NBA regular season continues, and the Warriors face Heat at home. The final score was 123-110, and the Warriors beat the Heat! To be honest, the Warriors really struggled against a team like the Heat, which is highly defensive and oppressive. There are two main reasons. First, Curry needs to take care of . Curry has to score himself while taking care of his teammates. It is very tiring to play like this. Secondly, , Cole, still doesn't care much about regular season results, giving substitutes a lot of time to exercise. Kumingga has been abandoned due to his sluggish performance and some off-court storms, but the Warriors substitute lineup still has a long way to go before it gets started.
Starting from Klay , today Clay played 29 minutes, 6 of 19 shots, including 5 of 14 three-pointers, and scored 19 points. Clay's highlight moments were concentrated at three time points, with a three-pointer + an empty cut layup after the opening game. He made two consecutive three-pointers in the early stage of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the winning moment, Splash Brothers was connected. Before the game, Cole said this: Clay is in a good mood now, he is ready to move forward, and we will increase his playing time to 27-28 minutes. In fact, Clay is on the court, and the defense effect is relatively average, with slow horizontal movement speed. Some of the opponent's pick-and-roll cooperation, Clay cannot catch up with others. The Warriors adopted joint defense tactics in the game, and the effect does not seem to be good. The reason is that the Heat can easily make three-pointers, and the Warriors can always give their phones the entire outside. Clay even missed two layups in this game. Of course, Clay's overall condition fluctuated greatly, and Cole is now giving Clay more time to find the state.
game ended in the second quarter. According to the Warriors' team reporter Kenridge Burke, after Poole was replaced, he threw the water cup on the bench because he was very frustrated. In those 9 minutes of playing time, Poole did not make a single move. Before the season, the Warriors completed an early contract renewal with Poole, with the purpose of cultivating Poole into Curry's overtime. His personal ending ability is unquestionable. Last season, playoffs also performed very efficiently, but as the sixth player in the team, he first needs to connect Moody's and Wiseman to drive their performance. In a sense, Poole has a chance to end only when Poole and Curry are present. From another perspective, Poole can now share the pressure of Curry holding the ball and help him organize the offense. But he can't replace Clay now. From Poole's own perspective, he must not be impatient, but should improve his ability to connect.
Curry is really too strong! He played 37 minutes today, 13 of 22 shots, including 7 of 14 three-pointers, scoring 33 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists. Curry mainly led his teammates to score in the entire first half, and from the third quarter, Curry dragged the team forward several times. In the middle of the third quarter, after the Heat led the team to overtake with the top attacks of Butler and Adebayo , Curry stabilized his morale at a critical moment, and then cut a layup to stop the opponent. When Butler and Hiro exploded in the second half, Curry led Wiseman to score consecutively. Including when Curry came back in the fourth quarter, the Heat was stopped again with a long three-pointer! Including the decisive moment, when the Heat were approaching the gap again, Curry first used the pick-and-roll to assist Klay in a three-pointer, then toughened over Butler to complete the layup, and stopped the Heat again. Including the last 2 minutes of three-pointers and jump shots, it almost killed the game suspense! In the game, Mr. Feng Hai emphasized many times that the Heat have been completely defended, but Curry can always seize some of the distractions of the opponent's defense to complete the attack. It can only be said to be unreasonable. Of course, Cole broke his promise! In fact, before the season, Kerr made it clear that he would limit the starting time to about 30 minutes, and today Curry played 37 minutes, becoming the player with the highest playing time. Cole's operation actually means not wanting to lose, but also wanting to train young people, but when the substitute can't defend or attack, he can only let Curry fill the hole. Winning is important, but Curry's physical condition is also worthy of Cole's attention. At this stage, Curry's upper limit is best kept within 35 minutes. As for young people like Jerome and Wiseman, Cole can actually reduce some training time.
And Curry's own good intentions are fully reflected in the competition. From the beginning of the game, Curry was looking for Clay and brought the substitute to the connection section. Curry directed , Jay Michael Green, and Wiseman to grab the position at the basket and keep feeding the cake. Until the last moment of the fourth quarter, even though Curry was in a hot hand, he was still looking for Clay and kept feeding Clay until he could make it into the ball. In fact, some of the details outside of the data are even more touching. He can always take care of every teammate around him and make everyone more comfortable to play. Including using his own running position to help Green fake fax attacks, helping Wiggins open up the space and shoot three-pointers. Curry worked hard on both offense and defense, and when Curry was not on the court, the Warriors played very dispersed.
Data statistics show that Curry has made more than 7 three-pointers in his 107th time in his career, ranking first in history, while Harden , the second-ranked , has only 42 times. But in today's game, Curry didn't have a free throw, and many times broke into the basket. Butler, Strustse, Hero and others all had excessive actions, and the referee ignored it. This is also worth pondering. It is too strong and will always be targeted. Cole must protect Curry.
