Last night, against the Bucks who remained on six straight victories, and whose athletic qualities are no longer to be demonstrated, Steve Kerr had decided to innovate by associating Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Jordan Poole from the start of the game. Alongside them, Andrew Wiggins and Kevon Looney for a five “small ball” clearly focused on the attack. Steve Kerr wanted to test the Curry-Poole-Thompson combination at the start of the match, after being convinced of their effectiveness for endgames. But also because he had anticipated the Bucks’ strategy on Curry.
” These three were playing really well he first explains about the Moody-Curry-Thompson trio. ” But I had a feeling that Holiday was going to stay on Steph all the time, and they were going to do double takes. So we had the feeling that we had to put Jordan (Poole) in place of Moses (Moody) to give ourselves a second creator, and to have more openings. If they double up on Steph, Thompson and Poole can follow up, and it becomes difficult to defend.“
“I don’t think there’s any other player than Steph who endures so many two-man and three-man takes”
Upon arrival, the bet paid off with a Thompson-Poole tandem which compiled 68 points while the Bucks focused on a Curry in altruistic mode: 8 points, 8 assists and only 7 shots taken.
“We ended up four-against-three on the opposite side, and in the NBA, it’s really difficult to defend if you’re outnumbered” points out Poole. “When you’re able to have Wiggs and Klay to put the game aside, plus Kevon who is one of the smartest players I’ve played with, it makes it easier to play the opposite game. “
Same speech at Thompson, who had found his paw with 38 points to 15 of 24 on shots. “I don’t think there’s any other player than Steph who endures so many two-man and three-man strikes. It opens up my game a lot. I appreciate the attention he generates around him when he’s on the pitch. This allows you to have good positions for others. It’s possible for everyone, except for Steph. “
On arrival, Kerr is satisfied with this formula with three scorers at the back, even if he has already warned that the return of Draymond Green will reshuffle the cards. “It worked, but it worked because Jordan had a really great game. He was patient. He only lost one ball. He was much better in defense than in previous matches. He took rebounds. He takes six tonight, and that’s the key. We dominated them on the rebound. When Jordan plays like that on both sides of the court, our attack is even better. “
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Stephen Curry | 61 | 34.9 | 43.4 | 37.8 | 92.1 | 0.5 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 25.8 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 61 | 31.8 | 46.9 | 40.1 | 62.6 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 17.2 |
| Klay Thompson | 21 | 26.5 | 40.5 | 35.6 | 92.1 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 16.8 |
| Jordan Poole | 61 | 28.8 | 45.1 | 35.5 | 92.3 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 16.7 |
| Jonathan Kuminga | 55 | 15.8 | 51.9 | 34.7 | 69.3 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 9.0 |
| Otto Porter | 53 | 21.4 | 47.0 | 38.0 | 78.7 | 1.1 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 8.2 |
| Draymond Green | 34 | 29.9 | 53.7 | 28.6 | 59.7 | 1.1 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 7.9 |
| Damion Lee | 52 | 20.2 | 45.7 | 36.2 | 84.9 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 7.7 |
| Gary Payton II | 60 | 17.0 | 61.2 | 36.4 | 57.4 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 7.1 |
| Kevon Looney | 67 | 21.6 | 56.7 | 0.0 | 60.5 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 7.6 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 6.4 |
| Nemanja Bjelica | 59 | 15.3 | 44.9 | 33.6 | 68.2 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 5.8 |
| Moses Moody | 42 | 11.6 | 43.8 | 35.2 | 79.4 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 4.6 |
| Juan Toscano Anderson | 64 | 14.3 | 48.4 | 30.9 | 57.4 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 4.3 |
| Andre Iguodala | 26 | 19.9 | 39.2 | 23.0 | 81.2 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 4.1 |
| Quinndary Weatherspoon | 7 | 7.2 | 66.7 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 3.6 |
| Chris Chiozza | 28 | 11.1 | 29.6 | 34.8 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
| Jeff Dowtin | 4 | 6.9 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
