Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 770
The big loss in the first game made the Nuggets change their past, and took the initiative to replace Mohamed Rauf back to the starting lineup in the second game.

This time, Rauf was really competitive. He played 29 minutes, made 13 of 7 shots, and scored a team-high 53.8 points with a 21% shooting rate.

However, it can be seen from the fact that only 29 minutes were played in the game, this game took another time.

The difference in the last game is that in this game, the Nuggets withstood the Warriors' offense in the first quarter.

The two teams played inseparably in the first quarter, especially Rauf, who scored half of his points in this quarter.

Because of this, the Nuggets were only 23 points behind the Warriors at 26:3 in the first quarter.

It's just that all this changed completely in the second quarter.

In this quarter, the Nuggets' unstable offense stalled again. On the other hand, the Warriors used defensive counterattacks to score consecutively. A high score of 34 points was scored.

As a result, at the end of the half, the Nuggets lost another 21 points.

Although the process is different, the points difference at halftime is so similar.

As in the previous game, although the Nuggets once again showed amazing perseverance in the second half and tried to close the score, but no matter how hard they tried, the point difference never narrowed, and they could not limit the Warriors' offense. They were doomed no matter what. It is impossible to recover the score.

After the third quarter, the point difference has reached 24 points. After working hard for the whole quarter, the score not only did not shrink, but also increased by 3 points. This made the Nuggets players lose heart after entering the fourth quarter.

In this way, the entire fourth quarter was once again reduced to garbage time, and the Warriors even sent substitute substitutes on the court. Even so, they were inseparable from the Nuggets.

In the end, the Nuggets lost to the Warriors by 96 points 122:26.

It is worth mentioning that in this game, Rodman actually broke out, scoring 19 points and 16 rebounds, tied for first in scoring with Li Weisi, and became the Warriors' team scoring leader.

However, when evaluating the final MVP of the game, everyone still voted for Li Weisi, who had 19 points and 10 assists. After all, in the eyes of everyone, Li Weisi's role is still greater than that of Rodman.

After two games, even the most optimistic Nuggets fans don't think that the Nuggets can still create the miracle of last season's black eight, and even in their opinion, as long as the Nuggets can win the next game in the series , is already a huge victory.

On May 5, the Warriors went to the Denver Plateau, where they will play the third game of the entire series. It is also the first time this round of the series has been held at the McNick Sports Arena. Of course, it is likely to be the last time.

Although the chance of winning is slim, there are quite a few fans who came to the scene to cheer for the Nuggets.

Even though the current Nuggets are a defensive team and their style of play is poor, but with last year's black eight miracle, the Nuggets have attracted countless fans, so that this year's home court is full of seats.

Of course, the fans also know that it is almost impossible to create a miracle this year, and they can only pin their hopes on at least the Nuggets being able to win this game.

The hope of the fans is also the hope of all the players of the Nuggets. According to their self-esteem, it is difficult to accept the fact that they were swept away by their opponents.

Therefore, from the very beginning of this game, the Nuggets made up their minds that they must not repeat the mistakes of the first two games where the offense was not in the state.

On the other hand, the Warriors, although they came to Denver two days in advance for adaptive training, logically speaking, the altitude of Denver less than 2000m should not have any impact on the Warriors, but after the game started, the players of the Warriors team , still had some uncomfortable symptoms.

These symptoms are relatively mild, such as insomnia, headache and other symptoms, which seem to have nothing to do with altitude sickness, but they did affect the state of the Warriors, so the Warriors missed many easy scoring opportunities in the first quarter.

In this case, when the rotation was made, the Warriors were still 2 points behind.

However, in this game, the Warriors' substitutes changed the decline of the previous two games, especially Kukoc, who didn't seem to have the slightest discomfort and shot very accurately.

With the help of his 7 points in the first quarter, the Warriors still took the lead in the first quarter, and entered the second quarter with a 27-point lead at 24:3.

After entering the second quarter, the state of the Warriors gradually recovered. Whether it was a substitute or a starter, they all began to show their usual state one by one.

This will kill the Nuggets. The offense itself is no match for the opponent. Now that the opponent's offense resumes, the situation for the Nuggets will be even more embarrassing.

Sure enough, the halftime score has reached 57:50. Although it seems that the point difference is much smaller than that of the previous two games, it is still behind. How can the Nuggets win a game? victory?
Entering the second half, the score continued to expand. In the third quarter, the Warriors expanded the point difference to 10 points. Although the Warriors seemed unable to leave work early today, it seemed that there was no problem in winning the game.

However, the pride that permeated the players quickly took its toll on the Warriors.

As the most important turret on the bench, although Dale Ellis has lost his speed at this time, his shooting ability is still online.

In just 1 minute, the left and right corners each hit a three-pointer. The original 10-point advantage was only 4 points in an instant. The danger of being wiped out.

At this time, Nelson didn't care about continuing to maintain the rotation lineup, and immediately replaced Li Weisi, Richmond, and Rodman back on the field. Although the rotation time was somewhat disrupted, Nelson felt keenly at this time that he must interrupt The Nuggets have a sudden offensive momentum, otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable.

It has to be said that Nelson's sense of smell is very keen.

Although at this time point, Li Weisi and other main players were replaced, they only stabilized the situation and failed to break the momentum of the Nuggets chasing points.

Especially Dale Ellis, who seems to be dreaming back to his peak tonight, with three accurate shots, and soon on Richmond's head, he hit 2 three-pointers again. In the case of Chimond, it was thrown.

Fortunately, Li Weisi also hit a three-pointer to return the favor, making the Warriors lead by 1 point in the score.

But obviously, the opponent's aggressive momentum has made the Warriors' situation precarious. If the Warriors can't withstand the Nuggets' offense, then the victory will gradually go away from them.

(End of this chapter)