The highlight of 36 points is hard to hide the performance of 4 people! How lonely is Curry s back after leaving the field

In terms of background, there is a situation: "When Curry is not present, the Warriors' system is like losing a pillar, losing 8.7 points per 100 rounds!" ESPN's senior data expert Kevin Pelton said before the game, and it was true.

Western Conference Semi-Final G3, the Warriors lost 97-102 to the Timberwolves at home, and fell 1-2 in the series, and there was a big crisis behind it. You know, in the era of Cole coaching, this is the 17th time that it has made less than 10 three-pointers in a single game in the playoffs (only 9 hits in this game), and the Warriors' winning rate is pitifully low, only 23.5% (according to StatMuse data). The Timberwolves, relying on Edwards to score 36 points and scored 13 three-pointers, just like a three-pointer rain, increased the away win rate of the series to 61.3% (ranked third in the league). In the surveillance screen of the locker room passage, Cole and Kumingga's 2 minutes and 17 seconds of quiet conversation were regarded by the San Francisco Chronicle as a "signal for the reconstruction of the Cole system."

The key turning point occurred in the last 8 minutes of the death moment. With 3 minutes and 11 seconds left in the third quarter, the Warriors still led 79-77, but the turning point came with Zhu Meng Green's fifth foul. The Timberwolves suddenly made a "1-3-1 joint defense", which immediately suppressed the Warriors. The Warriors missed all seven shots in the next 5 minutes and 44 seconds, and made 4 mistakes. Edwards showed off his skills during this period, scoring 11 points alone, and also made a 9-meter-long three-pointer on the Warriors' mark. The noise from the ceiling of the Chase Central Arena suddenly soared to 121 decibels, which was as loud as a chainsaw.

From a tactical point of view, the Timberwolves' defensive coach Norri's move is really a masterpiece. As soon as Greene made a game, he immediately asked Towns to play against Kumingga and used the 7-centimeter height difference to block Kumingga's breakthrough route. The Warriors made a mistake in dealing with it. Kerr let Podjemsky hold the ball to play the pick-and-roll for three consecutive rounds, but his singles efficiency value is only 1.08 (according to Synergy data), which is far lower than the average level of the league point guard. There was also the fatal rebound out of control. Gobert grabbed 3 offensive rebounds in the last 4 minutes. Once he made a make-up dunk, the Warriors called a timeout. The scene shot also captured Curry stomping his feet in the player passage and roaring.

Let's take a look at the performance of the stars.

Butler seemed to have fallen into a physical trap. Although the 34-year-old veteran scored 28 points, he made 1 of 7 shots in the final quarter. Second Spectrum’s tracking data showed that his average sprint speed in the fourth quarter dropped to 4.3 meters per second (5.1 meters per second in the regular season) and his vertical jump height was also reduced by 11.2 cm when breaking through. Slater, a Warriors' team reporter, revealed: "Butler injected two doses of knee lubricant before the game, which is no secret in the locker room."

Kuminga has ushered in his moment of breaking out of the cocoon, scoring 30 points on 10 of 14 shots, behind which is the outbreak of his special training results in the middle of the season. His personal trainer Chris Brickley revealed to The Athletic that Kumingga performed three "anti-jammer finishing training" every week, which was to complete layups under the siege of four assistant coaches holding foam sticks, which increased his opponent's shooting percentage at the basket to 63.7% (51.2% before the All-Star Weekend).

Green was in a bad mood. When he left the court with 6 offenses, the Warriors lost points in the inside and suddenly soared to 24 points / 100 rounds. TNT commentator Barkley pointed out sharply: "He was suspected of Edwards' foot-up in the third quarter, and he should have suffered a second-level malicious foul!"

From the data, many problems can be found. The Warriors have never won a single game as long as they lose more than 10 rebounds this season. This rebound was crushed by the Timberwolves 38-51. Curry's dependence was obvious. When the Warriors did not have Curry, the three-point shooting rate plummeted to 32.1% (fourth-last in the league), and 9 of 30 of this three-pointers was just this level.

. Edwards is awesome, becoming the fourth NBA history player to score 35 + 5 + 5 multiple times in the playoffs before the age of 22, standing side by side with James, Doncic and Tatum (according to Elias data). Podjemsky and Hield, two roles, performed poorly, with a total of 4 of 23 shots and a true shooting percentage of 31.7%, setting the Warriors' record for the worst duo in the playoffs in the past five years.

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