Wolfy G2: What is the significance of a seemingly meaningless game

93 to 117, and if nothing unexpected happens, the Warriors lost G2.

When I think about it badly, I lose every quarter, from the beginning to the end.

On the contrary, except for being stunned in the first quarter, the score difference in the last three quarters is not big, which means that it is not impossible to play at all, not to mention that it has taken away a valuable away victory.

Although many people say that without Curry, what is the meaning of this game? There is no way. If you cannot find some meaning from such a game, you may not be able to support Curry.

Meaning 1: Starting from defense, without Curry, the Warriors' original offensive system almost completely collapsed; but defense is not.

Therefore, if you want to win, the Warriors must first defend well and have to show the best defensive efficiency in the league in the second half of the season. If you are captured by the Wolves like today, you will be destined to be unable to win, because the Warriors will almost never get a higher score without Curry.

Defense is nothing more than two key points, one is rebounding. The opponent is not the Rockets, and there are no Death Three Leaders led by Adams. Even with Gobert, the Timberwolves are just a team in the middle of the league's rebounding. At this point, the Warriors have the ability to win more and must win more. The gap between 10 rebounds in the first game was considered a passing grade. I only won 3 today, which is far from enough.

The second is to make mistakes. The Timberwolves have average ball handling ability and average offense precision, which is not much more advanced than the Rockets' random shots. Back to Chase Center, the Warriors must give their opponents greater oppressiveness and confrontation, create more mistakes, thereby driving conversions and counterattacks, and getting more relatively easy points. This is also a solution to offensive development without Curry. Of course, the Warriors have to protect the ball themselves. If they can't control their mistakes, it will be useless.

Meaning 2: Employment logic

The Rockets had Shen Jing in the first round, and they frequently used Adams' large lineup, and the offense and defense rhythm was relatively slow; but the Timberwolves were different, holding the ball and breaking the score at multiple points, especially after Gobert left the court, Reed moved faster inside the station. Therefore, this may mean that the employing logic with Post as the main rotation inside will no longer apply, including those nights when Grandpa Lu is not light, he must also use it less.

TJD with a 4-position attribute of

TJD with a 4-position attribute should get more time. She can pick-and-roll and roll down the offensive end, and can cut inside to eat cakes; she can be flexible on the defensive end and is good at blocking. Can't defend against Shen Jing, who has rich inside offensive skills, still can't defend against Gobert? If you match Reed, you can better follow Reed.

By the same token, Kumingga is more suitable for this round of series. The following mid-range or three-pointers are too random, and today's high shooting percentage cannot be regarded as the norm.

However, this decisive movement of empty cut and conversion fast attack is worthy of recognition and expectation.

As for the one-on-one strong thugboel dunk, well, let it go.

By the way, many people say that when we caught up with 7 points in the third quarter today, Cole's substitution became the failure of the game.

But in fact, if you really watch the game, you will find that when Hilde scored a three-pointer to narrow the gap to 7 points for the first time, Finch decisively called a timeout, and there were 7 minutes left in the third quarter. After the timeout, the Warriors still defended the opponent's attack, but Jimmy made a very low-level mistake and was quickly punished by the Timberwolves - Reed made a three-pointer.

But the Warriors' chasing momentum was still not over. In the next round, Pojie assisted Kuming to make an additional three-pointer, and the gap was narrowed to 7 points for the second time. Turning back, Divincenzo also made a three-pointer. Then both sides failed to make an offensive round in one offensive round, and then Bojie made a pass mistake and was directly hit by McDan to counterattack, and the score difference was widened to 12 points. So Cole called for a timeout and substitution.

Of course, from the perspective of the whole game, neither Jimmy nor Boger have much to blame. Although Jimmy didn't make many moves, he has been trying his best to motivate his teammates; although Bojie felt bad, he was still actively playing the role of fighting and conducting, and he was also the only player with positive positive values ​​in the Warriors today. You know, it is not easy to have a plus-negative value of +1 in a game where he lost 24 points. In other words, in the 33 minutes of Bo Jie's appearance, the Warriors beat Wolves by 1 point, while in the 15 minutes when he was not present, the Warriors lost 25 points.

In summary, the current score is 1-1. Considering that Curry is certain to miss G3 and G4, the advantage is still on the Wolves' side. The Warriors who returned to Chase Center should have a reasonable goal to avoid 1-3 and give Curry more fault tolerance space. To achieve this, Jimmy and Zhu Mengming need to provide a stable offensive and defensive base, while Hilde, Kumingga, Boger, and Moody (0 of 14 in total) who have been in a downturn in three games will have to stand up at least two. In this way, 2-2 is not without a chance, just do it.