Curry retired from injury, G1 still got off the road! Where is the Warriors winning? Dual cores + three surprises show their power

Curry retired due to accidental injury, and the Warriors G1 still got off to a good start in the away game! So where did the Warriors win? Dual cores + three surprises have shown their power to lead the team to overcome difficulties.

Warriors G1 captured the away game

in the first round, eliminating the Rockets' exhausted Warriors, and G1 flew to Minnesota to challenge the Timberwolves away.

Finally, Curry played for only 12 minutes and was injured and retreated early, he defeated the Timberwolves 99-88 to get a good start in the series, and temporarily led 1-0 with a big score.

plus the other three sets of series in the second round were also lowered. The second round of this season has been the first time in NBA history that all four visiting teams in G1 have lowered.

The Warriors are undoubtedly the most difficult team in the 4-group series. Not only did they fly away one day after the tiebreak, but the core Curry also accidentally retreated.

So in this case, why can the Warriors take away the victory?

Reason 1: Dual-core stable output

When Curry is missing, the other two Warriors, Butler and Zhu Meng, took on greater responsibilities.

Among them, Butler fought hard to play the highest 41 minutes in the game. He made 7 of 20 shots and seemed to be inefficient, but he still scored 20 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. At the same time, facing the Timberwolves' crazy pursuit of points in the final quarter, Butler scored a key drop.

As Cole said after the game, when he handed the ball to Butler in the final quarter, he felt relieved even if there was a 24-second offense violation, because Butler was as good as all superstars in interpreting the game and controlling the rhythm.

Another controversial inside core chasing dreams also withstood the pressure in this game and delivered outstanding performances on both offense and defense.

When Curry recovered from injury and the team was confused on the offensive end, Zhu Meng made consecutive three-pointers in the second quarter and scored 14 points in a single quarter.

6 of 13 shots in the game, 4 of 10 three-pointers, scored 18 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals, plus or negative values ​​+11. As a bad guy who is good at disrupting the situation, the most admirable thing about chasing dreams is that he can always stand up and do something he is not good at in critical moments to save the team.

After the end of this game, the number of assists in the Dream-Chasing playoffs reached a milestone of 1,000 assists and 200 blocks in the playoffs, becoming the second player in history to reach 1,000 assists and 200 blocks in the playoffs.

Reason 2: The three surprises should be praised by Butler and Zhu Meng Meng enough, but the output is insufficient, and more people need to stand up to support the offensive output brought by Curry. At this time, the three surprises have shown their power one after another.

First of all, Hilde, who played the key man in tiebreak, broke out again in a critical moment in this game, making 5 of 8 three-pointers, scoring 24 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, with a plus-negative value + 22 highest in the game.

A three-pointer at the decisive moment completely defeated the Timberwolves' counterattack wave.

With this performance, Hilder has scored at least 20 points + 5 three-pointers + 0 turnovers in two consecutive games, becoming the third player in NBA history to give this performance, comparable to Seth Curry and Grayson Allen.

Compared with Hilde, which had been continuously exploded, Looney and Spencer, who were ordered to plug and play, were more in line with the positioning of the surprise.

The former scored 2 points and 6 rebounds (2 front boards), 2 breaks and 1 attacker, and grabbed frontcourt rebounds continuously at critical moments, which was one of the key factors for the Warriors to withstand the Timberwolves counterattack.

Spencer made 2 of 4 shots, scored 4 points, 2 rebounds and 2 steals. When Curry was injured and Boger was in a sluggish state, it alleviated the rotation crisis in the Warriors' backcourt.

Reason 3: The Timberwolves' iron out of the sky

Even if the Warriors' surprise emerged, Zhu Meng and Butler's dual core output were stable, they still could not fill the shortcomings caused by Curry's injury and retreat. The biggest problem with the Timberwolves' loss came from themselves.

The Timberwolves actually made 5 of 29 shots, including Edwards' 1 of 5, Diwenqinzo's 1 of 7, Conley's 0 of 5, Randall, Walker and McDan all made 0 of 3.

This is the data after the Warriors significantly contracted the inside line in the second half and released the outside projection, which shows how bad the Timberwolves projected in this game.