Chapter 662 True One-day Tour
Chapter 662 True One-day Tour
In the next schedule, the Warriors will once again face the challenge of the top three in Texas.
The first is to face the challenge of the strongest Spurs among the three teams at home.
From the very beginning of this game, the two sides have entered into fierce hand-to-hand combat. Almost every ball has to go through repeated fights and muscle collisions. It can be said that this game has led the two teams to feel the breath of the playoffs in advance.
In such a fierce competition, the Warriors' feel has inevitably declined. In addition, their overall outside feel is not good tonight, so that the battlefield of both sides has been in the restricted area tonight.
This not only allowed Ma Long, who had already reduced his shots on weekdays, to once again take on the heavy responsibility of offense, even several warriors who had always been known for their shooting from the outside line continued to break through to the inside line, engaging in bayonet-like hand-to-hand combat.
In such a game, every goal has to be fought fiercely, so this consumes a lot of energy for each player.
In the first three quarters, the Warriors took a 9-point lead. In this slow-paced game, this is already a very large point difference.
It can be seen that the situation has gradually become unfavorable to the Spurs. However, when there were 6 minutes and 32 seconds before the end of the game, an accident happened suddenly.
During a layup, Li Weisi accidentally stepped on Terry Cummings' foot when he landed, and he fell down immediately.
The previously injured right ankle was sprained again, which raised everyone's heart. Everyone is engaged in sports, and they are very aware of the danger of repeated injuries to one part.
Looking at Li Weisi, who was lying on the ground, clutching his ankle and showing pain, everyone was worried about him.
Of course, although everyone was angry with Cummings, they also knew that this time was just an accident, and Cummings really didn't step on it on purpose.
It is actually not difficult to judge whether the stepping is intentional. You only need to carefully observe the defender and whether the lower body is kept vertical when defending, because in general ball-catching movements, it is not good for the legs and feet to exceed the body too much.
It can also be seen from this that many controversial ankle sprains in later generations were intentional or not.
In the end, Li Weisi was supported by Rodman and Richmond and jumped off the court. Although Li Weisi said that he could return to the court as long as he was fixed, no one, whether it was the coach, the team doctor or his teammates, agreed with Li Weisi's return. arena.
After all, this is not the first time that Li Weisi's ankle has been injured. Seeing that the playoffs are getting closer, they don't have the courage to let Li Weisi take risks. The foot injury is not fully recovered, and it is absolutely impossible to allow him to play again.
In this way, under the opposition of everyone, Li Weisi could only stay on the court and watch his teammates play.
In fact, at this time, Li Weisi could leave the field and go to the hospital directly, and the team doctor also suggested this, but Li Weisi preferred to stay on the field and watch his teammates play with his own eyes.
Without Li Weisi, the Warriors used Cole to replace them. The reason why Starks was not used is self-evident. Obviously, in terms of coordinating with the starting lineup, Cole's effect is better than Starks.
However, after the game restarted, the Warriors still fell into a disadvantage.
Without Li Weisi, the Warriors still have Richmond, Mullin, and Malone, but the team's effect is greatly reduced.
It's not that the strength of these stars is much different from that of Li Weisi, but that this is a team that belongs to Li Weisi. He is the core of the team's tactics and cannot be replaced by anyone else.
Therefore, after Li Weisi left the field, the Spurs launched a counterattack and began to score frequently to catch up with the score, especially Robinson, who continued to use the mid-range to score.
At this critical juncture, the person who stood up instead of Li Weisi was Mu Lin.
As the team's recognized second leader, Mullin rarely has a chance to save the team. In the eyes of the media, Mullin is more likely to play with the wind. When the team is against the wind, it is more dependent on Li Weisi. Dominate the game.
Mullin rarely has a chance to prove himself, and tonight is his time to prove himself.
In an offense, facing Elliott hit a step-back three-pointer, from this goal, Mullin started the scoring mode, he made a fallback jumper, broke through for a layup, and dunked with one hand. For a while, Mullin Lin seemed to be omnipotent, increasing the point difference that was originally recovered by the Spurs.
In the end, the Spurs never overtook the score again, and after the Warriors lost Li Weisi, they still defeated the Spurs 109:101 at home. Mullin scored a game-high 33 points and scored 14 points in the last quarter. Couldn't prove myself because it was still a win with the team leading.
The last time Li Weisi sprained his right ankle, Li Weisi rested for 9 days. This time he was injured again. Although the bones and ligaments were still not injured, the expected recovery time was extended to 15 days.
This is very unfavorable for the Warriors.
At present, after the Trail Blazers lost to the Warriors, they have already fallen into a disadvantage in the first contest with the Warriors in the Western Conference. Suddenly fell into a predicament.
Although the current difference between the Lakers and the Warriors is three games, in half a month, if the Warriors cannot maintain their winning percentage, they are likely to be overtaken by the Lakers.
It was with such uneasy feelings that the Warriors came to Dallas again to face the Mavericks.
Although there is no Li Weisi, other Warriors players performed very well in this game. Richmond scored 36 points, Mullin scored 33 points, Malone scored 26 points, and the three combined to get 95 points, helping the Warriors Defeated the Mavericks 117:105.
At the same time, the Blazers also lost to the Suns on this day, and the records of the two teams were officially tied. The Warriors successfully reached the top of the Western Conference by virtue of their goal difference advantage.
Unfortunately, just one day later, the Warriors suffered a defeat in Houston. Under the leadership of the comeback Olajuwon, the Rockets managed to narrowly beat the Warriors 123:119.
In this game, the Warriors once again scored 20 points. Among them, the highest scorer of the team was Starks, who scored 25 points in this game. Unfortunately, as a point guard, the number of assists was embarrassingly zero.
Malone played hard against Olajuwon tonight, scoring only 13 points and 8 rebounds.
On the other hand, the Rockets are all soldiers, and the four scored 20+ points, including Olajuwon 25 points and 13 rebounds, Kenny Smith scored 26 points and 10 assists under Cole's defense, Otis Thorpe scored 24 points, Vernon Maxwell scored 23 points.
Therefore, with the defeat of the Warriors, they once again handed over the No. [-] position in the West to the Trail Blazers, returned to No. [-] in the West, and made a real one-day trip to No. [-] in the West.
(End of this chapter)