In an NBA game that ended today, the Warriors defeated the Trail Blazers 100-92, the battle process was very intense, the Trail Blazers only trailed by 2 points in the first quarter, although the Warriors had the advantage in the second quarter, but the point difference could not be opened, the third quarter was the Trail Blazers pressed the Warriors to play, the two sides were deadlocked for a long time in the final quarter, and the Trail Blazers suddenly suffered a scoring drought at a critical moment, and the Warriors locked the victory with a 16-1 offensive momentum. In terms of statistics, Curry scored 22 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks and 2 turnovers, Kuminga had 19 points, 6 rebounds and 4 turnovers, Wiggins had 15 points, 5 rebounds, 2 blocks and 3 turnovers, Davis had 10 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks, and Paul had 8 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block.
After this game, the Warriors have better news, that is, the ranking has overtaken the Lakers and risen to 9th in the West, because they beat the Lakers 3-1 in the regular season, so even if the final record is the same, the Warriors will be at the top of the rankings. In addition, the Kings lost today, so the pattern of the Western Conference play-offs has become very delicate, and the Suns, who are ranked 7th, are 2.0 wins ahead of the Kings who are 8th, and it is not a big problem to keep the rankings. The 8th Kings, the 9th Warriors and the 10th Lakers all have 45 wins and 35 losses, and the Lakers' situation must be the worst, after all, the same record is still behind the Kings and the Warriors, so the Lakers dare not lose in the last 2 games, and the Warriors have a good opportunity to overtake the Kings relatively speaking.
Compared with the remaining 2 opponents of the three teams, the Warriors will have to play with the Pelicans, Jazz fight, the king is going to play the Suns and the Trail Blazers, the Lakers' opponents are the Grizzlies and Pelicans, theoretically the difficulty of the three teams is about the same, in this case it depends on the play of the stars, the Warriors have Curry, Klay and Green will also usher in a comeback to the Pelicans, and then Wiggins, the recent period has continued to play well, the Warriors hope to win all 2 games, the king is a little difficult to beat the Suns, it can be seen that the Warriors are hopeful to overtake the king, the Lakers needless to say, they must win all 2 games. Of course, there is also the possibility that the Kings, Warriors and Lakers will remain unchanged after the regular season, so that the Warriors and Lakers will face off in the play-in tournament.
Looking at the whole game, Curry actually didn't play well in the first three quarters, and the offensive end was inefficient, especially the three-point shots were too much, and some rounds were unreasonable. According to statistics after the game, Curry has hit 350 three-pointers this season, and for the third time in his career, he has made 350+ three-pointers in a single season, while only Harden has done it once in the rest of the NBA history.
In another exaggerated statistic, Curry's total blocks this season have reached 28, a new career high. In addition to Curry, the Warriors also had a number of players who made a big difference, such as Paul, who led by seven points with 1:04 left in the game, and Paul hit a pull-up three-pointer at the top of the arc to put the game out of suspense.
Another example is Wiggins, the offense and defense are remarkable, there are statistics, since April, Wiggins has averaged 16.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game, and the three-point shooting rates are 48%, 44% and 90% respectively, which is the normal level that Brother Zui should have. There are also Davis and Looney, who are commendable on the defensive end, Kuminga can also support the team on the offensive end, and if Klay and Green can play, the Warriors will win easily.
Curry was interviewed after the game, and when talking about the victory, he said: "The opponent played hard, they were full of energy, but we played very disciplined in the final critical moments of the game, we played well on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, we were competing, and the last six minutes were hard-fought games, and that's what it takes to win," Curry meant very well to understand, the Warriors mainly won in the last six minutes.
Later, when asked about the Warriors' current standings, Curry said, "We're going to have the same mission in the next game, we're going to win it, hopefully we can move up the rankings, and that will boost morale, and we've got a lot of goals to fight for, you know, we're all eager to play in the playoffs, and that's what keeps us going." ”
It can be seen that Curry is very confident, the Warriors must enter the playoffs, and Curry is cheering up his teammates. In addition, Curry also talked about the Lakers, he said: "Now the Lakers are behind us, we are all competing at a high level, they (the Lakers) will play with a sense of urgency, and we need to play better basketball at this point," Curry's words can be described as a showdown, he bluntly said that the Warriors will play better than the Lakers, in other words, not to give the Lakers a chance to overtake the rankings. Or as mentioned earlier, the Lakers are really cornered, and the remaining 2 games cannot be lost, if the Warriors are ranked 9th and the Lakers are 10th, it means that the Lakers have no home-court advantage, and the play-offs will definitely be more than auspicious to play the Warriors.