Zhang Jiawei: With Jimmy out of the game, the Warriors rotation is in chaos. The team lacks a secondary ball handler. Kerr s trial offense is fragmented.

In the NBA regular season, the Warriors refused to reverse and defeated the Suns 118-107.

After the game, freelance writer Zhang Jiawei commented on the game. The original text is as follows:

The Warriors defeated the Suns. It could have been easier: until the last minute and a half, two things happened:

-Jimmy retired and the rotation was messed up.

- Defense.

In 14 minutes, Jimmy only made 1 of 5 shots, 2 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, but +17: In the last 2 and a half minutes of the first quarter, he led the second team to a 10-2 run. When he left the game in the second quarter, the Warriors led by 20 points.

After that, he was gone and the rest of the Warriors were still there, but when Curry was gone, things were not so clear.

What's more, Cole paired Curry with Spencer, TJD, Hield and Kuminga. The space was narrow. As a result, Curry was blocked when cutting inside, and Kuminga turned over and shot. When Cole saw something was wrong, he hit Moody and Dream Chaser, and Curry pulled away with two three-pointers.

In the third quarter, the Warriors led by 20 points, and Cole changed the formation again: TJD and Santos came back, and were caught by 12 points; at that time, the Warriors had such a strange formation: Moody + Spencer + Santos + TJD + Hield.

In the fourth quarter, Curry + Moody + Podger + Post + Dream Chase opened up 19 points, but Cole brought Hield and Kuminga back, and the point difference was only 8 points: Fortunately, Curry made three free throws and Moody's layup ended the game. Curry collapsed when he finally fell to the ground: 33 minutes but 23 baskets, too tired.

Without Jimmy, the team lacked a secondary ball handler, forcing Curry's time to be fragmented. Coupled with Cole's trial formation, the offense was piecemeal.

As for defense? The Solars lasted until the end because Booker made 13 of 24 shots and scored 38 points.

Before today, the Warriors dropped 113 points every 100 possessions.

Dream Chase: The opponent's offensive efficiency is 107 when on the court and 124 when off the court - still the team's chief defender.

Jimmy: 111 and 121—— His single defense effect is average, but his rotational assist defense is online.

Bojie: 114 and 114 - not a loss.

Moody: 102 and 119—the team’s best wing defender?

Post - 111 and 119.

Then:

Curry: 118 and 107.

Kuminga: 118 and 107.

Horford: 121 and 111.

Curry and Kuminga have similar defensive efficiencies this season because they often pair up in a lineup: Kuminga + Jimmy. The space is not very good without Curry, so Cole tries to let Curry lead Kuminga.

In total, Kuminga has defended 59% of his opponents from the field this season, 42% from three-point range, and 60 points on 41 shots. But don’t blame him:

He defended Luka for 16 points on 12 shots, 13 points on 6 shots against Gordon, 7 points on 5 shots against Rollins, and 9 points on 6 shots against Siakam - most of his opponents were ball holders, or ace ball holders.

Dream Chase defends long forwards like Ayton, 3J, Jokic, and others, while Curry deals with off-ball players like Kayo, Trent, Kamara-Pope, and others.

"Kuminga needs to be guarded by someone... Chai Meng is responsible for the big anchor, so Kuminga, you can lead the defense."

Letting Kuminga lead the defense is to make use of his body, movement, youthfulness and strength; he is also good at collecting rebounds; he only has poor coverage and is not familiar with defense switching, so he is unstable against the pick-and-roll master.

Besides him, who is the Warriors’ best defender? Moody's.

This season, Moody has defended a total of 20 shots from the opponent and scored 14 points, with a shooting percentage of 25% and a three-point percentage of 17%: He is better at dealing with screens than Kuminga, and can also carry strength, but he is not big and cannot deal with speed types, and Cole always controls him. Today, his hands are hot. Okay, use it more.

Today Booker was playing against the Warriors, looking for weaknesses to attack: when attacking Kuminga, he would swing more, against TJD, he would turn around, and against Moody, he would directly attack. No one in the Warriors could guard him.

Double attack Booker? Especially Booker likes to go right-handed, should he be able to catch it? But the Warriors didn't dare too much: excellent flanking teams are either young and agile, or they have long hands and feet and can cover a wide range of situations.

However, the Warriors usually use Kuminga/Moody to lead the defense, use Curry and Podger to chase off the ball, and use Dream Chaser to defend and protect the basket. The outside defense is big and the small defense is small, the inside defense is small and the defense is big. Switching defenses is a good thing, but you have to be a little more cautious when attacking from a flank.

In the third quarter, Kuminga and Moody were both absent, and the Warriors' perimeter defense was in a mess. Podger struggled to catch up with Gillespie.

——Just like before against the Bucks, the Warriors had a headache against the Rollins/Anthony double pick-and-roll.

Or Kerr regains his trust in Moody this spring.

Either the Warriors can only count on Melton to prevent the opponent's ball carrier from scoring 30 points.

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