Preface
NBA new season reappears in the Wild West, the competition is quite fierce, today's Western World not only has the rise of young teams, but also has a deep heritage of the old powerhouse, fifteen teams, eleven teams have a winning rate of more than fifty percent, the remaining four teams, in addition to the Grizzlies, Jazz, Trail Blazers, Spurs basically gave up this season, so strictly speaking, there are twelve teams competing for this season's playoff spots. Among these 12 teams, except for the Timberwolves, who are far ahead and firmly at the top of the table, the other teams have similar records, and there may be a big change in the rankings after a few games, so according to the current situation, there is still uncertainty about who will advance to the playoffs in the West this season. The team that has been on the most momentum recently is the Warriors, the quintessential veteran powerhouse in the West, who are on a five-game winning streak after a bad start. Surprise five wins in a row! Quietly surpass the Suns! Join the ranks of the championship, don't feel that they are old!
It is not an exaggeration to say that the Warriors team has a very deep championship heritage, with Ku Chaitang as the core of the lineup six finals and four championships, after losing to the Lakers in the semifinals of the playoffs last season, I thought that the Warriors would be reduced to the edge of the playoffs, and the state at the beginning of this season was once reduced to the bottom of the West, but I didn't expect this Warriors to be very tenacious, in the absence of the main general Dream Green, won five consecutive victories, even including defeating the league's No. 1 Celtics, and now the Warriors are back in the championship ranks, mainly for three reasons, one is that Kerr's lineup adjustment has worked wonders, and the other is that the Splash Brothers have returned to the topThe third is the excellent performance of role players.
Let's talk about Kerr's lineup adjustment first, Kerr has never been a head coach who is good at using newcomers, of course, in a team, veterans still have excellent competitive condition, it is difficult to reuse newcomers, but this season in the case of Klewiggins losing form successively, Kerr dared to mention Kuminga and Podemsky to the starting lineup, the Splash Brothers with two young right-hand men, not only made this lineup full of vitality and positivity, but also fully opened up the offensive space, Podemski almost completely replaced the role of chasing dreams on the offensive end, rebounding and assists were all available, Kuminga performed better than Wiggins this seasonThe miracle of this starting lineup proves that Kerr's principle is very correct.
The second point is that Curry and Klay duo broke out, Curry has been in good shape this season, belonging to the Warriors' stable firepower point, but for the Warriors, if there is only such a firepower point, it is difficult to match the offensive efficiency of the league today, the terrible thing about the Warriors is that the splash brothers broke out at the same time, and the opponent's defense only has the energy to pinch one person, when Klay finds his offensive touch, it is a huge challenge for defenders, Klay has averaged 25.7 points per game in the past six games, and the three-point shooting rate is 50% , and indeed returned to the state it once was, and the peak Splash Brothers really can't be limited. The third point is the play of the role players of the Warriors, now there are twelve players in the Warriors team who can have stable playing time, in addition to Davis, who has just played recently, Moody, who has played the least, also has an average of 18 minutes per game, even on the stage of the playoffs, the Warriors have at least ten people who can be rotated, so when the role players hold up the sky, even if they lack Dream Green, Payton Jr., and even Wiggins, the Warriors can win!
epilogue
The Warriors' five-game winning streak is the second-longest winning streak in the league at present, second only to the Bucks' seven-game winning streak, and they have quietly climbed to the tenth place in the West, surpassing the Suns of the Big Three, and the Mavericks who are sixth in the West are only two wins away, so we have to admire the championship heritage of this championship team, which can make them more resilient and fearless, and every game day in the future may make the Warriors go further in the rankings. Of course, the Warriors' goal is not only the playoff stage, but also next year's championship, judging from the state of the Splash Brothers, from the depth of the bench, the Warriors are still competitive, and now quietly wait for the return of Dream Green and Wiggins's form to pick up, there are still two-thirds of the regular season schedule from the playoffs, everything is still in time, so, don't feel that they are old!