The 2022 All-Star Game starting list was released, led by James in the West, and Curry, Wiggins, Morant, and Jokic formed the starting lineup. Wiggins's selection caused a lot of controversy, many media and netizens have talked about it, many people think that Wiggins is not worthy of an All-Star starter, but this did not affect Wiggins, in the game with the Timberwolves he still performed steadily, 7 of 12 shots in the game, 5 of 8 three-pointers, 19 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists to help the team win the game together. The Warriors chased the Suns in a game, the Lakers lost and fell to ninth in the West, and the Eastern Conference ranking was chaotic.
After beating the Timberwolves, the Warriors won a wave of 4 consecutive wins to 36 wins and 13 losses to chase the suns in the front 8 consecutive wins in the league, this game the Warriors harvested two big surprises, the first: Curry felt warm, curry performed well in this game, he played 38 minutes, 20 shots 10 of which 10 shots outside the three-point line hit 6 goals, 3 of 3 free throws, got 29 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals of the full data, the feel outside the three-point line returned, To know that since entering 2022, Curry's performance above the three points is not ideal, and even there has been a slump of 1 in 13 in a single game, and the performance of this game hopes to become the turning point of Curry's 2022, away from the downturn, and continue to feel hot.
Second point: Clay's performance. In the whole game, Clay played 9 of 26 minutes and 16 shots, including 23 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block on 9-point shooting, scoring and three-point shooting are season highs, which also indicates that Clay's state is gradually getting better, Curry and Klay hit 11 three-pointers in the whole game than the Timberwolves' three-point shooting; this game is also the 36th time that Klay and Curry have both hit at least 5 three-pointers, 16 more than the second combination in history. Kerr said Clay's return has opened up space on the Warriors' court and created more shooting opportunities.
Another focus battle, the Lakers are a big score lost to Philadelphia, before the game Lakers core player James missed the game due to knee soreness, thick eyebrows and Westbrook led the team against Philadelphia. In the first quarter, the Lakers had problems on the offensive end, scoring only 22 points in a single quarter and failing to prevent Philadelphia's offense from scoring 32 points, and the Lakers were always behind in the subsequent games, although they narrowed the point difference to the next 5 points, but the third quarter collapsed again and finally lost the game 87-105.
In the game, he shot 31 points and 12 rebounds in 14 of 21 shots and sent 4 blocks, completely suppressing the opposite Embiid, but unfortunately his teammates did not give the strength to the three-point shooting rate of 20% of the whole game and could not look directly; and Wei Shao's state in the game was still out of place, and once again there were 6 mistakes, which also made the Lakers hit back by the opponent. Obviously, James's absence has had a great impact on them, and statistics show that the Lakers' win rate since the 18-19 season has been 62.6%, and vice versa, it is only 39.4%. The current Lakers may really need to adjust the lineup before the trade deadline, otherwise it is not to mention the impact of the championship, and it is a problem to advance to the playoffs.
Compared with the situation in the Western Standings, the situation in the Eastern Standings is not very clear, in addition to the Nets in the top five of the standings, the remaining Heat, Bulls, Cavaliers, Philadelphia are all winning consecutive wins, the Heat 31 wins 17 losses, bulls 30 wins 17 losses, Cavaliers 30 wins, Nets, Philadelphia are 29 wins and 19 losses, the heat at the top of the table is only 2 wins ahead of fifth place Philadelphia. This makes the competition between them more intense.
It is worth mentioning that the Cavaliers' current record is third in the East, which is unexpected by many fans, according to reporter Jake Fischer, in order to get an important wing contributor, the Cavaliers are open to the big explosion Rubio and future draft picks, and the Cavaliers hope to get such an origin to strengthen the team.