Chapter 871
Chapter 871
In the first game in April, the Warriors lost again, and the opponent they lost to was still the Rockets.
This season, the Warriors and the Rockets have played against each other three times. Without exception, they all lost. This is in stark contrast to the situation where they eliminated their opponents in the playoffs last season.
In fact, the Rockets' expression this season is not satisfactory. Even though the running-in problem of the Big Three has been almost a season, it still has not been completely resolved.
Of course, there are many factors in this. On the one hand, the three of them play as the core of holding the ball. They are not enough to score together, and they are destined to be sacrificed. Relatively large.
But in any case, no one will underestimate the Rockets with the Big Three, especially when they play the Warriors, they feel that they have already made their own experience, and they are accurate.
In fact, in this game, the Rockets' Big Three are still not all present, only Barkley is alone. In this case, the Warriors should be sure to win.
However, Barkley broke out suddenly tonight. Facing Rodman, because Rodman was injured again before, facing Horry tonight, he scored 38 points and 16 rebounds, almost completely blowing the Warriors inside.
It was because of Barkley's outstanding performance that the Warriors had the most hope of winning, but they fell short in the end. The team still lost 106:112 to the Rockets.
After losing to the Rockets, the Warriors regained their sense of superiority over the Nuggets and Timberwolves one after another, and won two victories against the two weak teams.
However, in the game against the Mavericks on the 8th, the Warriors encountered lore again. This time, it was Kidd who killed the Warriors.
Although Kidd, although the overall shooting rate is still not high, only 16 of 7 shots, 43% of the field goal percentage, but the three-pointers are rare 3 of 3 shots, completely making the Warriors' defense completely lose the focus of defense.
In the end, when the two teams were tied, it was Kidd who stood up again. With the help of Lorenzo Williams as a cover, he pulled up from the middle distance and shot. He made a successful hit and completed the lore.
In this way, relying on Kidd's lore over Li Weisi, the Mavericks successfully defeated the Warriors at home 104:102, giving the Warriors another defeat.
After that, on the 11th, the Warriors defeated the Clippers in an away game, and the next day, they faced the Lakers in the same venue.
The best thing about coming to Los Angeles to play back-to-back away games is that you don’t have to run around, and you can even use a game to adapt to the venue.
Of course, for the Great Western Forum, the Warriors such as Li Weisi do not need to adapt. Since they belong to the same division and two teams, the Warriors have to play against the Lakers and Clippers nearly ten times a season. It is an away game, so after so many years, I am very familiar with every plant and tree here.
However, no matter how familiar it is, it can't change the trouble the Warriors encountered tonight.
Prior to this, the Warriors had defeated the Lakers three times in a row, and the Warriors won regardless of whether the Magic returned.
Today, however, the state of the Lakers is completely different from the previous few games. Not only on the offensive end, Van Exel and Eddie Jones jointly contributed 51 points, but also on defense, the Lakers' defense let the Warriors I have suffered so much.
Because of this game, the magician returned to the bench again, which led to a significant improvement in the overall defense of the Lakers' starters. Or Finley, have wasted a lot of opportunities.
In this way, the score was finally fixed at 104:91. The Lakers beat the Warriors at home, avoiding the fate of being swept by the Warriors throughout the season.
After the end of the road trip, the Warriors finally returned home, on the 14th, against the Utah Jazz.
In the previous game, the Warriors regained the fifth position in the Western Conference. Although they lost to the Lakers in the face-to-face confrontation, resulting in two losses inside and out, the Lakers lost more games during this period. , As a result, even so, they still failed to catch up with the Warriors, and they were still two games away from the Warriors, and they still only ranked sixth.
In comparison, the gap between the Warriors and the Jazz is much smaller. The Warriors have 51 wins, while the Jazz has 52 wins. It can be said that as long as this game wins, the Warriors can tie the Jazz's record.
Although according to the rules, even if the two teams draw, the Jazz will still be ranked fourth, but this will undoubtedly bring huge psychological pressure to the Jazz. Chance climbed to fourth and gained first-round home court advantage.
In such a significant game, the two teams played a little tight at the beginning of the game and couldn't let go. This led to the low shooting percentage of the two teams, and what's more, they kept hitting the iron.
This kind of iron fight continued throughout the first half. At the end of the half, the Jazz led the Warriors by 45 points 42:3.
However, all this changed completely in the second half, especially in the third quarter.
It was Richmond who first set off the counterattack horn for the Warriors. He received a pass from Li Weisi and hit a mid-range jumper against Hornacek.
Afterwards, Li Weisi let go of his hands and feet, scored consecutively, and created offensive opportunities for his teammates. Under the aggressive and powerful offensive of the Warriors, the Jazz unexpectedly lost their position for a while, and the Warriors seized the opportunity. In just 2 minutes, they immediately Go-ahead score, but also established a 10-point lead.
Although later in the transition period, veteran Antoine Carr stood up on the Jazz's bench and helped the Jazz narrow the score. After three quarters, at 62:69, the Jazz had fallen behind by 7 points.
Entering the fourth quarter, the Jazz's offense still did not improve, although Carl contributed a lot to the Jazz and even scored a team-high 20 points.
But obviously the Jazz want to win, and the person they have to rely on is not him, but another Karl, Karl Malone.
It's a pity that Malone's condition is not good tonight. He played 38 minutes, but only took 13 shots and hit 7 goals. Although the shooting percentage is not bad, he only scored 19 points. How can he lead the Jazz to victory?
On the other hand, for the Warriors, Li Weisi scored 30 points and 13 assists alone. The gap between the stars of the two teams is so huge, how can the Jazz win?
Therefore, relying on defeating the Jazz face-to-face at home, the Warriors successfully tied the Jazz in record. After working hard for a whole season, there was finally a faint dawn.
Maybe just home court advantage is not enough to change too many things. For the final battle for the championship, there is a gap of a few meters when running a marathon, but the confidence he can bring to the whole team is indeed completely different.
Although the future is still dark, this bleak dawn gives them more motivation to move forward.
(End of this chapter)