At 11:00 a.m. Beijing time on December 19, the NBA regular season matchup is in full swing, with the Golden State Warriors sitting at home to face the Miami Heat. Before this game, the Warriors had a 15-15 record, ranked 11th in the West, as the championship team two years ago, the Warriors now seem to have fallen off the altar, the dynasty collapsed, the state of the Splash Brothers is extremely unstable, Wiggins' offensive efficiency has also reached a new low in his career, and Dream Green is still in the ban. The good news for the Warriors is that several young players this season, like Moody, Davis, Podzemski, Kuminga, have been doing well overall. Speaking about Kuminga's progress this season, Warriors head coach Kerr said in an interview:
I'm really happy with Kuminga's progress and what he's doing better now is being able to pass the ball quickly when it's in his hands so we can use our advantage to make quick passes. I've seen him make five or six assists in the last three games and he's very willing to be taught. We will continue to coach him and help him find the right position and make the right decisions. On the other side, the Heat, before this game, ranked 4th in the East with a record of 18 wins and 12 losses, and the Heat quietly rushed to the top 5 in the West, and they were still outside the top 8 in the East at the beginning of the season. The Heat is such a low-key and powerful team, and their star Butler has obviously not made any effort in the regular season so far, averaging only 21 points per game.
In this game, the two sides are in the starting lineup, the Heat side sent Herro, Hakes, Highsmith, Adebayo and Hampton, Butler did not play, and the Warriors sent Curry, Thompson, Looney, Kuminga and Podzemski. At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Adebayo jumped the ball to win, the Heat took the lead in getting the ball, Adebayo hit a mid-range emergency stop jump shot first, the Warriors launched a counterattack, Kuminga a civilian layup to finish, scored the first goal of the game, Adebayo came to the middle distance and opened for the Heat, Thompson shot at a 45-degree angle and hit a three-point hollow shot, Herro also made a small throw in the paint area, Herro arc lightning breakthrough straight to the basket and dropped two points, Harkes turned to make a layup, shook off the defender and hit the board easily.
The Warriors' offense stalled a bit in the opening period, and the Heat built a lead of about five points. In the second half of the first quarter, the Heat's offensive efficiency suddenly dropped sharply, the Warriors relied on Podzemski, Curry's wave of three-point rain directly overtook the score, and the first quarter ended, the Warriors led the Heat by 3 points 25-22. At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Wiggins hit a large two-point jumper to help the Warriors take the next city, Adebayo hit high under the basket to cause damage, standing on the free throw line and making two free throws, the Heat substitute young player Caine suddenly broke out, and scored 7 points in a row with a combination of sudden shots, and Love also soared into a bottom corner three-pointer, the Heat team once again took the initiative, the Warriors' side, the offensive state was good and bad, Curry's three-point shot could still score, but Thompson and others were dumb again, and the Heat once took a 14-point lead in the first half.
Wiggins and Paul's late quarter burst shots combined to help the Warriors close the gap. At halftime, the Heat led the Warriors by seven points at 58-51. At the beginning of the second half of the game, Yibian fought again, Thompson and Curry continuously hit the Heat basket and caused fouls, stood on the free throw line and hit both free throws, opening the third quarter of the game, Curry flew to the basket and scored another 2+1, Looney attacked the restricted area inside and won steadily, Herro hit the basket with a basket, directly tore the Warriors' interior defense and scored an easy layup, Harkes broke through the basket and scored a free throw, entering the second half of the third quarter of the game, the Warriors completely collapsed. The Yongsan madness turned into the Yongsan collapse, the duo of Curry and Thompson's splash continued to play iron, and there was no one of the three ** after that, although the Heat's offensive efficiency was also average, they were at least steady and steady, gradually expanding their lead.
It's hard to believe that the Heat without Butler would be able to mess with the Warriors. At the end of the third quarter, the Heat led the Warriors by 15 points at 91-76. In the final quarter, the Heat played several waves of small climaxes to stretch the difference to more than 20 points. Although Wiggins and Moody scored back-to-back points to try to salvage the situation, they fell behind too much and the game gradually lost suspense. In the end, the game ended with the Heat winning 114-102 over the Warriors.
In terms of statistics, on the Heat side, Tyler Herro had 25 points and 7 rebounds;Bam Adebayo 17 points and 11 rebounds;Jaime Harks Jr. 17 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists;Jamal Kane had 18 points and six rebounds;Nikola Jovic 11 points. On the Warriors' side, Stephen Curry shot just 3 of 15 and got 13 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assistsKlay Thompson 13 points and 5 assists;Blandin Podzemski 10 points and 5 assists;Dario Sharic had 10 points and 6 rebounds;Jonathan Kuminga had 10 points and five rebounds. Hundreds of spectators