Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 849
Just when the Warriors seemed to be on the right track, failure came quietly, causing the Warriors to suffer another setback.

On the 20th, the second day after defeating the Hornets, the Warriors rushed to the Denver Plateau to visit the McNick Sports Arena.

Since the Nuggets selected Mutomubo, the strength of the entire team began to improve rapidly. By last season, they had entered the playoffs for two consecutive seasons. Of course, they were eighth in the West both times. Not satisfied with this record.

It's a pity that although Mutomubo is a good player, his technical characteristics are destined to be the highest level of a blue-collar team. No matter how strong your rebounding and defensive ability are, they will still not become the cornerstone of the team's take-off.

However, facing the Warriors tonight, the Nuggets played quite well.

With the team's main point guard Mohamed Ulf injured and unable to play, Bryant Stich, who usually plays shooting guard, had to make a cameo as a point guard.

However, what people didn't expect was that Stitch's performance was not bad. After the whole game, he actually scored 17 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. He was only 2 assists away from winning a triple-double.

Of course, it wasn't Stitch who played the best tonight, but Don Macron, who was also a substitute at ordinary times and quickly replaced the starter tonight.

The forward, who just transferred to the Nuggets this summer, shot like a godsend tonight, and even made a three-pointer.

In the end, he also scored 38 points and 9 rebounds to help the team win.

In addition, the reason why he was able to explode is that Rodman was injured again.

This time his injured part was not his "brother", but his hamstring. He was also running, and suddenly one foot hurt uncontrollably. Seeing this scene, Nelson turned pale with fright.

After that, he didn't dare to let Rodman return to the court without saying anything. He was pulled out of the arena and sent to the hospital. Fortunately, according to the hospital report, Rodman only had a hamstring injury and he would be able to recover within a month.

Of course, the entire Warriors team did not know about this news until after the game.

All in all, as the Nuggets exhausted their lives, the X factor broke out, and the Warriors were affected by fatigue, injuries and other factors, the Warriors finally lost to the Nuggets 104:109.

For the loss of this game, although the Warriors players were a little disappointed, after the game, they quickly adjusted their mentality and focused their attention on Rodman.

However, the news from the hospital made people both happy and angry.

The happy thing is that Rodman's injury is not particularly serious, but the angry thing is that this guy actually ran away from the hospital after receiving simple treatment. As for where he went, no one knows, anyway, no one will Believe that he went back to the hotel obediently.

Sure enough, Rodman was still nowhere to be seen until the Warriors took the flight to leave Denver. On the contrary, they accidentally learned a piece of news at the airport, that is, in the early hours of the 21st, a staff member saw Rodman at the airport .

Obviously, this guy has already flew away.

Ignoring Rodman, the Warriors who returned to San Francisco finally ushered in a short adjustment, only one day off, and then they ushered in the challenge of the Washington Bullets at home.

Although the Bullets' record last season was the last in the Eastern Conference, their record has been quite good since the start of this season. They currently have 12 wins and 11 losses. Looks good enough to make the playoffs.

The reason why the team has made such great progress is mainly because the team has accumulated a lot of talent and hoarded a large number of talented players.

These include Chris Webber and Juwan Howard, who are known as the "Michigan Five Tigers" with the Warriors Jaylen Rose.

Of course, unlike Jaylen Rose, who is a substitute player, Chris Webber is definitely the cornerstone of the team and a real potential star. This is his third season, and he has averaged 23 points per game. rebound.

If his body is not too fragile, he will be injured every season, and Webber will definitely be able to enter the All-Star this season.

As for Juwan Howard, although he is not as talented as Webber, he can also average 22 points and 8 rebounds per game this season.

In addition to the Michigan twins, the Bullets also selected Rasheed Wallace with the fourth pick in the first round of this summer's draft.

Therefore, the Bullets have accumulated a lot of talent, but it is a pity that the management does not know people, and cannot recognize the talent and strength of each player in their team like Frank did.

As a result, in tonight's game against the Warriors, Wallace was not able to enter the starting lineup. The starting five were: Robert Parker, Karl Porter Chaney, Chris Webber, Juwan Howard and George W. Muresan.

Yes, the Bullets coaching staff has been using Chris Webber as a small forward.

Of course, Webber is indeed qualified for the position of small forward. At least in the game, facing former teammate Jaylen Rose, he completely ignored his defense, but because Howard and Muresan were inside, the inside was too crowded. , It is not conducive to Weber's display on the offensive end.

As for the process of the game, the two teams played very well, and the scores of both sides also increased rapidly. It was only halftime, and it reached 61:70, almost catching up with the score of some defensive teams for the entire game. .

However, in the third quarter, under the leadership of Li Weisi, the Warriors played a wave of 14:0 offensive climax, the suspense of the whole game was completely ended, facing a difference of more than 20 points, since the Warriors In the second half of the third quarter, the starter was replaced, and he was never replaced again.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Bullets were still unwilling to admit defeat. Head coach Jim Linam also sent Webb and Howard to the field, intending to fight.

But it is a pity that no matter how hard the two try, the point difference is always out of reach. In the end, with more than 4 minutes left in the game, Linam finally replaced Webb and Howard and all surrendered.

In this way, the Warriors finally won the game at home with a 132:117 victory over the Bullets.

The Bullets played tenaciously in this game. Chris Webber scored a game-high 26 points, plus 6 rebounds and 5 assists. The data is quite comprehensive. In addition, Juwan Howard also scored 20 points. The starting point guard Although Robert Pike only scored 11 points, he sent 11 assists.

In contrast to the Warriors, except for Li Weisi and Richmond who scored 20 points, none of the other players scored more than 20 points, but 4 scored in double figures.

It can be said that the whole game has completely entered the rhythm of the Warriors, and victory is just a matter of course.

(End of this chapter)