Although Stephen Curry set off a wave of offensive attacks in April, he averaged 37.4 points per game in a single month, and made history with 96 three-pointers in a single month, with a three-point shooting rate of 46.7% and an average of 6.4 shots per game. indivual. But now the Warriors are still struggling for a playoff spot, ranked ninth in the Western Conference with 33 wins and 33 losses, and there is basically no chance of getting a ticket to the playoffs. The regular season is five rounds away, but the Warriors are four games away from the seventh-placed Trail Blazers. Meanwhile, the Mavericks and Lakers also have four more wins than the Warriors. In other words, the Warriors must maintain a complete victory in the next, and one of the three teams of the Lakers, Trail Blazers and Lone Rangers needs to suffer a wave of consecutive losses in the rest of the regular season, and the Warriors may directly enter the playoffs, avoiding The probability of falling into the whirlpool of the play-offs is very small.
Of course, the Warriors have a huge advantage in the playoffs. No team is willing to meet the Warriors in the playoffs. Why? The play-offs are very contingent, so let's popularize the rules of the play-offs first. In the first round, the 7th place competes with the 8th place, the winner finally enters the playoffs as the 7th place in the regular season, the 9th place competes with the 10th place, and the loser is eventually eliminated directly. The loser between the 7th and 8th place and the winner between the 9th and 10th place will play another round. In the end, whoever wins will enter the playoffs as 8th in the regular season, and whoever loses will be eliminated. . That is to say, each team in the play-offs can play at most 2 games and at least 1 game, which shows that the chance is very large.
And Curry's scoring explosiveness can be said to be the strongest among active players. His career single quarter 20+ times has come to 32 times, second only to Kobe Bryant's 36 times in NBA history (data of some players in the ancient NBA era). not counted).You can often see this situation. Curry felt cold in the first half of the game and scored only single digits. At the end of the game, you found that his scoring data had reached 30+ or even 40+. If Curry feels hot, It's a series of things that can't be stopped. This explosive performance can often decide the outcome of a game in an instant. That's why almost all teams don't want to meet the Warriors in the playoffs. Maybe the Warriors are not the best in the league right now, but playing with them is like spending a lot of money to "gamble", and no one is willing to take such a big risk.
Compared to April, Curry's offensive efficiency dropped slightly in May, but his scoring performance still exploded. The three games since May have scored 30 points. However, Curry's recent games have a special number of shots. The number of shots in the past four games were 31, 26, 23 and 27 respectively, of which outside shots accounted for the vast majority. The three-point shots corresponding to the four games were 20, 18, and 17 respectively. and 17 times. 72 perimeter shots in four games, which sounds unbelievable. It's likely that the scoring battle with Bradley Beal inspired Curry, who now leads the league in scoring at 31.5, and Beal is second at 31.1. Do you think Curry has been a little selfish in recent games?
The Warriors lost their last game against the Pelicans, and Curry shot 31 times, including 20 3-pointers. The number of shots set a new personal high this season. In this game, the Warriors lost, and a lot of responsibility rested on Curry, who collapsed in the most crucial final game. Curry scored 37 points in the whole game, but only scored 2 points for 1 of 7 in the final quarter. In the case of a sudden cooling of the hand, Curry still chose to believe that he made a lot of shots, and many shots were still unreasonable. The Warriors directly ruined the game.
After the game, many fans felt that Curry wanted this scoring champion too much, and Curry was indeed suspected of scoring points; some fans thought that looking at these teammates of the Warriors now, there is no one except Curry. Able to undertake the necessary and stable scoring tasks at critical moments, Curry can only occupy most of the firing power by himself. In any case, the team's record is the key. From the beginning of April to the present, Curry has played so well. The Warriors' record during this period is only 10 wins and 8 losses. Compared with the recent Wizards, the Suns are far behind. Curry now has to figure out how to help the team win!
