Chapter 383
Chapter 383
Just when everyone was guessing how many games the Warriors could extend their winning streak, the Warriors suddenly lost, which made everyone unprepared.
The thing is, after beating the Nuggets, the Warriors flew to Seattle that night and challenged the Sonics back-to-back the next day.
Since it is back-to-back again, Malone is still suspended for this game, and Duckworth is once again in the starting lineup.
However, the performance of the Warriors tonight was very bad.
Except for Li Weisi and Mullin in the starting lineup, everyone else performed very poorly. Richmond, who played steadily on weekdays, only made 15 of 4 shots in this game, and his shooting percentage was less than 30%. He scored 15 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. This is already the team's third-highest score.
However, in the team, Li Weisi and Mullin performed quite well. Li Weisi scored 35 points and 6 assists, and Mullin scored 32 points and 3 assists. But apart from these three, only Schramf scored in double figures. Scored 12 points, and none of the others scored in double figures.
On the contrary, the Sonics are in a state of being on the table tonight, with 6 players scoring in double figures, of which Dale Ellis scored a game-high 36 points.
In addition, in this game, the Warriors mainly lost in the score of the bench. Their proud bench only scored 26 points in total, while their opponent, the Supersonics, scored 63 points from the bench. That's more than double the Warriors' bench points.
Among them, Xavier McDaniel alone scored 20 points, almost catching up with the scoring of all the Warriors' substitutes.
Because of this, the Warriors trailed by as much as 20 points in the first three quarters. In the fourth quarter, under the leadership of Li Weisi and Mullin, the Warriors set off a wave of offense and narrowed the score to less than 10 points.
But in the end, Rodman's 6 fouls left the field, which led to the collapse of the Warriors' defensive system, and the rebounds could not be favorably guaranteed, which eventually caused the Warriors to lose the game 126:136.
In addition, the only good news in this game is that Michael Cage, who wanted to avenge Rodman, was 2 for 0 from Rodman's defense, and only relied on free throws to score 4 points, which was extremely miserable.
However, in any case, the Warriors' 14-game winning streak was ended.
For Warriors fans, the ending of the Warriors' winning streak makes them very sad, because they still want the Warriors to hit the NBA's winning streak.
Of course, the first thing is not to think about it. They are too far away. The 71-game winning streak created by the Lakers in the 72-33 season is almost impossible to break.
What Warriors fans are really looking forward to is the ranking of the next few consecutive winning records. For example, the second is the 71 consecutive victories created by the Bucks in 20, and the third and fourth are the Celtics in 82 and the Knicks in 69. 18 consecutive victories.
Ranked fifth and sixth are the 60-game winning streak of the 46 Celtics and 17 Washington Capitols.
It can be seen that if you want to enter the top five, you only need to win three more games. This is not a difficult record.However, due to the Warriors' failure to do their best, they fell short in the end.
That's right, in the eyes of the fans, this game is not how well the Sonics played, but the Warriors' wonderful rotation tactics.
The NBA players in this era are more practical, and few ask for rotations. In order to sell more tickets and increase ratings, the team management hopes that the players will finish every game.
Therefore, they will not take rotations, and some teams even encourage players to stay on the line of fire with minor injuries, calling it iron blood.
However, Frank doesn't care about these at all. He has only one goal, and that is to ensure that he will win the championship this year without any mistakes.
As for the ratings, which stadium sells tickets, how much is that worth?Frank doesn't feel bad about buying a championship for [-] million.
It's a pity that Stern doesn't allow him to rely on coins to run amok in the NBA. Otherwise, Paul Allen in the original time and space wouldn't die without winning the championship.
Although for fans, losing makes them feel frustrated, but for the Warriors, this loss may not be a bad thing.
The long-term winning streak puts a certain burden on the players' hearts. Even Li Weisi subconsciously hopes that the winning streak will not end.
However, long-term competition requires a certain degree of relaxation to be able to last. Blindly rushing, it looks mighty, but in fact it is strong on the outside but strong on the outside, with a silver-like pewter tip. Get back on your feet.
Therefore, this loss is equivalent to letting the players loosen the originally tense strings and resting their spirits. Only in this way can they adjust back to their state in the following games.
Sure enough, only two days later, the Warriors returned home to beat the Jazz 124:103, and they regained their strength, as fierce as ever.
In this game, the Jazz's two elders, Xuan Ming, performed extraordinary, especially Stockton, who averaged 17 points per game in the past, actually scored a team-high 29 points tonight, no matter how he shot.
However, they played well, and the Warriors played better. Li Weisi, Mullin and Richmond scored 81 points together. In addition, Malone scored 17 points and 11 rebounds. Rodman scored 2 points and 19 rebounds. The super inside line composed of Mark Eaton became the sieve.
After defeating the Jazz, the Warriors set sail again and started the next wave of winning streak.
On the 9th, the Warriors played an away game against the Suns. After four quarters, the Warriors reversed and won 115:110.
As the game progressed, the Suns' run-in began to gradually improve, and now the record has exceeded 50%. It seems that everything is starting to be on the right track.
It's a pity that I met the Warriors again at this time, and it was another blow to the head.
Back-to-backs again on the 10th, the Warriors return home for a challenge from the Washington Bullets.
After the recovery of last season, Bernard King's personal competitive level has recovered significantly, and his scoring average this season has also returned to more than 20 points per game.
Although there is no way to compare with his peak scoring leader, for Jeff Malone, Bernard King still gave him a lot of help.
However, the problem of the Bullets at this time is not with the two of them. It is really that other people are too bad to help the two. They have only 4 wins and 13 losses since the start, which makes them closer and closer to the playoffs. further away.
On the 13th, the Warriors challenged the Mavericks away.
At this time, the Mavericks have already begun to brew a deal with the Pistons about Aguirre.
Despite this, Aguirre still showed his professional side and did not affect his performance on the court due to trade rumors.
However, even if the three armies tried their best, they still lost to the Warriors, and finally lost by four points with 121:117.
In this regard, after losing to the Sonics, the Warriors once again won a wave of four consecutive victories, continuing to dominate with 18 wins and 1 loss.
The second-ranked Pistons are 4 games behind the Warriors.
(End of this chapter)