The Rockets have won three consecutive games, but you still don’t understand: What’s the problem with the Warriors?

On November 2, two focus games in the NBA began. The Houston Rockets defeated the Celtics in an away game and won three consecutive games. The Golden State Warriors were reversed by the super-defeated Pacers in an away game and suffered two consecutive losses. Let's review these two games first!

Warriors 109-114 Pacers!

Facing the Pacers, who were without the five main players of Haliburton, Nembhard, Toppin, Marceline, and McKennell, the Warriors played with ease from the beginning and firmly controlled the situation on the court. In the last game, the Warriors underestimated the opponent and lost to the Bucks in an upset, which ultimately led to the team's loss. At least the attitude of the Warriors players was good from the beginning of this game. Although Curry was not efficient, he showed a strong desire to attack. Kuminga, Butler, and Green also provided help on both offense and defense. The Warriors suppressed the Pacers 32-28 in the first quarter. In the second quarter, Curry slowly regained his shooting touch, and the Warriors expanded their lead to double digits many times. However, the Pacers were unbeatable and never let the situation get out of control. After halftime, the Warriors only led by 5 points! Back in the second half, the Pacers quickly completed the lead with a 7-1 spurt. At the end of the third quarter, Butler scored 6 points in a row to help the team regain the lead. In the last quarter, the Warriors continued the momentum and opened the point difference to double digits, but the tenacious Pacers did not give up. The suspense of the game was restored. At the critical moment, Siakam hit the leading three-pointer, and Kuminga missed a three-pointer to tie the game. In the end, the Warriors lost again in an away game 109-114!

Rockets 128-101 Celtics!

In the past two games, the Rockets have improved their offensive efficiency to the first place in the league. The Rockets continued their good momentum in this game. Amen also hit his first three-pointer of the season. Durant made 4 of 4 shots in a single quarter and was unstoppable. He scored 12 points and the Rockets established a 13-point lead 37-24 in a single quarter. The offensive efficiency of both sides was very low at the beginning of the second quarter. The Celtics did not let the point difference widen, but Durant scored consecutively and the Rockets expanded the point difference to about 20 points. At the dangerous moment, the Celtics were on the outside Suddenly regaining his touch and hitting 3 three-pointers, the point difference was brought back to 12 points. Uduka put out five lineups after the timeout, and the Rockets began to dominate the offense and defense. In the end, the Rockets won another 5 points in a single quarter and entered the second half with an 18-point lead. After the break, the Rockets attacked like a wave and the starting five scored. All points came to 10+. The Green Army's three core players of White, Pritchard and Brown scored a combined 13 of 35 after three quarters. The sluggish state also directly led to a 25-point difference in the third quarter. In the final quarter, both sides withdrew their starters early and announced that the game would enter training time early. In the end, the Rockets defeated the Celtics 128-101 in an away game and ushered in their third consecutive victory.

You still don’t understand: What’s the problem with the Warriors?

After two games, the Warriors dropped from third in the Western Conference to eighth in the Western Conference, while the Rockets rose from tenth in the Western Conference to seventh in the Western Conference! The Rockets have been a team with huge core changes since the start of the season. After Durant joined, the team's offensive and defensive system was completely different from last season. Coupled with VanVleet's sudden season reimbursement, the team was in chaos and lost consecutive games to the Thunder and Pistons. The Rockets suffered two consecutive losses at the start of the game. In these two games, the Rockets His shortcomings were completely exposed in front of the fans. The lack of qualified point guards made this team's offense disorganized. Even Durant could not solve the problem completely with individual singles. Uduka's on-the-spot deployment was also questioned. It is puzzling that Okogie, who is in such excellent condition, cannot be reused. However, the Rockets are a team willing to change. Udoka started with himself and gave Okogie more playing time. He has been assigned to the starting lineup in the last three games. This not only gave the Rockets a stable outside three-pointer, but also liberated Amen's defensive pressure so that he can devote more energy to the offensive end.

Under this change, the Rockets scored at least 128 points in three consecutive games, with a shooting percentage of 55% in the lowest game, averaging 24.3 points against their opponents per game, and averaging 31.3 assists per game! Discovering problems, solving problems, and taking every opponent seriously are the most admirable aspects of this Rockets. The head coach adjusts personnel in a timely manner based on the player's status, and will not relax until the suspense of the game is completely lost. On the contrary, these problems were the biggest shortcomings of the Warriors during their two-game winning streak. Facing the Bucks without Giannis Antetokounmpo, the core players took the lead in relaxing and believed that they would win the game from the jump ball. In the end, all the Bucks were able to develop their touch until they were completely unable to hold back the upset loss. Today, although the players' condition has improved, the Warriors re-established themselves in the fourth quarter. When leading by 10 points, the head coach committed his old habit again. At 6 minutes and 26 seconds, Curry and Green replaced the excellent Podemski and Butler. The Warriors collapsed. The reason why the Warriors were reversed in this campaign was because Curry and Green were introduced at the last moment. The former was not in good offensive condition and he kept shooting. Not to mention Green's defensive end, he was simply a war criminal!

Habitually underestimating opponents and not paying attention to opponents, and the coach's overconfidence in personnel deployment are the two major problems of this Warriors. It is a team dominated by veterans. If they cannot steadily accept the game in the face of the Bucks who are absent from Antetokounmpo and the Pacers who are not playing the five main players, can we expect them to do anything else? You must know that this game is after the Warriors will play 8 away games in the next 10 games. According to their mentality, a losing streak may be waiting for them. The Warriors were in good shape last season, but when they had a slight advantage, head coach Cole started his own performance and changed starters in almost every game, which directly caused the team's ranking to fall to the bottom of the Western Conference. After Butler joined, he had to work early in order to qualify for the playoffs, which eventually led to Curry being injured in the first round. Now it seems that the Warriors are showing signs of replicating last season. The games they should win are due to the attitude of the players and the coaching staff. With this attitude towards the game, competing for the championship is tantamount to wishful thinking!