The Warriors have had a very bumpy season, after playing about 10 good games at the beginning of the season, it has almost been declining, which is not only the reason for the aging of Curry and Klay's core players, but also the problem of Wiggins' state, and the run-in problem after Paul and the rookies increased their time, all of which until Green was suspended and reached that ** point, forcing the Warriors to solve it, in fact, the way for the Warriors to adjust is to increase the use of newcomers and reduce the time for "meritorious", Kuminga and Podzemski both became the main rotation players, but the Warriors' record did not improve much after the adjustment, until Green returned to the Warriors and finally began to improve their record, and Klay was put on the bench, and the Warriors finally had a reliable set of starters: Curry, Podzemski, Wiggins, Kuminga and Green.
At present, the Warriors are in 10th place in the West, and the Jazz in the 11th place in the West have a 3-game difference with the Warriors, and the Jazz do not look competitive in the middle of the season, while the Mavericks, who are eighth in the West, have 3With a 5-game difference, it is also very difficult for the Warriors to catch up, and the Lakers lead the Warriors by 0With a five-game difference, it looks like a life-and-death matchup with the Lakers in the first round of the play-offs is highly likely, but of course this is not what the Warriors want to see.
The Warriors still have a chance to finish in the top eight and get the repechage in the playoffs. One is because Paul is coming back soon, Paul can play well with Klay on the bench after his comeback, the Warriors' bench was at the forefront of the league before Paul's injury, and now the bench lacks ball handlers and playmakers, the Warriors have two and a half playmakers, Paul, Curry and Podzemski, and now the latter two are in the starting lineup, so the bench very much needs playmakers to sort out the offense, so I believe that Paul's comeback is a big improvement for the Warriors' combat power. The second is that the opponents behind the Warriors are relatively weak, ranking 25th in the league in terms of schedule difficulty, while rivals Suns, Kings and Lakers are ranked 18 and 10. So it's likely that the Suns, Kings and Lakers are two of them in the 9The 10 are life and death, the Warriors will reach the top eight to get the repechage, especially the Suns, who will continue to play 2 games each with the Wolves, Thunder, Nuggets and Clippers in the top four in the West, and the Celtics, the first in the league, will play 2 games, as well as the Kings and Pelicans who will fight hard with you, so I think I am quite optimistic that the Warriors will enter the top eight.
So what are the Warriors going to do on their own? In fact, it's the best of yourself, keep in good shape to win the game, and now Curry's state is picking up, and Wiggins has greatly improved his game feeling, a bit of a 22-year championship season. Kuminga's ability to punch the rim adds more solutions to the problem for the Warriors, with Kuminga averaging 20+ in eight straight games in January and 20 per game in January6 points, with a true shooting percentage of 66With a 5 percent shooting percentage and a free-throw percentage that stayed close to 8 percent in January, Kuminga's massive improvement this season is the most gratifying thing for Warriors fans right now. In addition, coupled with Paul's comeback, I believe that the Warriors will improve their record later.
However, if you go up the rankings, this will inevitably encounter a problem, that is, the health and physical problems of the core players, or to put it bluntly, Curry will inevitably have a lot of consumption, which is not good for the play-offs and playoffs, Curry is the foundation of the Warriors. The Warriors have played 56 games so far, and it is estimated that the Warriors coaching staff will wait and see 10 games, if the Warriors' record is not very good after Paul's return, and they lose more and the Suns and Kings stabilize their records and do not lose to too many strong teams, it may be necessary to consider the problem of Curry's rotation, so that Curry can stay healthy and recharged, and work hard in the play-offs to fight for the play-offs. On the other hand, if the Warriors have a better chance of finishing in the top eight in the remaining games, then they can only continue to squeeze Curry, after all, the resurrection is still very much needed by the Warriors.
Here is a discussion of why the Warriors need the repechage league very much, the first is Curry's style of play, Curry is a projection superstar, he can play at a high level in 95% of the games, but once he encounters a bad day, Curry is difficult to adjust, and if you want a superstar like James to kill the inside, he can save a few games of physical strength, and he will be able to give full strength in the most important games, which is more obvious in last year's playoffs and the 21 play-offs. The second is that the 21-year experience left a big shadow on the Warriors, who were eighth in the West that year but were finally killed by the Grizzlies, which made the Warriors hate a game that would be a winner.
If the Warriors enter the playoffs, there is a high probability that they will be seventh or eighth, and the top two in the West are the Timberwolves, Nuggets and Thunder, but the Warriors have not won a game so far, and it is not that there is no good news, the good news is that most games have not lost much. In fact, if it is the Thunder or the Timberwolves, after all, we can trust the playoff experience of the core players of the Warriors, and I am optimistic that there is a 25% win rate with the Thunder and a 20% win rate with the Timberwolves. If you meet the Nuggets, my advice is to surrender and lose half, and a 10% chance can be considered an optimistic Warriors fan.
Of course, the Warriors are not without advantages, in addition to the above-mentioned Curry, Wiggins' state has picked up, and the rookies have improved significantly, there is also the fact that Green has a 44% three-point shooting rate this season, and if Green can maintain this shooting rate and enter the playoffs, it may become an X factor.
After all this discussion, in summary, I think the Warriors may have these results, 25% fall in the 9-10th place in the life-and-death game, 25% fall in the second round of the play-offs to become ninth in the West, 40% in the first round of the West, and the remaining 10% go further. I hope the Warriors can cheer for the rest of the game, even if they can't get a good result, it is always a matter of fans who want to let fans watch one more Curry game!