SAN FRANCISCO — Here are five observations from a game the Warriors won 120-101. rocket On Saturday night they improved their record to 13-11.
1. 3-point parallax
This wasn’t a particularly clean 19-point win. WarriorsThey gave up 72 paint points and flipped 13 times. The Rockets outsmarted them with his 14 offensive rebounds, went to the line with 10 extras, and cut his 25-point Warriors lead to single digits multiple times.
But nowadays it is almost impossible NBA Losing the game when you send a 3-second avalanche and your opponent isn’t even close to matching. The Warriors hit 25-of-52 from the deep against the Rockets. Houston he was 3 of 28. This is him 66 points behind.
“The biggest challenge right now is not giving up the lead and trying to stay focused long enough to allow the team to come back,” said coach Steve Kerr. is going to make a lot of 3. It has a great shooter, but I know it needs a lot of improvement, mainly on its focus dynamics.”
These are the number of Warriors’ 3-point makes over the last five games: 20, 20, 11, 20, 25. It is the second time in his NBA history that the team has made his three shots over 20 games in four of his five games. game, and this franchise was the first to do it.
It tells the story of what is happening. The franchise most revered for spearheading this 3-point revolution is earning more per game than ever before: 16.7, with the Warriors averaging 14.3 last season compared to his 14.6 last season.Between Kevin Durant At the time, 13.3 was the highest amount per game.
Another eye-opening stat from Saturday night: It was the first time in franchise history that the Warriors had two players make eight or more 3s in the same game. Stephen Curry 8 out of 17 Andrew Wiggins It’s the third time my teammate has done it. Curry and Thompson never did it on the same night.
2. Who are Wiggins?
Wiggins was briefly credited with making three-ninths late in the game, but officials ruled he had a toe on the line. So they wiped it out, dropping him 8 out of 10. That just continues Wiggins’ searing start to the season from 3. He’s 67 out of his 149. 44.9%. He has never batted 40 percent from his 3rd batting average in his 1st season.
“I want to top it,” Wiggins said. “That’s what I’m aiming for. After 40, I feel like people see me differently.”
Andrew Wiggins has never done more than 3-40% in a full season. That’s what I aim for. When you turn 40, people start to think differently about you. ”
He’s 45% this season after being 8/10 tonight pic.twitter.com/SGjurW8XVc
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) December 4, 2022
“Andrew was great,” Carr said. “I didn’t feel like I did a good job in the last couple of games involving him. He’s left a little aggressive when we’re really flying around the court and taking quick shots. He’s a very good player and an attacking player.Tonight we made a little more concerted effort to get him to win the ball early, but above all he was very aggressive.”
3. Moody look
Klay Thompsonthe absence of cracked open the door Moses Moody, received 17 minutes, including several important late-game opportunities. Moody hit two big threes in the second half to extend the lead and scored his 11th overall in a consistent performance.
Moses Moody said it will be more difficult to be at the front of the rotation this season. pic.twitter.com/eaGbNQcIoX
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) December 4, 2022
“His professionalism and personality,” Carr said of Moody. “I mean, he hasn’t played in a month, and he’s been working hard every day to be in the weight room and on the floor. He showed why. It takes a lot of characters to come off the bench with a lot of cobwebs, shake them all off, beat the big shots, and play the key moments.”
4. Clay Update
It was the Warriors’ fifth straight game of the season, and the fifth time Thompson rested on that second night. They have 10 more straight matches. The Warriors believe Thompson may be able to play on both sides at some point.
“I hope he plays back-to-back later this year,” Kerr said. “Today he’s doing some very good on-court work and trying to simulate as much as possible what back-to-back games feel like for him. When I spoke with Rick Celebrini last night, he said, He said there’s no scientific basis or formula for it, and it’s more preventative than anything else.
5. Next
The Warriors took a full day off on Sunday after this condensed back-to-back relationship before returning home for the next three games. Pacers on monday night. The Pacers were one of the league’s surprise his team during his first two months, but hit a rough patch on the current trip, clippers, kings When jazz.
(Photo by Andrew Wiggins: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
