Chapter 386
Chapter 386
On the 17th, two days have passed since the game with the Rockets in two overtimes. This night, the Warriors ushered in a challenge from the Clippers at home.
There is absolutely no hope for the Clippers this season. They spent a huge price last season in exchange for the star Sampson, who has been completely crippled by injuries. Although the appearance rate is not bad this season, the average can only contribute With 9.8 points and 5 rebounds, he doesn't look like a star.
In addition to the loss of stars in the team and the departure of the main players, the most important thing is that they have no draft picks.
Last season, I won the No. [-] lottery, but it was a pity that it was the Warriors. This is not over yet. The next year's pick is also in the hands of the Warriors. But seeing the current situation, if it doesn't work out, I will draw another No. [-] lottery. Where does this make sense?
However, fortunately, the first round pick of this season is in their own hands. Therefore, the Clippers accepted the fact that they played normally and did not intend to deliberately play badly. So far this season, they have achieved 8 wins and 14 losses. , looks like he'll get a good pick next year.
However, facing the Warriors tonight, the Clippers are united, and they are completely different from the past. They all seem to be hanging up, and they can't stop them.
Perhaps, in the eyes of the Clippers, they have fallen into what they are today, which has a lot to do with the Warriors. Otherwise, why would their team's No. [-] pick disappear?
Purvis Short, who was exchanged for two first-round picks, continued to decline this season. He is only 31 years old, and now he can't even keep his starting position.
You must know that just two seasons ago, the Warriors were a super scorer who averaged 25.5 points per game!
Just such a group of old, weak, sick and disabled, they played very anxiously against the Warriors in the first quarter, leading the Warriors by 34 points at 31:3.
Each subsequent quarter will lead the Warriors by a few points. By the end of the third quarter, the Clippers have already led the Warriors by 86 points with 73:13.
Obviously, the last double overtime game against the Rockets affected the state of the Warriors tonight. In the first three quarters, the Warriors missed a lot of shots, all of which were at the front of the basket.
However, after entering the fourth quarter, the Warriors gradually regained their sense of the game, and set off a wave of offensive climax in the middle of the fourth quarter, hitting a wave of 10:0 and chasing the score back.
However, Quintin Daly of the Clippers tonight was like a godsend. The point guard who played Floyd's backup last season became the hero who saved the team at this moment.
At the critical moment of the fourth quarter, with Daly's outstanding performance, the Clippers finally withstood the pressure of the Warriors and beat the Warriors by two points 115:113.
And Daly also became the player with the highest score in the game. He scored 34 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, showing a very comprehensive performance.
I don't know, I thought Daly was the better one of the two opposing point guards!
In this way, contrary to everyone's expectations, the Warriors capsized in the gutter and reaped their second loss of the season.
However, the Warriors' defeat was not taken seriously by anyone. After all, in terms of hard power, at this time, no one thought that the Warriors' performance was just a flash in the pan.
Sure enough, after two days of corrections, the Warriors went to San Antonio and defeated the Spurs 123:113, avoiding the team's two-game losing streak.
This season, since David Robinson is still serving in the Navy, the team is still in the period of accumulating talents before the arrival of the core.
In the summer draft, the Spurs selected Willie Anderson with the 10th overall pick in the first round and Vernon Maxwell with the 22nd overall pick in the second round. On the way, lay a solid foundation.
However, although they are on the way to become stronger, they are still far behind the Warriors. Therefore, the Warriors played a wave in the fourth quarter and defeated the Spurs with little effort in this game.
Then, on the 23rd and 24th, the Warriors fought against the Blazers twice in a row, defeating the Blazers 127:111 and 119:117 respectively, and once again won three consecutive victories.
The poor Blazers had a pretty good record, but after two consecutive games against the Warriors, their record has dropped rapidly, and their winning percentage has reached 50%.
Since the Trail Blazers selected Drexler, the Blazers have been regular visitors to the Western Conference playoffs, and even entered the top half of the playoffs in the first two years, but the team has never been able to go further.
Seeing that Drexler has begun to enter the peak of his career, the Blazers management is also trying every means to improve the strength of the Blazers team.
Therefore, they adopted the most common operation of the NBA team management, changing the head coach. Last season, they changed the head coach to the current Mike Schuler, but now it is the third season. The team's performance was still unable to take off, and the management once again moved the idea of changing the coach.
At the beginning of this season, the rumors about the upcoming dismissal of the Trail Blazers coach have not stopped, and now facing the Warriors' two-game losing streak, the news about the coaching change is even more rampant.
The team coaching change obviously also affected the team, and the players were inevitably affected. Faced with such a situation, someone in the team naturally needs to stand up and stabilize the morale of the army.
"Everyone worked hard, you did a good job tonight, we almost won!" A middle-aged uncle with his hair combed into sevens and threes, wearing a large suit, encouraged the dejected players.
For the encouragement of the person in front of him, every player smiled at him, and then walked towards the player tunnel. It could be seen that although everyone was not very interested, they still respected this middle-aged man.
The uncle in front of him is named Rick Adelman, and he has been an assistant coach for the Trail Blazers for seven years, so the players on the team like him very much.
Of course, in addition to this, in the face of rumors that head coach Schuler will dismiss get out of class, Adelman is most likely to succeed Schuler as head coach.
"Hey, Mike!" Seeing coach Schuler coming over, Adelman also responded with a smile.
However, Schuler just glanced at him, then snorted coldly, and left without looking back. Obviously, he was well aware of these rumors.
Seeing this scene, Adelman also smiled bitterly in his heart. Although the management had indeed communicated with him, they did not make any promises.
But even so, it still caused Schuler's misunderstanding. In Schuler's eyes, he clearly jumped up and down before he left, impatient with the head coach.
It is undeniable that he really wants to be the head coach, but it is completely unnecessary to use such a method. He has waited for seven years, do he still care about waiting a few more months?
At this moment, he hopes that the team will avoid turmoil and maintain stability. After all, according to his news, the team will not only change the head coach this season.
(End of this chapter)