{"id":101749,"date":"2022-10-19T13:43:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T13:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/steph-curry-andrew-wiggins-graded-in-warriors-win-vs-lakers\/"},"modified":"2022-10-19T13:43:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T13:43:12","slug":"steph-curry-andrew-wiggins-graded-in-warriors-win-vs-lakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/steph-curry-andrew-wiggins-graded-in-warriors-win-vs-lakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Steph Curry, Andrew Wiggins graded in Warriors win vs. Lakers"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Golden State Warriors kicked off the defense of their title in emphatic fashion on Tuesday night, on the first day of the 2022-23 NBA season. After receiving their over-the-top rings and raising a banner, the Dubs took care of business against the Los Angeles Lakers, winning 123-109 in a game that wasn’t as close as the final score would indicate.<\/p>\n
And since the season is back, it’s time to dust off the player grades. As a quick reminder, all players are weighted based on my expectations for them. In other words, if Ryan Rollins gets an \u201cA\u201d and Steph Curry gets a \u201cB,\u201d Curry probably had a significantly better basketball game. <\/p>\n
Note: League-average true-shooting percentage (TS) last season was 56.6%.<\/em><\/p>\n 25 minutes, 4 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 turnover, 1 foul, 2-for-5 shooting, 40.0% TS, +12<\/em><\/p>\n Dray played a few more minutes than I was anticipating given that he missed a week of practice towards the end of training camp. <\/p>\n Unfortunately, the PR hole that he dug himself was the main story of his game. Between the broadcasters and Twitter, most of the discourse surrounding Green involved his incident with Jordan Poole. And in the aftermath of the game, the most talked about Green moment was one where cameras caught him fraternizing with LeBron James during the game, when Green was on the Warriors bench.<\/p>\n That’s just how it’s going to go for a while. <\/p>\n As for Green’s play, it was spirited at times. He had a few sensational passes to Steph Curry, and ran a brilliant two-man game with Poole. <\/p>\n His defense was very good, but there were some undisciplined moments \u2014 the type of things you expect at this stage in the season. Still, despite that … just one turnover and one foul. <\/p>\n Grade: B<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n 29 minutes, 20 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, 1 turnover, 5 fouls, 8-for-14 shooting, 4-for-7 threes, 71.4% TS, +25<\/em><\/p>\n Wiggins didn’t look very good in the preseason, so consider this your annual reminder that preseason games don’t really mean anything. Because he was special in this one. <\/p>\n Prior to the game, Steve Kerr challenged Wiggins to keep up the rebounding that helped define his sensational NBA Finals performance. <\/p>\nDraymond Green<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Andrew Wiggins<\/strong><\/h3>\n