Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 835 Falling to the bottom
After losing to the Rockets at home, the Warriors had no time to clean up the negative emotions brought about by the loss, so they flew to Dallas overnight, preparing for back-to-back battles the next day.

I thought that when I came to Dallas, facing this underdog in the Western Conference, it was a matter of grasping how to win, but I didn't expect that the Mavericks tonight did not have the slightest idea of ​​​​catching it without a fight.

As the team's three major cores, Jim Jackson and Jamal Mashburn were full of hands, and they jointly scored 57 points.

Kidd, who is also a "3J combination", although his score was a bit hip, he only made 5 shots, hit 2 goals and scored 5 points, but he sent 11 assists and revitalized the team.

Under the performance of the three of them, the Mavericks beat the Warriors 119:104, and while they won the first two consecutive victories, they gave the Warriors two consecutive losses.

This is not over yet, and then returned to San Francisco to rest for two days, and the No. 7 Warriors played against the Eastern Conference Knicks at home.

Although Li Weisi scored 41 points alone in this game, the team still fell short of the Knicks led by Ewing, losing 117:120 and suffering a three-game losing streak.

Since Li Weisi entered the league, the Warriors have never suffered a three-game losing streak, and even in Li Weisi's career, two consecutive losses are one of the few.

However, at the beginning of this season, with only Rodman missing, they actually suffered a record three-game losing streak.

Such a result is absolutely unqualified for the defending champion, and it is even more unqualified for Li Weisi's warriors.

Li Weisi, the core of the team, is naturally to blame for the team's performance. Although he has been the team's best player in the past few games, this is competitive sports, and losing is the original sin. No matter how good you are, if you can't win the game on your behalf, all your advantages will become disadvantages.

If you can win, you have strong scoring ability; if you lose, you are a cancer on the team.

If you can win, you are playing reasonably; if you lose, you are not responsible.

If you can win, your statistics cannot reflect your ability, if you lose, you are...you are nothing!

Fortunately, Li Weisi's situation at this time is not bad. After all, he has a lot of fans, and coupled with his past performance, there are still people who can defend him, and can defend him. In comparison, the person who is under the most pressure on the Warriors is still It has to be Mullin.

As the second head of the team, Mullin's performance in the first three games of this season was very bad. was exposed on the field.

With the decline of physical talent, Mullin is struggling to play on the court, especially for an offensive player like him who focuses on shooting. Once he cannot run out of opportunities, the threat of shooting will drop sharply. The effect is also weakened.

In the face of all kinds of doubts, Mullin did not refute, and in fact he could not refute. After all, it is true that he played badly, but this does not mean that Mullin admits that he is no longer good.

Soon, on the 9th, the Warriors faced the Eagles at home. This night, Mullin finally started to explode.

After trading the team's star star Dominique Wilkins, the Eagles have been removed from the Eastern Conference's list of powerful players.

But under the leadership of the famous NBA coach Lenny Wilkens, the team still maintains the level of the playoffs. In an egalitarian team, everyone can find their comfort point in the system and exert their best abilities.

Although the offensive ability of this Eagles team is average, the striker defense group composed of Stacey Augmon, Grant Lang and Andrew Lang makes the Eagles' striker defense absolutely among the top three in the league.

However, it is such a forward defensive group that is the envy of the entire league. When facing Mullin tonight, it seems to be stretched, and it does not look like a strong defensive team.

Running ghostly without the ball all the way, knocking off and pulling his arm from time to time on the road, Mullin got out of the crowd, and successfully ran out of opportunities with the help of Divac's pick-and-roll.

When Li Weisiren got the ball, the basketball was quickly handed over to Mullin, who didn't need to aim at the basket at all, but directly chose to turn around and shoot a three-pointer, and the ball scored!
With this attack, Mullin has scored 30 points tonight!
Tonight's Mullin was shockingly accurate. He made 13 of 10 shots and 6 of 5 three-pointers. His shooting percentage was as high as 76.9%. You must know that the game is only in the third quarter.

It can be said that Mullin's strong performance made the Eagles' forward defense look like a joke.

With Mullin's outstanding performance, the Warriors were able to lead the Eagles by 88 points with 77:11 in the third quarter.

Seeing the goal, Mullin turned around and left. At this time, he was very excited. After being scolded by the fans for the past two days, he was so decadent. Thinking of the fans who were speechless after the game, Mullin Lin was so excited that he wanted to jump up and down a few times.

However, just as he was walking briskly, turning around and preparing to defend, he suddenly felt a pain in the heel of his right foot, and then he fell to the ground.

The Warriors players around were startled by Mullin's actions. At first, everyone thought Mullin had just slipped, but when everyone saw Mullin lying on the ground, clutching his right foot in pain, their hearts suddenly turned cold.

This kind of non-contact injury is what scares the players the most, especially the Achilles tendon that Mullin is covering at this time, which is even more fatal. It is an injury that is likely to end a player's career.

Li Weisi hurriedly stepped forward to touch the Eagles point guard Mucci Blaylock who brought the ball to the frontcourt, and lost a foul, but because the number of fouls did not come up, at least Mullin got a chance to kill the ball, allowing the team doctor Go out for treatment.

Soon, the team doctor came to the court with a medicine box. After showing Mullin for a long time, he finally helped Mullin off the court with the substitute Jaylen Rose.

The Warriors who lost Mullin were really uncomfortable at first, because before that, Mullin's performance made everyone feel that they could finally win a game tonight.

As a result, they were very uncomfortable on the court, and they were scored consecutively by the Eagles, narrowing the point difference.

Kukoc, who came off the bench, is obviously not as good as Mullin. He is more like a firefighter, temporarily standing in Mullin's position.

Fortunately, the Warriors still have Li Weisi. In the end, at the end of the third quarter, the Warriors still maintained a 6-point lead.

However, such a score also means that it is impossible for the main players of the Warriors to clock in and get off work in advance, and they must be prepared to continue the fierce battle in the fourth quarter.

Sure enough, in the fourth quarter, although the Warriors' substitutes were very competitive and kept the point difference at about 8 points, it is clear that this lead is not safe, and the Warriors' starters still need to come back and continue to struggle.

Faced with the Eagles' sympathetic front line defense, Li Weisi relied on pick-and-rolls, singles and other methods to score frequently and carry the team.

At the end of the game, the Warriors defeated the Eagles 121:116 at home, and won the Warriors' first victory of the season.

(End of this chapter)