The Warriors' season came to an end with a big loss
on the opponent's home court
For the team's star player
Curry is already 35 years old and with each passing year his physical condition
becomes harder to manage
This is an undeniable fact
This season
The Warriors paid the highest luxury tax
yet suffered the worst beating
The overall strength of the core trio is declining
while their salaries are rising
This made the Warriors' fleet even more difficult The
first dynasty of the Warriors
Is it over From the start of
the season when Draymond punched Poole it was already destined that the Warriors'
journey this season would be tough
If someone punches you in
front of the entire world that
grudge is really hard to forget the atmosphere in the
Warriors' locker room was
set early on and
it was also this punch that naturally led the Warriors to victory
Signed to a four-year $114 million contract
extension Poole further compressed the team's
salary space This season the Warriors no longer have a perfect
start The first ten games
Three wins and seven losses
Including a five-game losing streak
Because of the departures of small Peyton and Porter during the off-season
The Warriors' second unit is greatly weakened
On the court the reserves are basically digging holes
The starting point of the
game was a struggle until the
eleventh game he scored 47 points grabbed 8 rebounds and had 8 assists with zero
turnovers finally winning the Kings by three points in
a hard-fought battle
In November the team paused its rookie development plan in order
to improve their record
and sent Wiggins to the
development league By
mid-December the Warriors went on a road trip
Won one game with 600 points
Lost to the Knicks by 38 points
Lost to the Nets by 30 points
Only managed to salvage some
dignity against the Raptors
During this period
The team's backcourt is missing four games and Curry has also sat out two games making Poole the team's top
offensive option as he
has already scored a career-high 43 points
He also had a 11-for-11
underwhelming performance It can only be said that Poole is still
far from meeting the Warriors' expectations
Back at home the Warriors became another team
The Christmas Day showdown against the Grizzlies
The Warriors defeated their opponent by 14 points
They regained a bit of their long-lost championship flair
Riding on this momentum
The Warriors secured a five-game winning streak
They proved their uniqueness The trading market
kicked off at the beginning
of January However the
several big contracts within the Warriors had
already locked up the space
leaving no flexibility
They could only make a small effort in the gap
Eventually the warrior
hesitated to act They only
managed to get a championship
substitute in exchange
for Wiseman Peyton Jr even failed the physical
The deal almost
fell through compared
to the Lakers' big move the Warriors
' efforts in this arms race were also
disappointing as of the All-Star Game
The Warriors have 43 wins and 39 losses
The professional website gives the championship probability around 5%
The script of this season
seems oddly familiar
Team record
Exactly as it was when the 2021 All-Star Game ended
That year
The Warriors' management insisted on developing new talent
Without strengthening their championship prospects
Ultimately losing to the Grizzlies in the play-in tournament
No chance for the playoffs
Second half of the season
Wiggins left the team again due to family reasons
The return date is uncertain
Fortunately the Warriors ended the season with three consecutive wins
Amid the chaotic Western
Conference standings
they narrowly secured
the sixth seed finishing
the regular season with an average of 29.4 points 6.1 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game
He was the only All-Star on the team this year
The first-round playoff opponent was the young
Kings The team that was heavily favored by the outside world the Warriors
suffered an opening loss
Even with Wiggins returning the Warriors scored
30 points in the third quarter but they couldn't stop the Kings' 17-year magic sword with Fox
scoring 38 points and Monk
erupting with 32 points
King's 3-point cold streak leads to a surprising victory over the Warriors
Game 2
The Warriors showed signs of exhaustion
Unfortunately he stepped on little Sa
A war arrow tower
Tashui and Chong
In the era of the stock market
The team had never been behind 0-2 before
Three young players who were highly expected
All performed poorly
Especially Kuminga
Seemed nervous on the court
He's confused again
Scored only 8 points in two games with one rebound and one assist
Finally Cole
Just removed him from the rotation
And when Green was on the court in Green Bay
Poo only scored 4 points and 3 rebounds yet he
appeared indifferent and
watched the game as if it
were none of his business
In the crucial third game the
Warriors still have to rely on Curry This game
Ball in the basket is a score no ball is to attract defense in the triple team three
masters take 15 points the whole
game Tiancheng comes
down to get 36 points
They defeated the opponent with 17 points in
the lead Taking advantage of the home court
momentum he played only 43 minutes in the
fourth game but scored an impressive 32 points
The team won 126 to 125
by one point heading to the
fifth game against the Kings the team is heading to the Warriors the game lasted
42 minutes time was fully
used but physical condition
also has hidden problems
Luckily the team exploded with energy four players
scoring 20 points each and
they won at the Kings' home
court but they didn't get
too excited as the desperate
Kings used their physical advantage in the sixth game
Speeding up the game
While the Warriors' aging players
inevitably show the marks of time
The Kings killed the defending champions
This loss
kept Curry awake all night
Before the seventh game Ko Li gave a speech at the Chase Center meeting he believed the team had
enough ability to win the game he urged everyone
to put their personal
emotions aside a source said
This speech mainly addressed Pu'er and
Kumingjia who were dissatisfied with their
playing time and roles
and as a team leader
Ku Li set an example in the seventh game
This game 38 shots from
the vault a 50-point
explosion set an NBA
history seven-game record
the Warriors' entire team relied on strong
defense holding the Kings in the second half
Dropped 42 points
The team also fulfilled its promise
Saved the entire season of the Warriors
The second-round opponent
Was the rising Chicago Bulls
The past nine playoff seasons
Five Warriors-Lakers matchups
Years of rivalry
To be settled this year
First game
Both teams showed excellent performances
Warriors' perimeter shooting flourished
Lakers' inside dominance prevailed
The game was a disaster with a yellow card incident It seemed like a return
to the fierce battle from a few years ago
And this was a microcosm of the game
The Warriors entered the paint
She scored 30 points and 23 rebounds leading the Hu people to
break the Warriors
' home advantage
Game two: Warriors 127 to 100
A huge win against the foreigners the game quickly entered garbage
time the original Warriors fans
should have been excited but
someone said the foreigners were
just acting making it unclear how
the Warriors won and they don't
know how to adjust for the next game
Sure enough in the third game the two sides reversed their roles
and the Hu people took advantage
of their height advantage to
defeat the Warriors by 30 points
The fourth game became the most critical game of the series as
both sides revealed their strategies
The Hu people's performance was nearly
perfect using every pick-and-roll
to get Nong Mei out of the paint either by passing
or driving At the end
of the third quarter the Warriors
still led by 7 points However no one
could have expected that the Hu people
would have a strong fourth quarter
The seven soldiers descended from the sky Lonnie Walker transformed into Kobe He scored 15 points in a single
quarter He led his team to
victory His 31 points 14 assists and 10 rebounds made the
opponent's performance seem dull
The Hu people lead 3-1 in the series the game is
completely changed the
fifth game the warriors who are fighting for their lives unleash great energy
they dominate the entire
game against the Hu people
After the fourth quarter
injury to the farm girl
the opponent completely gave up resistance The sixth game was a must-win
for both sides The result
was unexpected this match
became a power struggle
The performance of the magical little Siku Difu
was amazing The warriors failed to unleash energy matching that of
the Hu people The chicken soup was no longer magical The waves also lost their magic
Curry was substituted out in the
fourth quarter covered his head
with a towel and couldn't hide
his disappointment The Warriors
were eventually eliminated by the Hu people 4-2 After the game Curry sat on the bench
and didn' t want to get up for a long time
But James stood aside
silently waiting just to give
this old rival a hug and
offer the most sincere wishes
In the post-match interview
the crowd also talked about
James saying that were
looking forward to this battle
The back-and-forth battle was
full of respect
and admiration this
is the most exciting basketball
game and all you could ask for
For the Warriors their future championship
goals have not changed
the team will never enter
a rebuild even though Curry is over 35 he is still among the top five players in the league
Even though Claxton's playoff
performance declined he remained
the league's top three-point shooter during the regular
season And Green was once again selected to the All-Defensive
Second Team The core of the "
iron triangle" was still in place
The Warriors are unlikely to make major moves this
summer given the new
collective bargaining agreement
and the updated labor agreement as two key
young players Kuminga and Poole are in the spotlight
He has become a team's asset
The two may become targets
for team trades during the off-season The player
who performed poorly in the playoffs has a contract
with considerable negotiation
value Now his trade value
It's back to the bottom again For the Warriors this is even a
disaster If they can 't
make more improvements
next season they'
ll have to wait until the 2024-25 season
The contract worth 43 million for Kleber ended
The salary for Green decreased
The Warriors can bring the space below the tax line
But at that time
He was already 37 years old
Are the Warriors still
capable of contending for a
championship It is unknown
In the NBA aging players
exploding salaries and
teams with balanced records
will face very difficult
situations And this
What the Warriors are currently facing is a dilemma
After an 8-year journey
with 4 championships how can
the Warriors and Curry overcome this challenge and
aim for 5 championships in
10 years even a 6th title
It will be the biggest
challenge in the coming years
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