The NBA's new preseason season has begun, with the Warriors opening the game in the first game of the preseason, and they beat the Blazers 121-107. Although it was only a preseason game, the Warriors sent a positive signal. After a long hibernation and offseason adjustments, the Treble-era Warriors, who focused on passing and shooting three-pointers, seem to be back.
In this campaign, the Warriors used a lot of passing and cutting as soon as they started, and the players on the court still had many mistakes at the beginning, but as the game progressed, the Warriors gradually found a feeling. Green and Wiggins took turns to attack quickly, and Curry also arrived at the ball and accurately found Wiggins and others. In the third quarter, Wiggins, who assisted in the empty cut basket during Curry's march, is a microcosm of the Warriors' use of the pass and cut in this game to the extreme. Wiggins faced the Blazers center directly to complete a one-man dunk. Throughout the game, the Warriors delivered 32 assists, while the Blazers had just 21. The Warriors made just 12 turnovers, while the Blazers made 26. New signing Bjelica single-handedly delivered six assists, the European big man's passing ability enriched Cole's tactical system, while Poole, Curry and Toscano Anderson delivered five assists. With inside passers like Bjelica and Green, the Warriors can do inside and outside the lineman to the inside and outside. Judging from the effect of the first game, the Warriors' several signings in the offseason were still very successful.
The Warriors in the five-year Triple Crown period are best at passing, and Klay, Green, Curry and Durant can pass the ball, and the Warriors' offense at that time can be described as smooth. In the 2019 Finals, Klay was seriously injured, Iguodala and Durant left the team, causing the Warriors' offensive system to collapse, and the newly recruited players could not adapt to the Warriors' system, and the Warriors' passing tactics were greatly reduced. In the first game of the new season, the Warriors seem to have regained the closeness of their former victories.
With a number of good passers, the Warriors can get more space and better shooting positions, and the Warriors' three-point power is unmistakable. In this game, the Warriors threw a total of 69 three-pointers and hit 24. Last season, the Warriors shot the most three-point shots 54 times. After the game, Kerr also talked about the Warriors' new tactics, Kerr said: "This year we expect to shoot a lot of three-pointers, thanks to the space created by our lineup and the transfer of the ball. Offseason reinforcements also operate according to Kerr's tactical intentions, Bjelica and Otto Porter are excellent shooters in the NBA, against the Blazers Bjlitsa 3-of-3, Porter is also 7-of-4. Iron King Green's three-point shot is very resolute, and the three-point shot in this game is also 1 of 2. In the Warriors' current rotation system, except for Looney, who does not have the ability to shoot, everyone else can shoot three points. In the new season, in the absence of super strong points, the Warriors will definitely play the three-point tactics to the extreme, and it is also the best choice for the Warriors to beat their opponents.
In the context of the weakening West, what kind of posture the Warriors will show in the new season is definitely worth looking forward to. As a team basketball aggregator, Kerr is likely to re-establish the Warriors into a team basketball team.