Chapter 798 Legend!(1/2)
On March 11, 2017, the Warriors finally returned to the Oracle Arena after completing the seven-game away game.
The opponent of this long-lost game back to home is the Boston Celtics.
This game against the Celtics has attracted much attention.
Because if the Warriors can beat the Celtics in this game, it will be the Warriors' twenty consecutive victories.
After losing to the Bobcats on January 25, the Warriors unknowingly haven't lost for another two months.
Therefore, many Warriors fans are actually looking forward to whether the Warriors' winning streak will last until the end.
If it can maintain its last game to defeat the Lakers, the Warriors will once again achieve 36 consecutive victories, and the Warriors' regular season record this season will also reach a record of 80 wins and 2 losses.
Yes, when 70 wins are no longer uncommon in recent years, Chen Xiao and the Warriors will push the NBA record to the peak of 80 wins.
So in the pre-match press conference before the start of this game, many reporters asked Chen Xiao what he expected about this regular season this season.
It’s not that the Warriors fans and these reporters are so bad that the Warriors’ record can break through 80 wins.
Because after this seventh consecutive away game, the Warriors' next schedule is really good.
There are three back-to-back games in the remaining games, and most of the teams are weak teams, and most of the games are at home.
In this case, it is actually no problem to win all the remaining games with the Warriors' current state and strength.
Of course, whether it is Chen Xiao or other players of the Warriors, they will not answer questions like these people.
No matter how you answer this question, it is wrong.
Just don't answer.
As for whether you really have such an idea.
Of course there are.
Don't you want to be a legend?
Of course I want to!
The opportunity appears in front of you. Of course, I hope you can get it. Of course, if you can't get it, it doesn't matter, after all, it's just a milestone in the regular season.
So, the Warriors' mentality is very good now.
So, under this circumstance, there is no need for Chen Xiao and the Warriors to continue to install B and stimulate the NBA opponents.
The Warriors are actually enough to attract hatred.
Any NBA team wants to find a sense of presence among the Warriors.
The Warriors lost two games this season. The first game was the Grizzlies and the second game was the Bobcats. The game that lost to the Grizzlies was the Grizzlies and targeted.
In fact, many opponents the Warriors encountered this season will attack the Warriors regardless of their strength and weakness, hoping to win a victory from the Warriors.
For many teams, winning a victory from the Warriors is basically equivalent to winning the championship.
This is still a weak team.
And a strong team like the Boston Celtics is even more so.
In this game against the Celtics, the Celtics also chose to start the game against the Warriors and then compete for the ending style.
Now the entire NBA knows that although the Warriors are strong, most of the veterans are in this team. So if the Warriors are all the main players, then start the game, then fight with each other, foul, disrupt the rhythm of the game, and increase the game's regularity. A game that was originally two hours to three hours, or even four hours is the best. After exhausting the Warriors' veterans, they will compete with them for the ending physical strength.
No matter how strong the Warriors' veterans are, how much strength can they exert when they are not strong enough?
I have to say that this style of play really makes the Warriors feel uncomfortable.
For example, in this game, when the Warriors and the Celtics reached the fourth quarter, before Chen Xiao came on the court, in the first half of the fourth quarter, the Celtics beat the Warriors 27-12!
The Warriors, who were originally leading by 2 points in the fourth quarter, fell 13 points behind when Chen Xiao came up.
So much so that when Cole asked Chen Xiao to play, many Warriors fans felt that there was no need to let Chen Xiao continue playing, because the game had already entered garbage time.
In this game, the Celtics can be said to have used the tactics of starting the game against all the main Warriors and ending it to the extreme.
Especially at the end of the game, the Warriors made 8 mistakes after Chen Xiao came on the court in the fourth quarter and were stolen by the Celtics 6 times!
Don't think that the score of 27-12 in the fourth quarter seems to be very accurate, and the Warriors are very ironic.
In fact, this is not the case. The Warriors are very decisive, but the Celtics are not sure. The Celtics' shooting percentage is only 10 of 24 shots, less than 42%, and this hit rate is definitely decisive.
But the key is that the Warriors only had 14 mobile phone opportunities, while the Celtics had 24 mobile phone opportunities!
The Celtics' frontcourt rebounds and crazy high-intensity defensive steals in the fourth quarter almost broke the Warriors' inside and outside lines.
Of course, the Warriors' condition is indeed poor in this game.
Clay made 0 of 3 in the fourth quarter, Carter made 0 of 1, 3 turnovers, Curry made 0 of 1 of 1, two turnovers, Devin Booker made 1 of 2, two points, Jaylen Brown, Norman Powell and VanVleet were all 0 of 1.
In the fourth quarter, except for 3 of 5 shots, 1 of 2 three-pointers and 9 points, no player was in normal condition.
This is also the problem that the Warriors are prone to being stolen.
Although the Warriors have veterans and young people, the veterans are undoubtedly the core.
Let’s talk about the rotation lineup. If Carter collapses, it will be difficult for others not to collapse.
Of course, although the Warriors have such problems, there are still fewer teams like the Celtics who have grabbed such good teams in this game.
Even if most teams use such a strategy, they actually cause some trouble to the Warriors.
The trouble is not that big. Even playing the Bucks away before did not cause such big trouble to the Warriors.
I can only say that the Celtics team is still special.
This team seems to be born to play such a game, and it seems to have an NBA heritage.
However, with 4 minutes left in the game, after Chen Xiao, Wade and Ron Howard came on the court, the Warriors quickly pulled the situation back.
The Celtics fought too hard in the first eight minutes, and all the main players went up to fight.
I thought 13 points was insurance, so I just kept it in the last four minutes.
However, facing the crazy pursuit of points by the Warriors led by Chen Xiao, it is definitely not so easy to defend.
In fact, after 3 minutes of the game, the Celtics' lead was completely eaten up.
In the end, the Warriors completed a Jedi counterattack at home, defeating the Celtics 115-108.
Although he defeated the Celtics with difficulty, the Warriors successfully completed another twenty-game winning streak this season.
Two days after defeating the Celtics, the Warriors easily defeated Philadelphia with a score of 126 to 114 on March 14, and the Warriors' winning streak continues.
And the NBA reporters are still crazily suggesting that Warriors players can shout that slogan.
80 wins, shout out generously.
However, some of the Warriors players really want to shout, and Chen Xiao and Cole did not stop them from shouting such hatred slogans outside.
But the Warriors players are still silent.
Why?
Of course, it is to wait for this key regular season game between home and the Bucks on March 18!
The Bucks are the Warriors' biggest opponent in the second half of the schedule and the last big opponent.
This game was not over, and the Warriors players were not as confident as they were, and they were not as confident as they shouted the slogan of 80 wins outside.
Even the Bucks are now on a continuous away trip to the West.
Before the game against the Warriors, the Bucks had just finished the away game on March 17.
In the end, the Bucks defeated the Clippers 97-96 with Durant's revenge, Green and Iguodala, with Curry and Antetokounmpo on the road. In this game, the Bucks won with Curry's final three-pointer reverse.
Although this time, the Western Conference won both the Clippers and the Lakers (107-103) in the past, the Bucks had a hard time playing.
This is not the decline in the Bucks' strength or something.
Obviously, the Bucks are preparing for the Warriors' game.
When playing against the Lakers, the Bucks also made large-scale rotations.
In this Western Conference away tour, the Bucks have a large rotation in every game.
And the reason for such a rotation is of course for this away game against the Warriors.
In the first half of the season, the Warriors were also in large-scale rotation before playing the Bucks. When they played against the Bucks, all the main players played and eventually defeated the Bucks away.
For the Bucks, they definitely hope to get it back away.
Everyone knows that the Warriors and the Bucks are the two opponents of this season. In this case, if they are swept in the regular season, this will be a psychological disadvantage.
So, if possible, the Bucks certainly hope to get the game back on the road.
On March 18, this highly anticipated second match between the Warriors and the Bucks is about to begin.
The players of the two teams on the court are ready to go.
The players on the Warriors are center Chen Xiao, forwards are Thunder Eyebrow and Wade, and defenders are Clay and Ron Howard.
The players on the Bucks are center Zhu Meng Green, power forward Antetokounmpo, small forward Durant, and defenders Ariza and Iguodala.
Curry, who finished the finals in the last game, did not take a rest in this game but was the same as in the finals.
To be continued...