Zhang Jiawei: Curry s ultimate magic ball. Cole s use of Curry beat Mickey s use of Wenban.

In the NBA regular season, the Warriors defeated the Spurs 125-120 away from home.

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

The Warriors beat the Spurs.

Curry scored a season-high 46 points, and turned the tide with 22 points in 8 minutes of the third quarter—the 41st 20-point quarter in his career? ——Pressed the double triple-doubles of Wen Banyama and Castle.

It was the Warriors' strategy that won: the fourth-highest 57 long-range shots in team history, Curry's second-highest career 16 free throws: the ultimate magic ball, the ultimate enjoyment.

Harden next door: Huh? !

Castle kept attacking Curry in the first half, and Curry also cut inside, scoring 15 points. At the beginning of the second half, the Spurs relied on the path. Vassell and Barnes chased Curry, but Curry did something that shook the Spurs' foundation:

pursued Wenban Yama.

At the beginning of the second half, Curry punished Barnes and scored two three-pointers, forcing Castle to commit four fouls: that was the decisive moment.

The Warriors caught up to 5 points, and at the same time, the Spurs were forced to hide Castle and replaced Vassell to chase Curry.

Wenban went to the three-point line to chase Curry, but Curry went straight through the basket and made a free throw; Vassell's cover was not good, and Curry asked for three free throws: Curry made 9 free throws in the half quarter, and the Spurs' defense collapsed:

- Castle couldn't guard Curry, Vassell was rough, and Wenbanyama was in a dilemma inside and outside. Curry scored 22 points in 8 and a half minutes.

And this is where it really begins.

When Curry came off the court, the Warriors led 81 to 80 by 1 point, but Jimmy then went on an 11-4 run to pull away by 8 points. His thinking was clear: Jimmy fed Payton to cut inside, he even wanted free throws, and fed Horford a three-pointer from the corner: he still bullied Wenban and couldn't defend him.

Curry's explosion in the third quarter was extremely energy-consuming, so he took a 7-minute rest and came back. After that, it was the Warriors' strategy:

The Spurs flanked Curry, and Jimmy picked the ball to feed Horford for a long shot.

Curry made a basket himself and fed Podger a long shot.

Then the most typical goal:

Chasing Dreams faced Wenban Yama, and made a blind mid-range shot, but Payton rebounded the offensive rebound, and Curry faced Wenban from the three-point line, and made another jump shot. Payton got his second consecutive offensive rebound, and Curry made a tip-in.

——You don’t necessarily need to hit the target, as long as you move the Wen class away, your teammates can get offensive rebounds.

This is the Warriors' strategy against Wenban today: they only scored 12 points in the paint, but made 30 free throws, including 16 for Curry: Wenban didn't come out, Curry and Horford shot him; Wenban came out, Curry and Jimmy took turns to rush, Jimmy and Payton cut offensive rebounds; the Spurs pinched Curry, picked the ball to Horford and threw at Wenban.

In turn, the defensive end.

Wenbanyama kept making magic goals today: drifting sideways shots, strong three-pointers, especially in the last 4 minutes: three-pointers by himself, feeding Kornet alley-oops, defending against Curry and making up for Payton, making his own shots to stop the Warriors - he also had a triple-double, 31 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists: 2 of 5 shots from the basket in the second half.

Chai Meng and Horford tried their best to keep Wenban out of the penalty area.

The hidden problem of the Spurs today: In the past, when Wenban was blocked, Kelden's inward cuts and offensive rebounds should have been a back-up move, but today Keldon's offense was not fragile; the Spurs' coordination in the second half, such as Barnes' corner, was basically "using Wenban's inward cuts to attract the Warriors to shrink the weak-side corner." However, the inside and outside penetrations like the Warriors' Jimmy and Curry basically did not appear.

Fox is obviously free from the offense.

The result was that despite various individual efforts by Castle and Wenban, the whole team was stunned after Curry disrupted the rhythm in the third quarter.

I mentioned something after the Warriors lost to the Thunder yesterday:

"Post, Richard and Moody all deserve more time:

Moody's leading defense (as long as he is not speedy), active and long-range shooting; Post's long-range shooting and young body, and Richard's hard work can make the Warriors look less slow. Kuminga's starting test is almost over, and he roughly understands what he can and cannot do: considering that Curry + Dream Chaser + Jimmy can't move, if you need vitality, then Moody + Kuminga. "

Today the Warriors directly started Moody and Richard...

Moody scored the third-highest 19 points on the team. Kuminga only played 12 minutes with a knee injury - which may explain his previous instability - and the Warriors stepped up their game.

So on the surface, Curry scored 46 points and Jimmy scored 28 points, which overwhelmed Wenban and Castle's two triple-doubles.

Behind the scenes, the Warriors' interweaving skills came out: the highest 57 three-pointers in team history, and the second-highest 16 free throws in Curry's career, which put Wenban in a dilemma inside and outside, blocking Wenban from entering the paint, interspersing, destroying, and collapsing the defense.

The Spurs actually lost in the end because Curry intercepted Castle's cross-court pass and Podger intercepted Fox's pass: It was very clear in those two rounds that the Warriors completely understood what the two Spurs guards wanted to do.

So in terms of statistics, Wenban’s 31+15+10 is not inferior to Curry’s 46+5+5; but in terms of strategy, Cole’s use of Curry beat Mitch’s use of Wenban—to be precise, coach Mickey didn’t use Wenban in the second half. It was more like “We can’t break them, why don’t you try to hit some fairy balls yourself?”