The Revelation of the Warriors’ Dilemma and the Road to Redemption Behind Curry’s “encirclement”

In the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs, the "fire war" between the Rockets and the Warriors became the focus. Rockets coach Uduka's defensive strategy against Curry is "crazy" - Curry just passed halftime and immediately encountered 2-3 double-teams. Even the Rockets' young players blocked the passing route with extremely fast movement speed, causing Curry to make repeated mistakes.

Uduka's tactics are straightforward and cruel: "Except Curry, the Warriors make a random shot!" This is completely opposite to the situation when the Warriors won the championship in 2022 - Curry had reliable shooters such as Clay, Poole, Wiggins, and the price of double-teaming Curry was "punished by three-pointers at the open space". Now the shooting stability of the Warriors' role players has declined sharply, and the Rockets' gambling defense has been tried and tested.

Cole's "experiment" was eliminated, and the Warriors lost due to the defeat of the Warriors, and Cole was unable to blame. He was addicted to "scientific research rotation". G6 even sent a defensive colander Payton Jr. and the playoffs with a soft-working Hilde, which caused the offensive space to collapse. In contrast, in 2022, the Warriors won the championship with a clear division of roles, but now they have formed a disarray due to the lineup. Kerr's "trust" for young people such as Boger and Moody is more like a desperate attempt to seek medical treatment - although Boger has a 6 three-pointer in a single game, his stability is far from enough to support the third scoring point.

The shooting defects exposed the logic of team building

The survival rule of modern basketball is "space is king", while the Warriors have hoarded "refused to shoot" players such as Kumingga (31% three-point shooting percentage) and Dream Chasing (33%). Uduka's strategy tore open the Warriors' fig leaf: Without a stable shooter, Curry's restraint is futile. Compared with the Rockets' Amen Thompson (defensive core + air-cut threat) and the Warriors' Post (with extra strength and lack of talent), the Warriors' team building ideas are lagging behind the times.

trading or tapping potential? The Warriors' life-and-death choice

If you want to break the deadlock, the Warriors must "scrape the bone to cure the poison":

- Internal potential: Bojie needs to practice shooting hard to become the third stable firepower point; Post's fighting spirit is worthy of recognition, but the upper limit may be difficult to break through.

- Decisive trade: Although Kumingga has potential, his rough shooting and ball maker are incompatible with the Warriors system. If the Nets' "Old Huang Zhong" Cameron Johnson (39% three-point shooting percentage) can be exchanged for Wiggins (defense + open three-pointer), the starting lineup "Curry + Boger + Johnson + Butler + Dream Chasing" will regain the offense and defense balance.

Ending: The ending of the Warriors' War is a microcosm of the evening of the Warriors' Dynasty. Curry carried the team forward at the age of 37, but basketball is a game of five people after all. From "Death Five Small Small" to "Single Nuclear Strong Support", the Warriors' lessons warn the league: over-reliance on superstars and ignoring the rationality of the lineup will eventually pay the price. What is left to management now is either the pain of complete reconstruction or the desperate trading bet. Fans might as well talk in the comment section: Do you think the Warriors should be completely rebuilt, or do you want to take advantage of Curry's peak tail?