The first game without Klay Thompson on the roster since 2011, the Warriors don't want Klay.

Against the Trail Blazers, Kerr put on a starting lineup of Curry, Wiggins, Kuminga, Dream and TJD. "I want us to start this all season," Kerr said. That's what I'm hoping for, but we're going to start with this starter. ”

Obviously, this lineup played half a quarter, and it was destined that this would not be the regular starting lineup of the Warriors. Although the height is full, the offensive end is too ugly. The Warriors played half of the first quarter before scoring their first athletic goal, and were stunned by the Trail Blazers' three-board axe.

Wiggins opened 4 of 0, Kuminga played a mess, Dream and TJD have no offensive ability, the burden of offense is on Curry, and the defense on the opposite side is full. Originally, this lineup Kuminga should be the absolute secondary offensive point, and even Curry could be a containment and let Kuminga be the main attacker, but he himself is not angry.

The shooting couldn't be scored, the ball handling was extremely bad, the mistakes were frequent, and the two offensive fouls didn't show the existence of a ball quotient. It doesn't matter how high Kuminga's three-point shooting percentage was in the preseason, how much Kuminga improved in handling the ball in the preseason. When it came to the regular season opener, Kuminga was tested out in a matter of minutes.

After the starters put on the lineup of four highs + Curry, Kerr put on a large four-guard lineup of Looney + Hield + Payton + Melton + Poger in the latter part of the first quarter. Although it may seem abstract, this lineup did win points and helped the Warriors erase the disadvantage.

Including the third quarter, which completely opened up the score difference and put the game into garbage time, it also relied on the defensive posture of this lineup. Although it looks short, the defensive rotation of this lineup is great, and Payton + Melton has a full backcourt defense, which is better than the defensive effect of the starting lineup.

Melton is a defensive guard I've always liked, and the Warriors are definitely a leak-picking signing to sign him, as he excels offensively and defensively, giving the Warriors more defensive options at shooting guard. Speaking at the media day, Melton said: "It's definitely my mindset to play defensively. I love to defend. I like to play defensively, I like to steal, I like to block. ”

In regular time, the Warriors really went up to the 12-man rotation. Cole probably thinks so, since he hasn't figured out who is on and who isn't, so he simply takes it and tries it out, and the good ones will naturally have less time to leave the bad ones.

Moody and Lee Kyle came on in the second quarter as the 11th and 12th men in the rotation. Kerr is also strange, Moody signed a contract I thought he would be at the front of the rotation order, but I didn't expect to play another minute in the first quarter, pressing Moody to the third team.

But even so, Moody still had 15 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in 14 minutes of playing time, shooting 5-of-11 from the field and 3-of-8 from three-point range. I'm tired of getting Kerr to increase Moody's playing time, Moody has signed a contract, at least there are no worries about the contract.

The best player of the day was new signing goalscorer and Klay's replacement, Buddy Hield. The seamless transition between him and the Warriors was evident in the preseason. Hield averaged 11.8 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game in the preseason while shooting 51.2 percent from the field and 48.4 percent from three-point range.

Hield scored on the court today, hitting two three-pointers in the first quarter, two three-pointers in the second quarter, and 3-of-3 in the third. He finished with 22 points and five rebounds in less than 14 minutes of play, shooting 8-of-12 from the field and 5-of-7 from three-point range.

Hield is an absolute catch-and-shoot shooter in his career, and the Warriors' system is to create open three-point opportunities by constantly passing the ball, except for Curry, the Warriors do not encourage others to play three-pointers with the ball in hand, and Hield is responsible for the field that he is best at.

Hield has made more threes than Curry in the past five seasons, and of course this has something to do with Curry's attendance. After the third quarter of today's game, Curry and Hield combined for 8 of 14 three-pointers, scoring 39 points together, and Curry even got a quasi-triple-double of 17 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists.

Although the opponent is a fish-belly team like the Trail Blazers, the depth of the Warriors' roster was on full display in this game. The starters dig holes and fill in the pits, each lineup can maintain a certain amount of outside firepower, the bench lineup has excellent defense, and the starters have Curry to cover the bottom.

Of course, if Kuminga can really play at the top salary as he wants, it will certainly be something that the Warriors will be happy to see. But the question is, does he have the ability?