Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 843

After losing to the Jazz, the Warriors adjusted for 4 days before winning again at home to the belated Magic.

O'Neal was out for at least two months because of a finger contusion. He thought that after losing a general, the Magic team's record would decline, but unexpectedly, the Magic team became more and more frustrated and achieved a proud record of 13 wins and 2 losses. .

It can be said that since the loss to the Warriors, the Magic has won 7 consecutive victories. After losing the team leader, the team has played better and better. This makes those basketball commentators who talk about themselves as basketball commentators all slapped in the face .

And after the face slap was over, they made an inference like hindsight, that is, it was all due to Anfernee Hardaway.

After O'Neal's absence, he resolutely put the team on his shoulders, and the strength he showed is enough to prove that Hardaway will never lose to O'Neal.

In addition to these remarks, there are many reports that: The reason why Hardaway performed so well after O'Neal was injured fully shows that the two are not compatible, and the two sides cannot play the effect of 1+1>2.

Therefore, these crouching dragons and phoenixes gave advice to the management of the Magic one after another, asking them to trade O'Neal and help Hardaway. Only in this way is the right path for the Magic.

Of course, most fans don’t believe these strange remarks. After all, O’Neal’s level of players cannot be traded by you just by spending money or finding someone to trade. Each of these cornerstones of the team is the team. It can be said that no one will use the cornerstone as a bargaining chip.

After all, doing so is no longer a discount promotion, it is clearly a bone fracture promotion, and it is true that the Magic jumped off a building and sold it.

However, no matter what the outside rumors are, the players of the Magic team have not received too much interference from the outside world at this time. For them, it is better to concentrate these energies on the field than to care about the public opinion of the outside world. They are united and take every game seriously, and only hope that when O'Neal returns, they will still maintain an excellent record.

At the beginning of the game against the Warriors, the two teams played inextricably.

Due to O'Neal's injury, at the center position, the Magic replaced it with veteran Jon Konkek.

As a white center, Kounkek is 32 years old at this time, and his physical condition has already reached the end of his career. This summer, he left the Eagles who played for 10 years and came to the Magic. the difference.

Therefore, he was completely unprepared to be the starter. After all, it was impossible for him to imagine that he would suffer from O'Neal's long-term injury, which would cause him to rush to the shelves and serve as the starting center for a strong team in the playoffs.

So, in this way, at the beginning of the game, the Warriors rarely gained a long-lost inside advantage, and Divac was playing against Kounkek.

In fact, Divac's strength is not weak, and he has been selected as an All-Star. He is definitely an upper-level center in the league. However, the mistake is that he was born in the wrong age. "Kidney Fighter" Mourning, "African Mountain" Uncle Mu, "Roof of the World" Sabonis and other powerful centers have emerged one after another, which has led to Divac, who is obviously strong, often deflated in front of various centers.

But now it is rare to meet an old player who is about to retire, and Divac will naturally not miss it. At this time, he will not consider such things as whether to talk about martial arts.

After the opening, the Warriors rarely started to play from the inside. On the other hand, the Magic, because they lost O'Neal inside, all their offensive firepower was concentrated on the outside, and they could only play from the outside.

For a while, compared with the previous game, the offense of the two teams almost turned upside down. However, although the focus of the offense was different, the intensity of the game remained the same.

Under the leadership of Hardaway, the Magic actually withstood the Warriors' offense when they were at a disadvantage in the interior. The two teams actually scored 26:27 in the first quarter, and the Magic were only one point behind.

The opening can be played like this, Hardaway has contributed a lot.

In the first quarter, he kept attacking the inside of the Warriors by himself, using direct attacks to the basket and breaking through to score the ball. Not only did he score 7 points, but he also sent 3 assists, completely shouldering the burden of the core of a team. .

The rest of the Magic also gave Hardaway important help, especially Dennis Scott, who was so accurate tonight that he hit two three-pointers from outside the three-point line in the first quarter alone.

The Magic, which was only one point behind in the first quarter, gradually improved their morale. In the middle of the second quarter, the Magic even took advantage of the Warriors' several offensive misses and scored consecutive counterattacks, overtaking the score in one fell swoop.

In the second half, the Magic made persistent efforts and gradually expanded the point difference. By the end of the third quarter, the Magic had already led the Warriors by 87 points 81:6.

However, the Warriors obviously won't just give up like this. They launched a counterattack again in the fourth quarter, and Li Weisi hit 3 three-pointers in a single quarter in this quarter.

Even, at the last moment of the game, the Warriors successfully chased back the point difference. However, in the final attack of the Magic, Hardaway used a drifting jumper to meet Richmond's defense and made a lore .

To be honest, Richmond has already defended the ball quite well, almost blocking all of Hardaway's shooting space, but Hardaway seems to have entered another dimension tonight, and the fairy balls are scored one after another, and everyone is scored. numb.

In this way, the Magic beat the Warriors 109:107 in the Warriors away game, giving the Warriors another two-game losing streak, and also allowed Li Weisi to score a game-high 31 points and 11 assists, which was reduced to an empty cut.

A key goal was hit in one game, and a lore was scored in one game. In addition, the Pacers just got a lore game last month. It's only been a few days since the start of the game!Encountered such a setback, if it wasn't for Lao Mi not believing in feng shui, the Warriors fans might really wonder what kind of bad luck their team is having?I have to burn incense and worship Buddha quickly, and hold a cross to exorcise evil spirits at the team's home court.

After losing to the Magic, on the 8th, the Warriors ushered in the challenge of the Pistons at home. Although Grant Hill scored 26 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists in this game, the Warriors' door, Li Weisi and Rich Mond teamed up and scored 52 points to help the team narrowly beat the Pistons 114:111, successfully ending their team's two-game losing streak.

Just one day later, the Warriors ushered in the Raptors game at home.

Although this is another back-to-back game, fortunately there is no travel fatigue at home, and the new NBA member Raptors are too weak, so the Warriors did not encounter decent difficulties.

In the end, the Warriors defeated the Raptors 118:101 at home without bloodshed and won two consecutive victories.

(End of this chapter)