11 points fiasco! was blown up by the ninth in the East, the civilian version of the Nuggets couldn't beat it, and the Warriors won the championship again

11 points fiasco! was blown up by the ninth in the East, the civilian version of the Nuggets couldn't beat it, and the Warriors won the championship again

The biggest change the Warriors made in the offseason was to trade Poole for the more experienced Paul. Although the lineup looks a little aging after Paul joins, fans are paying more attention to the Warriors' performance in the new season, hoping that Paul can have enough chemistry with the Splash Brothers to continue to attack the championship.

After the start of the game, the Warriors' performance was satisfactory enough. Paul's arrival was a key glue, especially when he was leading the bench lineup, and the Warriors played very efficiently overall. What's even more gratifying is that the substitutes played a more efficient offensive performance than the main force under Paul's tandem, and in the previous games, there was a situation where the main team lost points and the substitutes won points.

A loss, the problem is clear

Before today's matchup, the Warriors had a good record of 3 wins and 1 loss, ranking third in the West. The Cavaliers, on the other hand, have been stumbling and are only in ninth place in the East. originally thought that this was a matchup without much suspense, but the process of the game made the Warriors very uncomfortable. With Curry's good play in the first quarter, the Warriors were still able to take the situation into their own hands. But in the second quarter, in the face of the constant impact of the Cavaliers, the Warriors' defense was directly overwhelmed, and the opponent hit 28-15 in this quarter.

The fans' expectation of the Warriors did not appear, and they still couldn't solve the problem of the Cavaliers scoring. In the final quarter, the Warriors were no longer able to catch up with the score, and Kerr chose to surrender completely in the last two minutes, and finally the Warriors lost to the Cavaliers 104-115, suffering their second loss since the start of the season.

In terms of rebounding, the Cavaliers took an absolute lead 54-44, and this data can actually be seen as a microcosm of this game. In the face of a twin-tower combination like Allen + Mobley, the Warriors' weak interior defense is undoubtedly revealed. Mobley has a talent for dynamics and moves very fast, and once he gets into the heart of the Warriors, there is no choice but to foul. When facing this kind of player with absolute talent, whether it is Looney or Sarric, it is clear that they are beyond the scope of their defensive ability.

Although Aaron is slightly lacking in terms of movement ability, he is still stable enough in terms of confrontation and projection. So in this game against the Warriors, the Twin Towers played with ease, contributing 13 points, 16 rebounds, 12 points, and 9 rebounds respectively, and all of them kept their shooting percentages above 60%.

After being beaten to the point of no temper on the inside, the Warriors' outside defense was also sweaty. With the twin towers constantly turning over the sea in the restricted area and attracting a lot of defensive attention, Mitchell and Garland on the outside of the Cavaliers are naturally full of firepower, and the two scored 31 and 24 points respectively in this game. It can be said that the Warriors suffered a rout on the defensive end this time, and the reason for the failure was not that Kerr's tactical layout was not in place, but that the defensive ceiling of the Warriors roster was there, which was their biggest problem when facing a strong interior line.

The Warriors' interior defense has been a big hidden danger in the past two years, especially after Green's form has almost fallen off a cliff, which has made the team's interior defense vulnerable. Previously, they could rely on Splash's performance on the offensive end to solve problems, but now with Thompson's poor performance, the Warriors seem to be the only one they can rely on, Curry. In the previous game, relying on Curry's two shots, the Warriors barely won the victory on the Kings and Thunder, but the Warriors can't expect Curry to play like this every game.

can't beat the Nuggets, and it's hard to beat the Lakers

Winning the championship is certainly the ultimate goal of the Warriors, but with the strength of the current roster, it seems that they still have no chance of winning against the Nuggets and Lakers in the West. In fact, the loss to the Cavaliers is even a matchup with the civilian version of the Nuggets and the Lakers. And once facing these two teams, the intensity of the Warriors' interior is self-evident.

Jokic is now at the peak of his career, and the offensive end is even more of a decathlon existence, Davis can only be reduced to his toy, let alone a player like Looney. And now the Nuggets' forward line also has the double impact group of Gordon + Porter Jr., and their strong killing ability makes it even more difficult for the Warriors to parry. It is foreseeable that when they play against the Nuggets in the future, if the Warriors can't play a better rhythm on the offensive end, I am afraid that the end that awaits them will be a fiasco.

The Lakers don't need to mention much, the Western Conference semifinals between the two teams last season may be the epitome of future matchups. Davis is completely free to do whatever he wants on the inside, and the Lakers have completed further reinforcements on the front line. So for the current Warriors, what they can do is to try to optimize the performance on the offensive end, and find ways to make up for the defensive shortcomings through the offensive way.