Rockets "Sandwich Double-Seal" drives Curry crazy! Playoff survival rules: either project or go home

Let's look at this set of data first: Curry's three-man double-teamed rounds in this round of series accounted for as much as 73%, which directly led to his average of 5.3 turnovers per game hit a career playoff high, and his three-point shooting percentage plummeted to 28%. How ruthless is the Rockets' "mid-line sandwich double-team"?

For example, Curry had just dribbled across the center line, and Jaylen Green seemed to have been pressed to complete the movement from the weak side to the close-fitting double-team in 0.8 seconds. What's even more amazing is that Rockets center Adams played well on the defensive end. He not only built a 2.13-meter-long wall in the penalty area, but also learned to use the combination of "area defense + rebounding and smell" to allow the Warriors to lose more than 10 rebounds in four consecutive games.

To put it bluntly, this round of series has tear up the most heartbreaking truth in the NBA: stars without shooting ability are living targets in the playoffs! The Rockets proved with the Youth Storm that when the Warriors are the only one who can break through with the ball, the entire system is like a giant whose spine has been pulled off. Look, after Curry was double-teamed, the other Warriors' open three-point shooting rate dropped by 15%, and the Mouth Brother even missed a key bottom corner three-pointer in three consecutive games.

In contrast, the Warriors exposed shortcomings in this round of the series are more eye-catching than the Rockets' double-team: the "life-saving whistle" controversy of Green's "life-saving whistle" and Kumingga's impetuous mistakes all show that this dynasty team is being abandoned by the times. The worst thing is that the most stable scorer on the Warriors' bench is Post, who averages 8 points per game, which is simply unimaginable five years ago! On the Rockets, Jaylen Green averaged 21.5 points per game from "upper limit Jordan" to the playoffs, and Shin Kyung scored 11+17 in 23 minutes. The evolution speed of young people directly shocked the veterans' pupils.

[End]

When the Rockets used the double-tower tactic to win the inside and then strangled Curry on the outside, this "hard inside and soft outside" combination punch directly brought the Warriors back to the nightmare of the 2016 Finals - that year the Warriors were forced to the desperate situation by the Cavaliers using targeted defense, and finally reversed by Curry for 50 points in a single game. What the Warriors need to do now is not to miss the glory of the "Death Five" but to face reality: either exchange Kuminga for a reliable shooter, or make Bojie the "New Soup God" around Curry.