Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 394 The game continues
In the week after the end of the Christmas War, the Warriors only had one game, which is very good news for the Warriors.

After all, this can greatly reduce the impact of the Warriors' lack of Li Weisi.

On the 28th, the Warriors played against the 76ers at home.

Due to the lack of Li Weisi, Price finally ushered in his long-awaited starting lineup.

However, it may be that he hasn't played the first game for too long and was too excited, which caused Price to have a very low shooting percentage in tonight's game.

However, Price still proved his worth. Facing All-Star guard Maurice Cheeks, Price's performance was not bad at all. Although he could not compare with Li Weisi, he did not lose against Cheeks. This is already a good testament to Plath's ability.

However, although Plath's performance is very good, it is not him, but Mullin and Richmond who really decide whether the game is won.

Tonight, Richmond was in excellent condition. Facing his rookie in the same class and Olympic teammate Jose Hawkins, he made 22 of 15 shots and scored a game-high 34 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists. , Blowing Hawkins up.

In addition, Mullin played quite well tonight, scoring 26 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, which is also an All-Star stat.

The two scored 60 points together, and it was because of the outstanding performance of these two people that Malone's performance tonight was average, scoring 14 points and 14 rebounds, and he didn't seem to have played too much.

In the end, with the efforts of the whole team, the Warriors got rid of the unfavorable situation of Li Weisi's absence, and finally defeated the 119ers 112:76 without any risk.

In addition, due to the absence of Li Weisi, Cole also got about 8 minutes of playing time tonight, scored 4 of 1 shots, scored 3 points and 2 assists.

After defeating the 76ers, the Warriors ushered in a 6-day rest period, which also gave Li Weisi valuable time to recuperate from his injuries.

The next game of the Warriors has spanned 88 years and came to January 89, 1, playing against the Heat at home.

As a new team entering the league, the Heat are undoubtedly a tragedy. It has only achieved 3 victories in the two months since the start of the game, which is embarrassing.

In fact, compared to the Hornets, the Heat's lineup is more talented. Rookies such as Ronnie Sekali, Kevin Edwards, and Grant Lang in the team are very talented.

However, talent is just talent. Before it is transformed into strength, it is a bubble after all, so that their record is far inferior to that of a bunch of marginal old players who are not as talented as them.

Larry Smith obviously couldn't accept the hopeless losing streak. As a former Warriors player, Smith was used to winning. One can imagine.

It can be said that until now, Smith is still persisting, his mentality has not collapsed, and his heart is already extremely strong.

As the team's oldest player, Smith's style is very tough, so he became the boss of the team's locker room as soon as he came to the team, and also brought some Warriors' ethos to the Heat, but, In a short period of time, no results have been seen.

Therefore, in this night's game, although Li Weisi was absent, the Warriors played handily without the slightest pressure.

In the first quarter, the Warriors beat the Heat 39:22, leading the Heat by 17 points.

In the following games, the Warriors played calmly and suppressed the Heat throughout the whole process. Although the Heat launched wave after wave of counterattacks, the Warriors finally withstood the pressure and did not let the Heat come back. 119:110 A big victory over the Heat, and achieved the second victory without Li Weisi.

In this game, the Warriors played the best and replaced Malone. He played 38 minutes and scored a large double-double with 25 points and 14 rebounds. He taught the opposing young rookie Sekali to be a man. Welcome to NBA.

Richmond, who played well in the last game, made 13 of 3 shots, scored 10 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and his performance was abnormal.

In addition, Mullin scored 22 points and 9 assists, quite satisfactory, Price scored 15 points and 6 assists, Hornacek scored 12 points and 4 assists, a total of 5 players scored in double figures.

Although without Li Weisi, the Warriors still won two games and the team achieved 6 consecutive victories, but without Li Weisi, the Warriors' dominance in the game has declined significantly. The game was played to the last moment.

Price's performance in these two games proved that he is indeed a qualified point guard, but it is obviously impossible to replace Li Weisi.

Although his organizational ability and shooting ability are excellent, there is a huge gap between him and Li Weisi in terms of attacking ability when the team needs scoring most.

That night, the Warriors, who had no time to celebrate, rushed to Denver again to challenge the Nuggets at home.

Due to Li Weisi's injury, the team had to let Malone stop the rotation mode adopted this season. Therefore, although the game was back-to-back, Malone still started.

After the start of the game, the Warriors turned their backs on the guest and unexpectedly acted first, stopping the Nuggets directly.

Then, in the first quarter, the Warriors kept suppressing the Nuggets with their super high offensive efficiency, leading to the end of the first quarter, and the Warriors led the Nuggets by 42 points at 35:7.

The two teams played extremely fast tonight, and the duel between the two small forwards was even more eye-catching. Both Mullin and English seemed to have taken an [-]x shot, no matter how they shot.

At the end of the game, the two teams were 68:65, and the Warriors temporarily led by 3 points.

After entering the second half, the firepower of the two teams remained undiminished, and the score has been very anxious. By the end of the third quarter, the Nuggets had chased the point difference to only 1 point.

Facing the score that was gradually catching up, the Warriors were a little anxious. As a result, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, they made two consecutive turnovers. The Nuggets seized the opportunity and overtook the score in one fell swoop.

Afterwards, the scores of the two teams fell into a tug-of-war mode again. The Nuggets' substitute Walter Davis performed very well. His scoring alone almost caught up with the Warriors Hornacek and Schramf. score.

The game went on until the end, and the Nuggets always maintained a two-point lead. Finally, as Mullin missed a shot, Malone grabbed an offensive rebound and still missed a layup. The Warriors finally lost to the Nuggets 129:131 .In this game, Mullin scored 35 points, 4 assists and 5 rebounds. He was the Warriors' best performer. In addition, Malone scored 17 points and 11 rebounds, Richmond scored 19 points and 6 rebounds, and Price had 15 points and 4 assists. , Hornacek 19 points and 6 assists, Schramf 13 points.

All can be said to have performed quite well, but unfortunately the Nuggets performed better in this game. In addition to English scoring a game-high 37 points, Walter Davis played 30 minutes off the bench and scored 31 points , Michael Adams scored 26 points and 10 assists, Fat Leaf scored 10 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

In this way, after losing Li Weisi, the Warriors faced the Nuggets back to back and suffered their third loss of the season.

(End of this chapter)