The 2021 offseason is very lively, the Lakers have recruited Westbrook, Rondo, Howard, Anthony, Ariza and other superstars who have been famous for a long time, and the Nets have gathered a number of veteran stars such as Ade, Millsap, Mills, etc., as if they are announcing their ambitions to win the championship to the whole league with actions. The strength of the paper can certainly attract more helpers for the team, but this does not mean that they can play a super dominant performance in the game, after all, this is not a mathematical calculation problem of the single, otherwise the Lakers F4 in 2013 would have already won the championship and reached the top. Success requires too many factors, the time and place are good for people and indispensable, the world is not black and white, but a very complex synthesis.
However, at the end of four regular season games, the top of the Eastern Conference is not the Nets Bucks, the first place in the West is not the Lakers, and the frequent operations of the Lake Nets offseason are somewhat useless "thunder and small rain". We probably didn't expect that the Golden State Warriors, who have fallen off the altar for two seasons, will usher in a wave of four consecutive wins after defeating the Thunder, and reverse the opponent's 15 points; in the eyes of the "Jing Yimo" god, this is something that could not be done last season, and now it is a bonus to temporarily ascend to the first place in the league.
The team, without the second-in-command Klay, has a better record than last season, the first time since the 15-16 season that they have won four consecutive opening seasons. Let's take a look at what has changed in this team and how are these changes reflected on the field?
In four games of the new season, Curry is in excellent form, averaging 29 points, 8.25 rebounds and 6.25 assists per game, and he has also staged a 25-point performance in the previous game against the Clippers. Such an efficient and incomprehensible performance, a very explosive scoring output in a single quarter, which is no worse than the performance of the previous 15-16 full-vote MVP peak season. Curry's offensive prowess is like a pine tree that is evergreen in all seasons, maintaining the team's unparalleled offensive combat prowess, and two 200 million contracts are a perfect match for the strength of his league's first point guard.
Although he does not have a huge statistic of averaging 25 points per game, his influence on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends is indispensable for the Warriors. In four games, Wiggins averaged 17 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists in 30 minutes per game, shooting 47% from the field, and played the team's first single defense efficiency. Wiggins dedicated his value with his strong defensive execution and surprise offensive ability, and his 6 points and 3 assists in the final quarter of game four were fundamental to maintaining the Warriors' lead, and his 21 points were more than the normal 17 points, which was a manifestation of Wiggins' desire to score.
At the role player level, the whole team is in a state of life, and can still take away the victory of the game even if Curry has a poor hand, which is a symbol of the resurrection of the former Golden State bench bandits. The Warriors in the 14-15 season, despite lacking the hardcore solutions of top small forwards, were able to rely on the strength of bench bench players such as Barbosa, Livingston and Iguodala to win many hard battles.
Bjelica's incarnation of "Poor Man's Banyokić", Iguodala's older and more demon performance, Anderson's golden oil, the tenacious end of Porter Jr. and Lee, and Cole's flexible use of Lee and Poole make the bench attack full of vitality. Poole played more generally in these games, and was somewhat unable to adapt after the opponent increased the physical confrontation on the defensive end, but he was the second ball carrier besides Curry; and in the past, Clay's positioning was defensive and no-ball running position, in order to maintain the original Warriors play, Kerr used Lee, whose technical characteristics were closer to Klay's, in the last quarter, and also gained miraculous results.
Today's Warriors have been able to play the second-most assists in the league with an average of 28 per game, or the familiar passing tactics, and the defensive efficiency is still at the forefront of the league, which is what a championship team should look like: when their offense is average, they can also win the game by limiting opponents to score below 100 points through defense. The former dynastic overlords are now on the rise of revival, and everything is ready and just waiting for Clay's return, and then it will be complete.