Every December, Curry will collapse for a while, and two years ago, there was a 4-of-21 performance against the sky, and old fans should be Xi used to it. For so many seasons of the Warriors, Tieguanyin has been training at the beginning of the season and slowly recovering his stateBy December, Curry was on the relay, and he had a few more gamesIt wasn't until January that the core players were back on track.
So why has this drama lasted for so many years, but it was smashed this year?
There are three reasons for this: defense, defense, and defense.
In the 2022 season, the Warriors' offensive efficiency in the regular season is about 112, which is lower than this season, and the reason for the good record is the defensive efficiency of 106, the top five defensive ability in the league. During that time, the Warriors were often able to put on a spectacular show of changing two or three defensive tactics in a single round, leaving the opponent at a loss, and finally winning the game.
But this defensive system has collapsed in the past two years:
The first is the departure of Coach Brown, which has left the Warriors' defensive tactics in a state of flux;
Then there was Green's punch that put himself on the opposite side of the rookie, and the original defensive tower couldn't command the run.
And then this season, the original top defender Wiggins' form fell off a cliff, which became the last straw.
The Warriors' defense was in ashes, and they couldn't prevent it in the fourth quarter, so there were so many bad scenes where the lead was overturned by ten and twenty points.
For this situation, there are only two ways to break the game:
1. Play fast like the Pacers, give up defense, and increase the tempo to play against the offense. This is not very feasible, with the aging of the core, the Warriors' ability to convert fast break has been declining in recent years, and this season the fast break scoring league is the bottom, and it is not easy to turn over.
2. Strengthen the investment of defensive resources, break them into parts, and obtain rim protection and forward defender resources through trading. At present, the salary of the team's guard line accounts for more than half of the team, and a trade can be considered in exchange for a qualified starting interior line and a swingman at the second and third positions. This depends on Deng Liwei's courage and the luck of the warriors.
Finally, the rise and fall of the team has its own cycle, and the Warriors, who are affected by the sequelae of the dynasty, are walking in a downward cycle. Life is bigger than basketball. #nba#