Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 509 Journey to the East
Regarding Price's transfer to the Bulls, the Warriors also sparked a very heated discussion. Everyone has different opinions.
Fortunately, the Bulls did not beat the Warriors in the finals. Otherwise, going to the Bulls under such circumstances, regardless of whether it was voluntary or not, would be surrendering to the enemy. Price will not be able to say clearly at that time.

However, the discussion about Price did not last long, because on the 15th, the Warriors went to Indiana to lose.

After defeating the Magic, the Warriors once won six consecutive victories and maintained an undefeated record in January, but they did not expect to usher in a blowout in Indiana.

In this game, the Pacers almost went crazy. The whole team even started to replace substitutes. Everyone played crazy. In comparison, the team's leading scorer, Reggie Miller, did not play well in this game. , only got 10 points.

However, with 8 players in the team scoring in double figures, they finally defeated the Warriors 124:105 and fulfilled one of Miller's dreams.

It's a pity that Miller didn't look very happy after the game, and there was no joy on his face. People who didn't know looked at Miller's face and thought the Pacers had lost!
Especially when he saw that after the game, his sister Cheryl Miller took the initiative to ask Li Weisi to take a photo for autograph, his face became even darker.

Losing to the Pacers was indeed an unexpected loss, and it also cast a shadow over this trip to the East.

Because the first half of the game was too comfortable, but after all, you have to pay back when you come out to play, so the subsequent schedule will naturally become more difficult, but like this five consecutive trips in the Eastern Conference, and within a week, this is definitely a devil's schedule.

If it's just time constraints and heavy tasks, what's even more frightening is that the opponents this time are more powerful than the other, and the Pacers can be said to be the weakest of the five teams.

On the second day after losing to the Pacers, the Warriors came to the cold Milwaukee to face the mighty Bucks.

Due to Moncrief's retirement, the Bucks traded the Spurs' "stealer king" Alvin Robertson in the offseason, and planned to use him as the team's new core.

It's just that the Bucks didn't expect that Robertson is a player with mixed reputation.

On the one hand, he is indeed very talented and capable, but on the other hand, his off-court troubles have never stopped, which can be said to be full of bad records, and this is probably the main reason why the Spurs gave up on him.

A coach with a bad temper like Larry Brown will never tolerate a player like Robertson!
When it came to the Bucks, Robertson did not go any further, and did not show the strength that a core player should have. This also made veteran Ricky Pierce have to play the highest scoring average of his career to help the team win.

Fortunately, Robertson is not useless. Not only has he become the Bucks' defensive vanguard on the perimeter, he can still make some contributions to the Bucks on offense.

Especially against the Warriors tonight, he played the best performance of his career, scoring 37 points, 16 rebounds and 8 assists in a quasi-triple-double.

Unfortunately, such a result did not help the team win, because opposite him, Li Weisi scored 39 points and 12 assists, leading the Warriors and successfully reversed the Bucks.

In this way, in back-to-back away games, the Warriors, relying on Li Weisi's outstanding performance, avoided two consecutive losses and defeated the Bucks 126:124.

After defeating the Bucks, the Warriors set off again and came to Boston overnight to face the old-school Celtics.

Larry Bird, who only played 6 games last season, ushered in a comeback this season. Although he didn't play for a season, Bird still showed strong strength after his comeback.

So far this season, Bird has averaged 24.3 points, 9.5 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game, almost dragging the aging Celtics forward.

Since the team has no fresh blood, Bird has not only been a father and a mother this season, but even played an average of 39.3 minutes per game. Li Weisi played for three and a half seasons, but he did not have such a high playing time.

It's just that this Celtic team is old just like Bird himself. Facing many rising stars in the league, the Celtics can only rank first in the Eastern Conference under Bird's all-out efforts. five.

And tonight's game against the Warriors is almost the epitome of the entire season.

Unlike the poor start of the previous two games, the Warriors started off almost perfectly at the Boston Garden tonight, leading the Celtics by 35 points at 27:8 in the first quarter.

It's a pity that in the second quarter, with the performance of Bird and Parish, they chased the score back, and even achieved a lead during the intermission.

However, in the third quarter, with Li Weisi's efforts, the Warriors came back again.

After that, the anxious game continued until the end. With Li Weisi's assist at the last moment, Richmond hit the winning goal, and the Warriors finally beat the Celtics 120:115.

Bird did not look like a 42-year-old man at all in this game. He played 37 minutes and scored 12 points and 20 assists. Unfortunately, he lost to the Warriors' four twos, namely Li Weisi, Lewis, and Hornacek. Both scored 30+ points with Petrovic, of which Li Weisi scored 16 points and [-] assists.

After the end of the game with the Celtics, the Warriors came to Detroit again overnight, preparing to face the Pistons back-to-back the next day.

This kind of back-to-back and back-to-back games are still away games, which really exhausts the Warriors.

Not only that, but Richmond's back pain has never healed. To be on the safe side, he didn't come to the East with the team, which can be described as worse.

It was under such circumstances that the Warriors once again faced the sharpening Pistons.

Although everyone on the team was exhausted, they still played very tenaciously against the Pistons who were waiting for work, without the slightest thought of admitting defeat.

After four quarters of hard work, even though Li Weisi scored 37 points and 11 assists, the team still lost the game 118:125.

In this game, the Warriors were not wronged. Although judging from the final score alone, it seems that the two teams are not much different, but the data can be deceiving.

As long as you have watched the game, you will find that the rhythm of the entire game is under the control of the Pistons. Not only that, but the Pistons are fully fired. John Salley scored 8 points in both games.

Just think about it, when John Salley can score more than 20 points, how can the Pistons lose this game?
Therefore, even if the Warriors are unwilling, they can only give up the victory of the game.

This hell-level trip to the Eastern Conference, after the game with the Pistons, is finally coming to an end. After a day of rest, they will face the last opponent of this Eastern Conference trip, the Chicago Bulls!

(End of this chapter)