Explain One Play: Andrew Wiggins drives Warriors past OKC; Draymond blitzes Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
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Explain One Play: Andrew Wiggins drives Warriors past OKC; Draymond blitzes Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
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The Warriors just squeaked out a win against the Oklahoma City Thunder and Andrew Wiggins had a lot to do with that. So we're going to focus in on his play down the stretch where his driving and posting up created scores, and his passing and gravity created open shots for others. Along the way we’ll look at the hustling switching blitzing defense led by Draymond Green which contained the dynamic Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
At Dub Nation HQ, people are a little confused about how Wiggins did not score exactly 17 points, because that's his destiny, but it's great that he went over today because the Warriors needed every little bit to get ahead of a hustling, hot-shooting OKC team.
Co-starring Stephen Curry the defender-magnet, Damion Lee the clutch shot-maker, Juan Toscano-Anderson the other clutch shot-maker, Andre Iguodala the other other clutch shot-maker, and Josh Giddey the picked-on defender with cameos by Otto Porter Jr and Jordan Poole.
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Explain One Play: Andrew Wiggins drives Warriors past OKC; Draymond blitzes Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
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Another great breakdown. I definitely took note of that savage Wiggins dunk and thought, "Oh, he's having a game now!" Funny thing is Wiggins "having a game" is almost indistinguishable from how he always plays. He's always going to do that exact crossover rhythm dribble into a contested 3 (or long 2!), and end up scoring about 18 points in total. (Readers: do you remember him having a 40-point game at Memphis last March, or a 38-pointer against Phoenix at the end of last season? Me neither.) But his rebounding feels stronger this year, his defensive improvements are still holding up to the eye test, and I'm loving what I'm seeing on the drive-and-kicks in this video. Soooo glad he just went and got vaccinated so he can play and we can cheer for him without a big cloud hanging over the team like what's happening to some east-coast teams right now.