Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 512 West Second
Returning to the Warriors in the Greater Bay Area, there was only one day of rest, and Nelson also took a day off in due course. He did not conduct restorative training until the afternoon of the 23rd, and was ready for the evening game.

Tonight's opponent is the harmless Huskies... The Timberwolves, because the opponent is weak, have eased the nerves of the Warriors players who have been exhausted and nervous during this period of time.

Not only that, Richmond, who had a sore back before, ushered in a comeback, which also eased the Warriors' shortage of major generals.

However, it was precisely because of the slackness of the nerves that the Warriors played very poorly after the game started. The Timberwolves' defense was not strong at all, which made the Warriors often get open opportunities. However, the Warriors had many open opportunities, but they failed. hold on.

There was even a situation where Rodman missed the ball when no one was guarding the basket. Fortunately, he grabbed the offensive rebound in time and made up for his fault. Looking at Rodman's With this performance, it is hard not to doubt whether he is rebounding.

However, even under such circumstances, the Warriors still lead the Timberwolves in the first quarter. There is no way, compared to the Warriors who don’t give opportunities to the open space, the Timberwolves are, if you chew up the opportunities and feed them into the wolf’s mouth, he can also give them a chance. You spit it out, and you didn't make any shots. You scored 18 points in the first quarter, 6 points less than the Warriors.

Fortunately, the situation of the two teams changed in the second quarter, and the shooting percentages of both sides rebounded, especially Richmond. After missing five games, Richmond experienced a cold feeling in the first quarter , quickly adjusted, and hit key goals consecutively in the second quarter, becoming the Warriors' thigh in this incident.

Through Richmond's performance, the team had already led the Timberwolves by 10 points at the end of the halftime.

After entering the third quarter, Li Weisi and Richmond made efforts at the same time, once expanding the point difference to 20 points, and the game also entered garbage time.

In the end, the Warriors defeated the Timberwolves 119:102, finally ending the team's two-game losing streak.

Richmond scored a game-high 27 points, and Li Weisi scored 26 points and 9 assists. Not only did he score less than 30 points, but he even failed to make double figures in assists. Fortunately, with the performance of him and Richmond , and also took himself out of the venue, so as not to be held by the fans.

After defeating the Timberwolves, the Warriors only rested for one night, and set off for Sacramento the next day to face the Kings.

Since they both belong to California and are relatively close to each other, this arrangement can be regarded as ensuring the rest of the players to the greatest extent.

The ambitious Kings have continued to slump this season and are ranked third from the bottom in the West. It seems that they can contribute at least one top-eight first-round pick to the Warriors this season.

In the past few years, the Kings have been in such a mentality change throughout the season. At the beginning of the season, they are ambitious and ready to break into the playoffs.

In the middle of the season, seeing that the door to the playoffs has gradually moved away from me, I can only prepare to train young players and prepare for the future.

At the end of the season, it is the offseason to prepare for a big fight, laying the foundation for the next year's rise.

Then in the next season, the routine of the previous season will be repeated. The so-called future will never be seen.

Therefore, tonight's game, even though it was back-to-back, the Warriors still won easily, beating the opponent by 129 points at 99:30, and Li Weisi successfully clocked out of get off work in three quarters.

Due to too little playing time, Li Weisi only scored 20 points and 7 assists, and the data dropped again. It seems that Li Weisi's crazy performance has come to an end.

With such a weak team back to back, the Warriors, who were exhausted a few days ago, finally recovered their blood. The team has been fully adjusted physically and mentally. on track.

A day later, the Warriors returned to host the Seattle SuperSonics.

The Sonics this season, like the Warriors, have suffered from injuries.

Especially the team's number one star, Dale Ellis, has missed more than a dozen games so far.

In addition, the team's second head, McDaniel, was also troubled by injuries. The game was played on and off, and his state declined sharply.

In this way, the difficulties facing the Sonics are even more difficult than the Warriors. After all, the Warriors currently still have Li Weisi as the backbone.

This has also caused the Supersonics' record to plummet this season, and they have now reached tenth in the Western Conference, with a winning percentage of less than 50%.

Facing the Warriors tonight, Ellis is still absent. Although the team's second leader Mike Daniel performed very well in this game, scoring 36 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists, he still failed to change the loss. destiny.

Relying on Li Weisi's 25 points, Richmond's 23 points, and Duckworth's 22 points, the Warriors scored 20 points from three of them, and double figures from five of them, and finally defeated their opponents 114:102.

After the game, the Warriors got 4 days of rest, which is very rare in the marathon regular season.

After these 4 days of rest, the Warriors revived with full blood. On the 31st, they played against the powerful Trail Blazers at home.

The Blazers coached by Adelman are very strong. In yesterday's game against the Jazz, the Blazers beat the Jazz by 24 points, bringing the team's record to 31 wins and 11 losses, successfully surpassing the Warriors and ranking in the Second in the West.

Therefore, this game is very critical for the Warriors. If they can defeat the Trail Blazers, their record will be tied with the Trail Blazers, so that they can overtake the Trail Blazers based on the outcome and regain the second place in the Western Conference.

After the start of the game that night, the Blazers had a very high shooting percentage. Under the leadership of Drexler, they quickly took the initiative and established a 10-point lead in the first quarter.

Compared with the Blazers who quickly entered the game state, the Warriors are obviously a lot slower, and it is estimated that they have taken a break.

However, in the second quarter, the Warriors gradually recovered and played very anxiously against the Trail Blazers, but the point difference never narrowed, but tended to expand.

The turning point of the game happened in the third quarter. Li Weisi, Richmond and Duckworth all made efforts one after another, leading the Warriors to launch a wave of offense and successfully tied the score.

Afterwards, the scores of the two teams could not be opened again, and they had been leading alternately. Until the last moment of the game, as Li Weisi singled out Terry Porter and hit a key three-pointer, the victory was sealed.

As the Blazers Drexler failed to hit a three-pointer, he could only foul the Warriors and send Richmond to the free throw line.

When Richmond made two free throws, the game finally ended with the Warriors' victory.

凭借着李为思27分14助攻，里奇蒙德28分5篮板，达克沃斯27分8篮板，勇士队最终以135:130险胜开拓者，重回西部第二。

(End of this chapter)