G2 Warriors defeated the Timberwolves, and the situation after the game is "mixed"

In the fierce competition between G2 in the NBA playoff division semi-finals, the Warriors lost to the Timberwolves with a score of 93-117, and the two sides had a big score of 1-1. In this game, the Warriors, who lacked Curry as the core player, were restricted everywhere on the field, and their offensive weakness eventually led to a defeat. After the game, the Warriors' situation showed a situation of two joys and two sorrows, and the team's subsequent direction tightly touched the heartstrings of many fans.

Kuminga's potential has begun to show, but it has not been reused.

Kuminga's performance was remarkable in this stalemate game. When the team's offense was deadlock and the scoring became increasingly difficult, he stepped onto the field with his outstanding impact, successfully opening up the situation for the team, and once approached the gap. However, it is a pity that coach Cole does not seem to give him enough trust and sufficient playing time.

Whenever Kumingga just helped the team recover some points, he was inexplicably replaced. After he left the court, other players were in poor condition, which led to the Warriors being further widened. In the absence of the overall independent offensive ability of the team, Kumingga should have become a powerful support for the team, but it is really regrettable that he failed to fully display his talents.

Kor boldly changed the lineup and actively sought new things

In view of Curry's absence, Coach Kohl took the initiative to seek change and activated the rotation lineup of up to 14 people throughout the game, trying to explore a new lineup combination and tactical system. In this game, Butler became the player with the longest playing time in the team. After G2 ended, everyone was looking forward to Cole's surprise victory in G3 and G4 with this new lineup and tactical system. After all, with Curry absent, the team urgently needs to find a set of effective playing styles to win the game.

Butler is hard to stand the core and performs poorly

When Curry is absent, Butler should undoubtedly take the lead in the team's core scoring point. But disappointingly, he failed to shoulder this important task. In the whole game, Butler only made 13 shots, but he failed to stand up in handling key balls. Although it may face greater defensive pressure, as the core of the team, if the Warriors cannot open up the situation on the offensive end, it is easy to imagine how difficult it is for the Warriors to win. How to get Butler to gain more attack rights and release greater energy on the offensive end will be a problem that Butler and Cole need to think about and focus on solving together.

There are many players in the sluggish state, which is worrying that in addition to Butler, there are many players in the team performing poorly. Moody's decline in form is incredible. He made 0 of 14 shots in the past three games, and he missed all 5 shots in this game, and even had an embarrassing situation of not being involved in three games many times. You should know that in the later part of the regular season, Moody finally found its state on both offense and defense, but now it continues to be sluggish on the offense and there is no trace of the defensive end. Such a state urgently needs to be adjusted.

In addition, as a shooter, Hilder made only 5 of 14 shots, failing to achieve ideal shooting efficiency; Green made 3 of 10 shots, scored 9 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, and when Curry was not on the court, he seemed to have lost his direction, and his help to the team was very limited; Post played for 3 minutes without a single point, and the team lost 13 points in the period; marginal players such as Knox and Spencer also felt cold and continued to hit the iron; Payton Jr. lost his former courage, made 0 of 2 shots, and there were no highlights on both ends of offense and defense; Rooney played for 2 minutes, and the team lost 10 points, and without effective targeting Gobert, his effect was minimal; Santos had a lot of loopholes in defense, scoring 0 points in 8 minutes of the game, and made 3 mistakes.

After this game, although the Warriors have the highlights of Kumingga's potential and Kerr's active change of teams, the problems of Butler's lack of core role and the sluggish state of many players also need to be solved urgently. In the next game, whether the Warriors can adjust their state in time when Curry is absent and find a way to win, let's wait and see.