Chapter 634 West Point Military Academy
Chapter 634 West Point Military Academy
After defeating the Pistons, with only one day off, the Warriors will go to Seattle to challenge the Sonics.
The Sonics' record this season is very bad. They have only achieved 6 wins and 12 losses, ranking fifth from the bottom in the Western Conference.
There is no way, there are bad teams in the West, and even if the Supersonics are so bad, they can't be as good as those teams.
On the contrary, as long as their winning percentage is higher, they even have hope of reaching the playoffs.
This kind of up and down situation is by no means what the Sonics management wants to see.
Therefore, they made up their minds at the moment, and when McDaniel only played 15 games, they resolutely traded him to the Bucks for Ricky Pierce.
After the exchange for Pierce, the management said to Pierce, "You are injured and need to rest."
"Am I not injured?" Pierce looked confused.
"No, you're just hurt!" management insisted.
As an old man in the NBA, who doesn't have any injuries, so Pierce's strategy for the SuperSonics is to take care of minor injuries.
Obviously, after feeling that the team's future is still bleak this season, the Sonics decisively chose to play poorly.
Therefore, compared with the previous game, the strength of the Sonics has dropped significantly this time.
As far as the Warriors are concerned, although Li Weisi's absence has a huge impact on them and their strength has also declined, they are still better than the Supersonics.
However, when the game officially started, it was another situation.
In the first quarter, the entire Warriors seemed unable to play without Li Weisi. They were beaten 32:20 by the Sonics, and they were stunned by the Sonics when they came up. They didn't recover for a quarter.
Fortunately, Nelson adjusted quickly. Nelson used various methods such as substitutions and tactics to help the players get rid of Li Weisi's dependence as soon as possible.
Facts have proved that Nelson's methods still work. The first to recover are Starks and Matthew Leonis on the bench. The counterattack led the Warriors to set off a wave of offensive highs, and then the Warriors who returned to the court started and continued to chase points.
By the end of the second quarter, the Warriors had overtaken the SuperSonics by 55 points at 50:5.
Entering the second half, the Warriors played more freely, as if everything was back, and finally beat the Sonics 129:106, achieving two consecutive victories.
The Sonics' starters all performed extremely badly. Without Li Weisi, Payton didn't seem to know how to play. He only scored 5 points and 3 assists in this game, and Kemp only had 9 points and 6 rebounds.
The team's highest scorer was Dana Barros who came off the bench.
Barros, who is only 180cm tall, ate dumplings in this game, and his outside shots exploded. He made 5 of 3 three-pointers and scored 24 points.
Just being an X factor on the bench does not determine the outcome of the game.
Six Warriors scored in double figures, including Mullin, Richmond and Matthew Leonis all scoring 6 points. Obviously Barros is not the only one eating dumplings tonight.
In the absence of Li Weisi, taking the Supersonics lightly is just a normal thing for the Warriors. After all, the strength gap between the two teams is visible to the naked eye.
But after facing the Jazz and the Trail Blazers one after another, they didn't have such good luck.
Similar to the Blazers, after acquiring Hornacek this season, the Jazz's record has also improved significantly, especially the backcourt combination of Stockton and Hornacek, which gives people the illusion of a match made in heaven.
The Jazz successfully found the third point besides Stockton and Malone. Hornacek can not only open up space for Malone inside, but also give Stockton more options for his organizational ability. , Hornacek can also digest the remaining ball rights of the two and lead the bench.
Although defensively, Hornacek is at a disadvantage against the second position, but overall, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages for the Jazz, and it can even be said that it has brought the Jazz's strength to a higher level.
As for Hornacek personally, he has played more than 20 games since the beginning of the season. He averaged 35 minutes per game, scoring 18.9 points, 5.1 assists and 4 rebounds. No. [-] scorer.
This performance really surprised the entire league.
In the past four years in the Warriors, everyone knows that Hornacek has the ability to start, but don't know that this guy is so good?
Coupled with Price, Duckworth, and Lewis who scored 30+ just after completing the transfer, people are surprised to find out, how come the old Warriors are stronger than each other?
At the same time, this also allowed the Warriors to win the title of West Point Military Academy, which shows that the Warriors are like West Point Military Academy cultivating talents for the US army, and they are continuously contributing basketball talents to the entire NBA.
In addition, with the outstanding performance of the old Warriors, the evaluation of Li Weisi is also quietly changing.
Let’s not talk about famous stars like Malone and Mullin, just look at the Warriors who came out of the bench casually and played so well. This made everyone put a big question mark on the importance of Li Weisi to the Warriors. I believe that the Warriors took advantage of their teammates to get to where they are today step by step.
All of a sudden, ghosts and ghosts from all walks of life, former celebrities all ran out to express their opinions, it was very lively.
Fortunately, these veteran Warriors never said a bad word about Li Weisi. Even Lewis, who had a conflict with the Warriors, expressed his gratitude to Li Weisi in front of the reporter's camera. He thought that he had learned a lot from Li Weisi. Without Li Weisi Without the help, it is impossible for him to have the current strength.
In short, when rumors and rumors continued, Hornacek actually scored 43 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in the face of the Warriors, making this discussion even more lively.
The Jazz, also under the excellent performance of Hornacek, defeated the Warriors 135:117, achieved six consecutive victories, and ranked third in the Western Conference with 14 wins and 7 losses, second only to the Warriors.
The Lakers, on the other hand, are one game behind the Jazz because they missed two games.
After losing to the Jazz, the Warriors came to Portland again to challenge the Trail Blazers, who continue to maintain the number one position in the Western Conference.
The final result is self-evident. Without Li Weisi, the Warriors defeated the Trail Blazers 94:114, gaining a two-game losing streak.
So far, the number of losses of the Warriors has reached 7 games, which is the same as that of the Jazz and the Lakers. It is only because of one more game that they temporarily lead.
It can be said that the team's situation is already very difficult, and if it is a little careless, it is very likely to slip to fourth in the West.
And the Warriors' loss is not without harm. At least there are fewer remarks against Li Weisi. After all, losing is not terrible, and whoever is embarrassed.
I'm not here, so naturally I won't feel embarrassed!
(End of this chapter)