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The severity of Steph
Although Curry was absent about 18% of Thompson's minutes in the finals, he was sure speech for 19 of Thompson's 20 3 points (or 95% of them).
One would think that Thompson would shoot more with Curry on the ground. But that was not the case. Thompson had a lower rate of use with Curry on the bench (19.7%) compared to Ground Curry (22.7%), and he managed to launch only four attempts at three points in 27 minutes of rest.
In one of the biggest shots of the fifth game – Thompson's three-pointer that allowed the Warriors to come back within three or two minutes of the end of the match, it was clear "is on the floor.
With 13 seconds remaining on the shooting clock, Draymond Green slipped a screen for Curry and immediately went to set another screen for Thompson. But the defenders of Green and Curry (Lowry and Fred VanVleet, respectively) stayed with Curry …
That left a defender (Leonard) to keep the pick-and-roll Thompson / Green that followed. And when Green placed Leonard on a solid screen (no slip this time), Thompson entered an open 3-pointer before Lowry could rotate.
The Raptors might prefer that Norman Powell replace Quinn Cook in this corner, but it's a double action hard to defend and gives a lot of credit to …
- Curry to get out of the ball so fast.
- Green to know that the Raptors are more numerous than the weak ones.
- The Warriors coach, Steve Kerr, for, as ESPN's Jeff Van Gundy pointed out on the show, has Cook (rather a shooting threat) on the ground instead d & # 39; Iguodala.
Two possessions later, Curry linked the game with a three-point pointer that allowed him to step on VanVleet via an exchange with Thompson. Possession after that, Thompson was again the beneficiary of attention to his leader.
After a foul from Leonard on the other end of the ground, Curry pushed the ball down and shook VanVleet, drawing Lowry's help …
When Curry passed the ball to Iguodala under the basket, Leonard left Thompson to protect the edge. Two quick passes later, Leonard returned to Thompson, who avoided the end of the match and emptied the eventual winning basket.
Thompson is generally a better offside shooter (42.8% on the three decisive points over the last three years) than the dribble (39.3% on the three points scored in the last three years), but his the percentage on the latter has improved (from 31% in 2016-17 to 43% this season). And in this series, he's a remarkable 7-in-9 on 3-points, including 4-in-4 when he dribbled once.
A fence that puts the ball on the ground (like Leonard's in the last play) did not deter the player much.
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