Today, the Warriors hosted the Clippers, who lost 104-112. The Warriors started the season with a big win in both games because they were against a weak team. And today, against the Clippers, Hield was targeted by the opponent, which led to the Warriors' dumb fire on offense. When Hield was heavily guarded, the only shooter the Warriors could rely on was Curry, but Curry suffered an injury after playing three quarters today, and the Warriors were in an embarrassment.
Wiggins had a very good performance today, scoring 29 points on 5-of-8 shooting from beyond the three-point line, which is not the usual Wiggins from beyond the three-point line. In a way, Wiggins' performance from beyond the three-point line saved the Warriors' dignity on three-point lines. If it weren't for Wiggins' five three-pointers, the Warriors' overall three-point shooting today would have been very bad.
The Warriors' three-point shooting percentage was very sluggish today, with only 14 of 43 shots on the team. Kuminga was 1-of-6, Hield was 1-of-9 and Podzemski was 0-of-5. In the final moments of today's game, the Warriors were unable to hold on to the Clippers because they couldn't hit three-pointers consistently on the court. Kuminga got a lot of shots in the open space and didn't hit. If Kuminga is a player who is not good at shooting threes, then Podzemski's three-point performances in these three games really shouldn't be.
Podzemski shot 0-of-5 from beyond the three-point line today and scored just four points in the game. Although the first two games were against weak teams, Podemski's overall three-point shooting percentage was also very poor, the first game against the Trail Blazers was 0-of-4, the second game against the Jazz 1-of-5, and the three-game game was 1-of-14 from beyond the three-point line. Three-point shooting is just 7.1 percent. He also shot just 33.3 percent from the field overall and averaged just 6.3 points per game this season.
In the offseason, Podzemski was a big talker, and he bluntly said that Thompson would make up for Thompson's outside firepower after his departure. And in the new season, he bluntly said that he will shoot 8~10 three-pointers on average. Judging by these three games, Podemski is not strictly a pitcher. Last season was not indicative because last season opponents did not pay as much attention to his defensive aspects, and last season Podzemski took very few three-point shots, and the template was very small.
This season, when he made a lot of three-point shots, he realized that he really didn't have a consistent three-point shooting ability, but now Kerr trusts Podemsky very much, and even says that he reuses Pojemski. He was a player who stayed on the pitch a lot in the final moments. In fact, Melton is more suitable to appear in the last moments today, because Melton is the more consistent player in both defense and offense. But instead of Melton, Cole used Podemsky. Many fans believe that Cole's blind reuse of Podzemski may pay more in the future. I wonder what the fans think?