Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 761 Orderly
After the end of this world-renowned game with the Bulls, he achieved a wave of eight consecutive victories, and his record is far ahead of No.2.

After entering April, the breath of the playoffs has become more and more intense, and all teams have begun to work hard for their own goals. Some are sprinting for the playoffs, and some are adjusting the lineup. Of course, they just lie flat sucks.

However, just when it was time to start working hard, the Warriors lost at home on April 4, the third day after defeating the Bulls. The opponent was the Jazz, currently ranked third in the Western Conference.

In the past few years, the Jazz have maintained a strong strength in the West. Although they have never made it to the finals, they have always been ranked in the upper half of the West no matter how the situation in the West changes.

The most important point of this is to rely on the iron triangle of Karl Malone, Stockton and Hornacek.

Other players who used to be Jazz, such as "Mammoth" Mark Eaton, Darnell Griffith, Searle Bailey and others, have all retired one after another.

Although there are young players like David Benwall who have grown up in the team, as well as veteran players like Tom Chambers who has just joined the team, there are not many players that the team can rely on.

But it is such a team that can only rely on the main players. When facing the Warriors who are known for their large number of players, the performance of the whole team is significantly better than that of the Warriors.

I have to say that the Jazz played really well tonight. Everyone in the team can score, and the Warriors' defense is full of holes.

In this way, with 7 members of the team scoring in double figures, the Jazz defeated the Warriors 132:122 in the away game of the Warriors, ending the Warriors' eight-game winning streak.

However, after losing to the Jazz, all the soldiers of the Warriors can be considered to have unloaded their burdens, adjusted in time and went back on the road, and soon they ushered in a new wave of winning streak.

On the 4th away game against the Kings, the Warriors easily won 112:99.

Back home on the 6th, against the Blazers, the two sides launched a fierce competition.

After experiencing 91 and 92, dominating the Western Conference for two consecutive years, and advancing to the Finals, owner Paul Allen decided to build a new home for the Blazers, the Rose Garden Arena, to replace the increasingly dilapidated and crowded Memorial Stadium in order to celebrate. .

However, the team did not become prosperous because of this decision. Instead, it went downhill all the way. Even in the 92-93 season, when they were still attending a party in Salt Lake City, they had sex with several local underage girls and committed a crime with Wu. Signed the same error.

Such an episode inevitably affected the normal operation of the team. In the 92-93 season, they failed in the semi-finals because of Li Weisi's return from injury.

Then in the following season, Terry Porter was injured first, giving up the position of the team's starting point guard, and then center Kevin Duckworth was also traded to the Washington Bullets. Unfortunately, the team still did not improve. He was eliminated by the Rockets in the first round of the playoffs.

At the end of this season, the Blazers' management has undergone major changes. Bob Whithit, nicknamed "The Trader", has become the general manager of the Blazers. The meritorious player Clyde Drexler was traded to the Rockets.

So far, the once majestic Trail Blazers have been completely dismantled, and this season's Trail Blazers have become a team with a mid-to-high defense and weak offense.

Because of this, in the game against the Warriors, despite the team's power forward Clifford Robinson scoring 28 points unexpectedly, the team still lost to the Warriors 102:113, helping the Warriors get two. Streak.

Then, a day later, on April 4, the Warriors played the Rockets at home.

Drexler was traded at the beginning of the season, allowing Olajuwon and Drexler to form a real brother basketball. Unfortunately, this pair of brother basketball who played on the same team in college did not achieve very well together. As a result, the current record is only ranked sixth in the West.

In this game, the new MVP Olajuwon was absent due to injury, and the team could only rely on Drexler to support himself. Unfortunately, even if Drexler played 45 minutes and scored 40 points and 8 assists, the ball The team still lost to the Warriors 102:110.

On the 10th, the Warriors flew to the East again for the last round of the Eastern Conference road trip this season.

The first opponent is the Celtics, who were the former kings and are now mired in the quagmire.

After participating in the Olympics in 92, Larry Bird announced his retirement. In the following season, the Celtics' record declined significantly. Fortunately, under the leadership of new star Reggie Lewis, they still achieved 48 wins and 34 wins. negative record.

However, in the first round of the playoffs against the Hornets, in the first game, Reggie Lewis fainted directly on the court because of an irregular heartbeat.

Although Lewis recovered afterwards and discussed with the team that he could return to the game, but at this moment, the former boss Frank came to Boston in person, interviewed with the head coach Chris Ford, and informed the other side that Lewis This time fainting needs enough attention, his heart problem is very serious.

Not only that, Frank personally arranged for the most authoritative cardiologist in Mimi to examine and treat Lewis. At first, Lewis thought Frank was making a fuss, but he didn't expect that when he got the report, he was completely stupid.

Because according to the doctor's report, Lewis was suffering from serious heart disease and had to bid farewell to intense sports events such as basketball and receive treatment with peace of mind.

Although Lewis loves basketball very much, he obviously loves his own life more. It has only been a few years since the former star "Pistol" Pete Maravich suffered a heart attack and died suddenly in an amateur game.

In this way, Lewis, who was only 27 years old, announced his retirement in the summer of that year.

Although doing so took him away from his beloved arena, at least it saved his life.

In addition, he retired with him, as well as the team's meritorious power forward "refrigerator" Kevin McHale.

After another season, veteran Robert Parish joined the Hornets as a free agent at the age of 40. So far, the former Celtics have completely withered, and the team has entered a rebuilding period.

Although the Celtics recruited star Dominique Wilkins last summer, the veteran is already 35 years old and is no longer the "human movie essence" of the year. Scoring leader, but 17.8 points per game is Wilkins' lowest scoring average since his rookie season.

Therefore, there is basically no suspense in this game, and the three-quarter check-in was completed early. In the end, the Warriors beat the Celtics 123:109 in the away game, winning the first victory in this round of the Eastern Conference road trip.

(End of this chapter)