The NBA regular season continues, and today the Warriors host the Clippers, who lost 104-112. Curry played 27 minutes and scored 18 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists on 4-of-7 shooting from beyond the three-point line, but suffered an ankle injury in the final quarter and left the game due to injury. Wiggins had a great performance today, finishing with 28 points and three rebounds on 11-of-15 shooting from the field and 4-of-7 from beyond the three-point line. Hield, who had a strong first two games, was sluggish today, scoring just eight points on 1-of-9 shooting from beyond the three-point line.
Due to Hield's very good performance in the first two games, the Clippers focused on Hield's strict defense in today's game, making it difficult for Hield to get easy shooting opportunities today. Curry found his shooting form early in this game, but because of the impact of injury, he did not stay on the court at the last moment. The Warriors also lost the game because of a lack of scoring points on the court in the final moments.
Wiggins was outstanding in the final quarter, taking over the offense to some extent after Curry's injury. Kuminga's performance in today's game was hardly satisfactory, and he only made 1 of 6 shots from beyond the three-point line today. In the final quarter, he had several open shots, but failed to hit a three-pointer. This kind of round is still very demoralizing for the Warriors. So in the crucial period of chasing points in the last minute, Kerr directly abandoned Kuminga and replaced it with Moody.
After Curry's injury, Kerr originally wanted to rely on Kuminga's scoring ability to help the team on the court, but Kuminga's biggest problem at the moment is that his shooting is extremely inconsistent. In particular, the three-point shooting was completely uncertain. His three-point chances today were all good, mostly big open opportunities, but he shot one of six. This is unacceptable.
Kuminga's contract extension talks with the Warriors this offseason have been at an impasse. Kuminga asks for a maximum salary contract, but with his current personal ability, he is completely unworthy of a maximum salary contract, and the current Kuminga has no stable projection ability at all, and can only rely on his strong ability to create a little damage, and there are a lot of players of this level in the league. We don't really know where the Kumins borrowed the courage to ask the Warriors for a max contract. Fortunately, the Warriors were still relatively calm and did not categorically offer him a contract.
Including Kuminga's performance in the first two games was also very poor. His average per game has been very sluggish this season. Many fans think that he may not only not be able to get a maximum salary contract after playing this season, but even his position in the team will decline further, I wonder what fans think?