Clay wants to emulate Ginobili, and Kerr praises the team's new rotation
On February 16, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, today the Warriors visited Salt Lake City to challenge the Jazz, they once trailed by 11 points in the first quarter, and the team led by Podemski in the second quarter to exceed 13 points, after which the Warriors once led by 19 points, but in the fourth quarter the Jazz chased to only 1 point in the final moments, if it were not for Curry's key two free throws, the Warriors might have overturned in the gutter, and finally they won the game 140-137.
The Jazz showed their resilience in this game, although the team has been losing frequently recently, but their spirit of never giving up in every game is lovely, this game they have all 4 players scored 18+ points, Markkanen got 20 points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists, Sexton got 35 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists, Collins scored 18 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists, and Kiyant George got 33 points and 6 assists.
The Warriors were able to win this game, Curry would like to thank his teammates for their play, back-to-back Curry also showed a lack of physical fitness, the team relied on him too much in the past period of time, and now Curry is 36 years old, and physical fitness is also a problem, as a result, Curry can't pass the game alone, and there is a phenomenon of free throws missed at critical moments, he shot 4 of 14 in this game, and 2 of 8 three-pointers got 16 points, 2 rebounds and 10 assists.
The Warriors were able to win this game They relied more on more blossoming, Podzemski scored 13 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists in the whole game, he has scored at least 10 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in a single game 14 times this season, you must know that Wemban and Chet only have a total of only 13 times, it is not for nothing that Podzemski hit the fourth place in the latest rookie list, and now he is the second best player on the team to handle the ball, second only to Curry.
Dream chasing rarely played a scoring performance, he shot 9 of 14 from the field, 3 of 5 three-pointers got 23 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, since 19 years Dream chased for the first time played 20 + 5 + 5 data, since entering February, Dream has averaged 10.6 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists per game, limiting the opponent's shooting rate to only 40.3%, it can be said that he played a good dominance on both offensive and defensive ends, helping the team, Wiggins played very well today, and scored 19 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists in the game.
To say that the best play in this game is Klay, he shot 13 of 22 from the field, 7 of 13 three-pointers got 35 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, in the last game because of his brainless foul caused the team to lose, and finally Klay was sprayed on the hot search, this game Kerr even sent him to the bench, the result received good results, so far in his career, Klay cut 35+ when the team totaled 33-3, the record is very good.
It is worth mentioning that Klay and Kerr both ushered in a milestone today, after this win, Kerr won the 500th regular season win of his career, and he is also the fifth fastest coach in history to win 500 wins, second only to Zen Master, Riley, KC Jones and Popovich, Kerr has a total regular season record of 500-264 so far in his career, with a winning rate of 65.4%, which is also very good, and it can be said that he has created the dynasty of the Warriors.
After Klay scored 35 points today, his career total points exceeded the 15,000-point mark, and it is worth mentioning that Klay's 35 points off the bench in this game is also the highest bench scoring score for the Warriors in the past seven years. Klay also talked about his coming off the bench after the game, saying: "I talked to Kerr in the morning about playing as a substitute and it's more important that I get to play more minutes and when you come off the bench you need to let go of your pride, and I think of Ginobili who won four titles and a gold medal and that inspired me. ”
After that, Klay said: "When I was in the second team in the game, I was probably the main point of attack in the second team, and it was really fun to play this role, and I wanted to respond to the coach with the performance of the championship period, I played well today", and after the game, Kerr also talked about Klay's coming off the bench, he said: "Klay didn't have emotional swings because of this, and I actually don't let him get excited because I said he was a championship player. ”
Kerr then talked about the team's current rotation, Kerr said: "At the moment, Curry, Wiggins, Podzemski, Kuminga and Dream are the best starting five, Podzemski has done a lot of things to help other people, Klay has also handled the role of the bench very well, he is very decisive, although it is not easy for him to play as a substitute, after all, he has been a team starter for 11 years. ”
In the last 10 games, the Warriors have won 8 games, they have played very competitively, and the team's winning rate is more than half, there is no doubt that now the Warriors have found a way to win, they got rid of the slump at the beginning of the season, and according to the current situation, it is estimated that after the All-Star, the Warriors will play a better record to impact the division rankings, speaking of which, what do you want to say about the current Warriors? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.