the most minutes played, shots, free throws, and turnovers by Jordan Poole.
In theory, Reeves and Walker did for the Lakers and he should provide for the Warriors.
The Lakers are: thick eyebrows of 23+15 and dominant-level defense, LeBron's 27+9+6 and behind the scheduling, followed by Reeves' 23 points and Walker's 15 points - 15 points in the fourth quarter, although there are ups and downs in life, but yesterday's Hamm and today's LeBron all said Walker, "He's ready."
The Warriors are: small-ball teams fight for speed and defense, and Curry is forced out of a big O-triple-double, followed by Poole's 0 points.