Chapter 316 The end of November
Chapter 316 The end of February
After defeating the Bulls, the Warriors headed to Seattle overnight for the second game of back-to-back games.
Rodman was left in Oakland and sent to the hospital for further examination and treatment.
In fact, Rodman's injury only looked scary, but in fact it was not a big problem. Even Rodman himself felt that there was no need to make a fuss. He could put a Band-Aid on it and continue to participate in the next day's game.
However, Frank severely stopped Rodman's behavior, and said: We must be cautious about the health of the players. Even if we lose a few games, it is not as important as the health of the players.
In this regard, Rodman was so moved that he almost cried, thinking: The boss is so kind to me, it is so great to be able to come to the Warriors!
In this way, under Frank's strong opposition, Nelson had to face the lack of power forwards to deal with the Supersonics, especially the Supersonics also had an All-Star power forward, Tom Chambers.
In this game, Nelson did not choose Schramf at the power forward position, but used Ben McDonald to face Chambers.
The result was naturally that Chambers abused McDonald. In fact, Nelson had already prepared for this point before the start of the game. After all, neither McDonald nor Schrempf could match Chambers in defense.
However, what Nelson didn't expect was that not only this point of the Warriors was blown up, but the entire flank defense was blown up, and they were almost sieved by the Supersonics.
The reason is simple, because the Warriors' lineup lacks Rodman's ubiquitous defense!
Rodman's defense has continued to improve this season, and Nelson has seen it all. Although Rodman's single defense is not good enough in front of heavy power forwards, Rodman's aggressive and ubiquitous help defense makes Rodman completely win. Lost Nelson's trust, and can turn a blind eye to Rodman's poor offense.
However, what he didn't expect was that Rodman's defense was so important to the overall defense of the Warriors!
This season, the Warriors averaged 115.3 points per game, ranking third in the league and belonging to the top level of the league, while conceding 107.0 points, ranking 12th in the league and belonging to the middle level of the league.
Originally, the Warriors have never been a strong defensive team. For a defense that can rank in the middle, it is already quite good. After all, the Lakers are ranked 11th, and the difference in points per game and the Warriors is 0.03 points. grade.
But tonight, after losing Rodman, the overall defense of the Warriors seemed to collapse. Only then did Nelson realize how important this passionate young man is to the team.
In short, due to the unresolved defensive problems of the Warriors, the Warriors played extremely passively tonight. The Big Three of the Supersonics all broke out tonight, not only scoring high, but also high efficiency.
Fortunately, Li Weisi continued the state of last night tonight, which prevented the Supersonics from opening up the score. At the end of the first half, the Warriors lost to the Supersonics by 67:69 by only 2 points.
Relying on Li Weisi's super offense, the Warriors' offense seemed to be no problem, but the Supersonics scored nearly 70 points in the halftime, and even a blind person could tell that the Warriors had a problem with their defense.
In the second half, the two teams still continued the feeling of the first half. However, compared with the Warriors, the Sonics had a higher success rate, which also made the Sonics beat the Warriors 33:28 in the third quarter, making the Sonics 102: 95, leading the Warriors by 7 points.
Entering the fourth quarter, the Warriors also set off a wave of counterattacks. Taking advantage of the decline in the Supersonics' feel, they continued to chase points and evened the difference before returning to the starting lineup.
However, when the starting lineup returned, the defensive problem was not resolved, making the Warriors unable to reduce the Sonics' shooting rate. In the end, the Warriors narrowly lost the Sonics by 121:124.
In this campaign, Li Weisi scored 41 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists. He made 20 of 14 shots and his shooting percentage was as high as 70%.
In addition, Mullin scored 21 points and 5 assists, Malone scored 24 points and 17 rebounds, and the Warriors' Big Three scored 86 points, but still lost, which is also amazing.
For the Sonics, Dale Ellis scored 30 points, Chambers 25 points, and McDaniel 21 points. But looking at the performance of the most important three players of the two teams, it is clear that the Warriors are better than the Sonics.
However, when a team's defense has problems, even if the Big Three score close to 90 points, what awaits them is still a loss.
Well, I'm talking about the Warriors, not the basketball... In short, please don't think about it!
88 is a leap year, so there are 2 days in February of this year. Naturally, the league will not miss such a once-in-four-year day, and arranged a game for the Warriors on this day.
So, after returning from Seattle, the Warriors got a day off, and then, on the second day, on the 29th, played against the Bullets at home to complete the last game of February.
Because Moses Malone was cut off by the Warriors, the Bullets originally used to trap the 76ers' chips, all of which were swallowed by themselves, making the Bullets completely unavailable.
It is worth mentioning that it was in this situation that the Bullets created a record, that is, Manute Ball (231cm), the tallest player in league history, and Tiny Boggs (160cm), the shortest player in history. Play for one team at the same time.
Not only that, this season, in order to alleviate the situation of Jeff Malone fighting alone, the Bullets recruited the All-Star free agent Bernard King to join the Bullets, hoping to join hands with Jeff Malone, so that the The playoffs went one step further.
However, Bernard King, who has been rested for two years, is still plagued by injuries this season. Not only is his playing time not guaranteed, but his performance on the court is also quite average.
In the season, he averaged 17.2 points per game, which is the lowest average in his entire career except for the serious injury season from 79 to 80.
You know, Bernard King was a super scorer who averaged 84 points per game in a single season in the 85-32.9 season.
Therefore, this also makes the Bullets' record this season even worse than last season, and it is even entirely possible that they will not be able to enter the playoffs.
而本场比赛也印证了这一点，杰夫·马龙全场20投只有7中，得到15分5篮板3助攻。
Just imagine, even the performance of the star of the team is just like this, how can the team win?
As for Bernard King, another star of the Bullets, he continued to hang up the exemption card in this game, and he couldn't even play as a substitute.
On the Warriors side, Mullin scored a game-high 29 points, Li Weisi scored 20 points and 11 assists, and Malone scored 23 points and 15 rebounds.
Returning from injury, Rodman scored 4 points and 11 rebounds in unabated form.
In the end, the Warriors beat the Bullets 115:101, ending the entire February schedule.
(End of this chapter)