Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 415 Key Three Points
The fans are greedy, they will only think too little about the victory, but not too much. After winning one game, they look forward to the next victory.

With a complete victory in February and the team winning 2 consecutive victories, the Warriors can be said to have given a satisfactory answer, but the fans will not be satisfied. In their opinion, won't it be good to win another game and become a 21-game winning streak?If you can win 22 more games, wouldn't it be good to become the number one in history?If you win one more game, wouldn't it be good to sit alone on the first place in history?
With such a good wish, the Warriors ushered in the next game on March 3, against the Denver Nuggets.

Although the Nuggets' record this season has declined sharply and is far from as amazing as last season, the team's main lineup still exists and has not regressed too much.

This made the Warriors fall into a hard fight again in this game.

In fact, the Warriors were still at an advantage at the beginning of the game, leading the Warriors by 8 points at halftime. In the third quarter, the point difference was expanded to 20 points. Seeing that this is the rhythm of three quarters!
But the Nuggets didn't want the Warriors to leave work early. Relying on the outstanding performance of substitute Walter Davis, they narrowed the point difference to less than 10 points in the fourth quarter and brought the suspense of the game back.

Playing against the Nuggets is often like this, you can score high points, and I can do the same, so that many defensive teams can turn the game into a confrontational battle between the two sides.

The reason for this is that an offensive team like the Nuggets has a weak defense, causing the opposing team to often find that it seems that offense is easier than defense against the Nuggets, thus falling into the trap of the Nuggets.

Of course, this does not exist for the Warriors. After all, in terms of offense, the Warriors have never been afraid of anyone in the league.

The performance of the Nuggets' substitutes, especially Davis, did catch the Warriors by surprise, but with the return of the Warriors' starting lineup, the situation of the game has stabilized.

Afterwards, the Warriors withstood the Nuggets' continued counterattack and maintained their lead to the end. The score was fixed at 141:132. The Warriors narrowly beat the Nuggets by 9 points.

Although the point difference is not small, in fact the Nuggets' counterattack at the last moment was quite powerful. Thanks to Li Weisi's two three-pointers at the critical moment, the Nuggets' counterattack was stopped in time, but they were still shocked. The fans were in a cold sweat.

After defeating the Nuggets, the Warriors expanded their winning streak to 22 consecutive victories. Seeing this situation, fans began to look forward to the next victory of the Warriors. Even in the eyes of some fans, the Warriors can win at least three more games, and then Only when you meet a strong team will you have the risk of losing.

However, the next day, the Pacers told them not to underestimate any NBA team.

Since it was back-to-back, Malone rested again. After all, in Nelson's eyes, he wanted the Warriors to lose quickly at this time.

What's more, the Pacers' record this season is really ugly. At this point in the season, they don't even have 15 wins, and they can't even compare to the Hornets. The Hornets just won their 15th game of the season yesterday.

Therefore, the Warriors didn't take the Pacers team seriously, but the Pacers are different.

Especially Reggie Miller on the team, he was about to go mad when he saw the Warriors, and he didn't know what the hatred was.

From the beginning of the game, Miller was very active. Compared with the strong Richmond, the thin Miller looked harmless to humans and animals. However, such a thin and short man showed his cold blood during the game. The side of the killer.

Miller, who averaged only 16 points per game this season, made four of four shots in the first quarter and scored 15 points, almost catching up to his scoring average in just one quarter.

Miller's performance was indeed beyond everyone's expectations. Driven by him, other Pacers also stood up, including Chuck Person, Vaughn Fleming, Rick Schmitz, etc. It's getting better and better.

In this way, by the end of the first quarter, the Pacers led the Warriors by as much as 42 points in 28:14.

After that, the Warriors embarked on a long journey to chase points.

The Pacers' bench lineup is not bad, but tonight's performance is very average, whether it is Randy Whitman, Larsa Thompson, or Scott Skiles, who have just been traded this season, The performance of these mainstays in the Pacers' rotation tonight is really unbearable.

However, fortunately, in the second quarter, the Warriors' substitutes also performed poorly, as if they were infected by the Pacers' substitutes, and the two sides fought like rookies.

After the return of the starting lineup, the situation still did not improve very well. At the end of the halftime, the Pacers continued to maintain the lead with 62:51.

In the second half, the offense of the two sides returned to the right track, and the score began to rise sharply again, but the point difference did not change much.

However, even so, the Warriors still narrowed the point difference to less than 10 points before the game entered the fourth quarter.

After entering the fourth quarter, Hornacek stood up and made sudden shots. He scored [-] consecutive points in the fourth quarter, further narrowing the point difference to only one point.

Seeing that the hard work of the night was about to come to naught, Miller, who played early, stood up again and scored five points in a row, stabilizing the situation.

Since then, the Warriors' chasing momentum has been curbed, and the Pacers have always maintained a weak lead.

Time was consumed bit by bit, until the two teams returned to the starting lineup, the Warriors still failed to tie or even overtake the score.

Until the time entered the last minute, seeing that the Warriors were still three points behind, at the critical moment, Li Weisi raised the ball lightly after receiving a pass from Mullin from the outside.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Weisi made a magic move of love and turned around in circles. He turned around 360 degrees on the spot, causing Fleming to completely miss the air, and flew directly to the outside of the field. Get up and cast.

Basketball hit the net.

Li Weisi's ball stunned everyone, so much so that even the referee forgot to whistle the first time.

However, without waiting for the Warriors fans to be happy for too long, Miller hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner again in the next round, giving the Pacers a three-point lead again.

Facing less than 5 seconds left, the Warriors could only fight for three points.

The Warriors served the ball in the frontcourt. Facing Li Weisi, who was strictly defended, Rodman couldn't pass the ball to Li Weisi. In the end, he chose to pass the ball to Mullin.

After Mullin received the ball, facing Chuck Posen's defense, after consecutive disguises, he directly pulled up a jumper and hit a three-pointer at the buzzer. With Mullin's ultra-long three-pointer, the Warriors successfully dragged the game into the overtime hour.

Unfortunately, in overtime, Miller stood up again at the critical moment and hit a key three-pointer at 45 degrees, thus sealing the victory.

In the end, the Pacers defeated the Warriors 131:127 in overtime, ending the Warriors' amazing 22-game winning streak.

And Reggie Miller, who played 51 minutes, made 19 of 11 shots and 11 of 6 three-pointers. He scored a game-high 36 points, plus 10 rebounds and 8 assists. Game MVP.

(End of this chapter)