文/ Hung Ku
Klay in October and Klay in November are players of completely different levels in terms of statistics. If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I would have thought Steve Kerr sent fake K soup to the game. Klay Thompson’s performance in October was extremely bad, but it was different in November, and his performance soared. What is the secret? What did Klay do to bring himself back to being a shooter? This article will take you to find out.
The hit rate of C&S has been greatly improved. To say that Klay Thompson’s most signature skill is, of course, Catch and Shoot. In the 2016 dribble game, he scored 60 points with only 11 dribbles. He only touched the ball for 88.4 seconds in the whole game, less than two minutes; of course, we can’t forget the 43 dribbles in 2019 Basically, Klay Thompson has been synonymous with C&S in the past ten years. The problem is that his C&S three-point shooting rate in the first season of this year is only 24.4%. You read it right. In the past, when you catch the ball, you shoot it. If you shoot it, you score it. Klay, C&S shot only 24.4% from three at the beginning of the season. Under such circumstances, the poor performance is only natural.
But a shooter is a shooter after all, and more than 10 years of hard training will not easily betray Klay. In November, he quickly recovered his touch, and his C&S hit rate returned to normal 44.7%. When his best skills were recovered, his overall performance improved significantly. It is reasonable and reasonable. The most important reason for the increase in average data per game is that Klay has regained the touch of C&S’s outside shooting.
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The Warriors system already relies heavily on Klay’s ability to control the outside line. Without him, the Warriors system will be abolished in half. If he can’t make shots from the outside line, then Wiggins will have no room for singles, and opponents can double-team Curry more recklessly. , Chasing Dream Green also lacked a partner to cooperate with, so when Klay slowly found the rhythm of the projection end, it was obvious that the Warriors’ record began to stabilize. This is the huge influence of our Klay C&S.
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Many people said that there was a problem with Klay’s shot selection when Klay was at a low ebb. At that time, the author’s opinion was not the case. After all, Tough Shot was originally one of Klay’s skill points. However, after looking at the data, I found that this idea was not consistent with the results on the data. It’s the same. After all, Klay’s performance returned to normal in November, and his shot selection was more “controlled”.
NBA Stats has a data that can count the current situation of players’ shots, which are distinguished by Very Tight, Tight, Open and Wide Open. Simply put, it is an indicator that can judge whether a player’s shot is empty. According to the monthly shooting data, it can be found that Klay reduced the shots under tight defense in November and increased the opportunities of open and wide open shots. The vernacular translation means that Klay lost a lot of tough shots and chose more open attacks. And the point is that Klay’s grasp of the gap is also different. It may be hard for you to tell me something, but in October Klay Wide Open’s outside shooting rate was only 10%, and only one goal was scored in ten shots. almost.
After reading this data, the reasons for Klay’s rejuvenation are more obvious. First, the signature C&S accuracy has returned, jumping from 24% to 44%. Then, the number of poor shots has decreased, and reasonable gap shots have been added, resulting in a joint improvement. The most important thing is the grasp of the outside line. Not only has the shooting feel improved, but the shooting style has also changed slightly. With these two data, Warriors fans should feel at ease about Klay’s future performance. We are familiar with the Buddha soup.
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Helping the Warriors after getting back to normal Now that Klay is back to normal, we can discuss how this can help the Warriors. First of all, of course, is to share the pressure on Curry. I think Curry is a bit overworked at the beginning of the season. A 34-year-old veteran is required to play 34 minutes per game. In addition, his style of play requires constant running, and opponents will stare at him. , This is definitely a burden on Curry’s physical fitness. When Klay returns to normal, I think it is necessary to moderately reduce Curry’s playing time. It’s only a month off.
I think we can try to let Klay and Poole play together in the future. Anyway, it’s not a day or two for the Warriors to practice Poole’s ball handling. It’s just because he and Klay are super unstable in the beginning of the season. Decided on the feeling of the day, but now that it returns to normal, it should be possible to reduce the time of Curry+Poole and allocate some time to Klay+Poole. The Warriors actually don’t like to use Klay+Poole as a backcourt combination this year. The third from the bottom. Of course, I know that they are all biased towards the end of scoring, but now that Klay’s touch has returned to normal, and the Warriors have to practice Poole’s ball handling again. I think it’s a good thing for them to play more, especially because Curry is so tired. It makes sense to give these two a chance to mesh.
In short, Klay’s rejuvenation can be expected. The author has never doubted his ability. In November, he regained his signature skills and made smarter shot selection. It is reasonable to increase his performance. I hope that because of this, the Warriors can slowly return to the right track and climb back to the West. Four.
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