Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 318
On March 3, the Warriors played against the Rockets at home.

After getting rid of the big burden of Sampson, the Rockets also got rid of the quagmire of record. It seems that everything is on the right track. So far, they have achieved a record of 32 wins and 22 losses, ranking fifth in the Western Conference The Trail Blazers, third in the West, are only 2 wins away.

It seems that it is not impossible to just maintain this momentum and hit the upper half of the West.

Of course, you don’t have to think about the top two. The record of the Lakers and Warriors this year is as good as it is. If you don’t have 60 wins in a season, you are too embarrassed to look at them.

Although the record can't catch up with the Warriors, the Rockets have never been false in the game against the Warriors, and it can even be said to have a faint upper hand.

The most important reason for this is that when the Warriors face the Rockets, their shooting tactics are difficult to succeed. Although Sampson left this season, Olajuwon in the team is still guarding the last line of defense of the Rockets. The Warriors can't grab rebounds as easily as they do against other teams.

As soon as the game started tonight, the Rockets were in a state of momentum. Under the leadership of Floyd and Olajuwon, they turned their backs and stopped the Warriors in the first 3 minutes.

Floyd went crazy tonight. He was wronged for a year last year. After having a star like Olajuwon this year, his skills finally came into play. Different, in the Rockets, he can feed Olajuwon until he vomits.

This game was indeed as Floyd thought. The pick-and-roll between Floyd and Olajuwon really made Olajuwon almost vomit. Facing Malone, who was shorter than himself, Olajuwon smoothly Add footwork, scoring is simply a breeze.

After returning from the timeout, the Warriors still failed to solve the Rockets’ offensive problem well. Fortunately, the Warriors have never relied on defense for a living. When their offense resumed, the rhythm of the game finally entered the right track, although the point difference could not be reduced. Small, but after all, it has not been enlarged.

But when the Warriors came off the bench, the point difference tended to widen again. The reason is that the substitute’s performance tonight was also poor. Several shots from the outside line misfired at the same time, and Duckworth on the inside could only rely on piecemeal wins. A little bit, but it doesn't quench your thirst at all.

At the end of the first quarter, the Rockets led the Warriors by 36 points at 22:14.

The Warriors' cold touch continued until the second quarter, and this touch was not only passed from the Warriors' bench to the starters, but even passed to the Rockets.

The Rockets, who had a good shooting percentage in the first quarter, also began to decline in the second quarter, so the entire second quarter fell into the sound of iron hammering.

In this way, the two teams tied at 22 in the second quarter, and the Rockets still led by 14 points.

44 points in the half, almost a new low for the Warriors in halftime this season.

However, the Warriors are the Warriors after all. As the team recognized as the strongest shooting ability in the league, their shooting will not always be so bad.

Sure enough, after entering the second half, the Warriors' touch recovered, and the outside line was hit frequently, which normalized the Warriors' offense, but the point difference still failed to narrow, because the Rockets' touch also recovered.

As a result, the two teams tied again in the third quarter, but this time it was a 30 tie. The two teams went from a defensive battle in the second quarter to an offensive battle in the third quarter.

With a 14-point lead, the Rockets almost saw the hope of winning.

However, the situation changed suddenly in the fourth quarter, and the cold-touch substitutes suddenly recovered. Plath, Hornacek and Schramf teamed up and scored 5 three-pointers, directly reducing the point difference to 5. within minutes.

This makes the Rockets have no choice but to let Olajuwon return early to prevent the Warriors from going crazy on the bench.

Nelson was not in a hurry to replace the Warriors on the bench, let them play for a few more minutes, and found that the momentum of chasing points had indeed been contained, so he replaced the substitute players during the timeout.

The few people who left the field were highly praised by Frank. He got up and gave each player a high-five one by one, and said to everyone: "Good job!"

Just now when the substitutes were chasing points, Frank was even more excited than the fans behind him. As long as the players scored a three-pointer, he would stand up and cheer non-stop.

This made the Warriors starters sitting off the court think, if you give him a towel, will he definitely wave it better than the cheerleaders?
This is the cornerstone of my Warriors team!

The Warriors, who returned to the court, started and continued the fiery touch of the substitute. Li Weisi made his teammates score consecutively through continuous breakthroughs. He quickly overtook the score in less than 2 minutes.

In the end, the Warriors scored 37 points in a single quarter and reversed the Rockets with 111:108.

Li Weisi played 30 minutes and scored 17 points and 15 assists, which is actually the highest score of the Warriors.

In addition, Mullin and Malone also scored 17 points. In addition, Curry, Price, Hornacek, and Duckworth also scored in double figures. It was another multi-point victory.

After defeating the Rockets and taking a day off, the Warriors headed to Los Angeles to challenge the Lakers.

At this time, because the Lakers played more games and lost one less game, they temporarily ranked first in the Western Conference. If the Warriors win this game, they will catch up with the Lakers if they lose at least one game.

After the start of the game, the Warriors and the Lakers started another offensive battle. The offensive and defensive transitions were so fast that it was dizzying that the TV cameras often couldn't catch up with the speed of basketball transfers.

At the beginning of this season, the game between the Warriors and the Lakers has become more and more popular with many fans. Even many neutral fans, or viewers who don't pay much attention to the NBA, like to watch the games of these two teams. There is no other reason. A lot of offense, good-looking!

Tonight, the two teams scored 36:31 in the first quarter, continuing the confrontation battle in the past.

In the second quarter, the Warriors' touch dropped slightly, and they were beaten 26:34 by the Lakers. At the end of the half, the Warriors temporarily fell behind by 62 points with 65:3.

In the second half, the offense of the two teams was still sharp, and the scoring remained high. Until the last 5 minutes of the fourth quarter, the Lakers suddenly lost power and failed to score for 5 consecutive rounds. The Warriors seized the opportunity and opened the point difference to 10 in one fell swoop. point.

After that, although the Lakers wanted to catch up with the score, they had no choice but to run out of time. In the end, the Warriors defeated the Lakers for the second time this season with 127:120.

In this game, the Warriors still scored in double figures with 7 players. Li Weisi scored the team's highest 22 points, and the team's second highest was Price. He scored 20 points and 6 assists. His performance was extremely impressive.

Not only that, the Warriors' other substitute players also performed well, scoring a total of 63 points, completely crushing the 47 points of the Lakers' bench.

In this way, at the beginning of March, the Warriors made a good start for the Warriors in the final sprint of the regular season.

(End of this chapter)