After defeating the Kings, the Warriors ended this road trip with a record of 1 win and 3 losses.
Although it failed to achieve the expected goals, there was some good news.
One is that Curry broke the rookie wall and his condition improved.
The second is that Ellis gradually integrated into the new team system and changed his one-man style of play.
Third, the Warriors players have become more and more cooperative with each other, and the number of turnovers per game has decreased.
To sum up, the overall strength of the Warriors is increasing in an orderly manner.
If enough time is given to the Warriors to solve some problems, their overall strength will be further improved.
But the schedule is extremely tight, and there is basically no extra time for adjustments. We can only make adjustments while playing games.
No, all the members of the Warriors have just returned to Auckland and haven't gotten enough rest yet, so they have to prepare for the next game.
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November 29, Oakland, Oracle Arena.
The Warriors will host the Los Angeles Clippers tonight.
In this year's draft, the Clippers selected Blake Griffin with the No. 1 pick, and everyone thought they would rise in the new season.
However, the much-anticipated White Monster was reimbursed for the season without playing an official NBA game, allowing the Clippers to return to the ranks of competing for the No. 1 pick.
In fact, the Clippers' lineup is not weak, but they just can't produce a good record.
The starting point guard "bearded" Baron Davis once led the Warriors to complete the Black Eight Miracle in 2007. Although his strength has declined, he is still the first-class point guard in the league.
Shooting guard Gordon, a second-year rookie, has made rapid progress, averaging close to 20 points per game and serving as the Clippers' main scoring point.
"The Great Luo of All Worlds"
On the inside, there are twin towers like Kaman and Camby.
As a role model for the 1996 generation, Camby played some highlight moments and even won the honor of the best defensive player.
But this guy's data is largely brushed up.
In order to grab rebounds, he can not hit people and not get stuck; in order to block shots, he can let go of his defender to gamble and block shots.
Camby could not get rid of these bad habits until the end of his career.
Of course, it's also possible that this guy is used to the data-brushing style and doesn't want to change.
Therefore, Camby can only be regarded as a qualified starting center.
Among the substitutes are Jordan, Novak, Ricky Davis, Al Thornton and other great players.
Even without No. 1 pick Griffin, this lineup is enough to make the playoffs.
But since the start of the season, the Clippers have only achieved a record of 4 wins and 12 losses, ranking third from the bottom in the Western Conference.
It seems that they really plan to continue to mess up this year to obtain high draft picks.
Facing such a weak team, the Warriors will definitely not be merciful and will seize this hard-won opportunity and go all out to win the game.
If you want to make the playoffs in the Western Conference, you must seize every game.
After the game started, the Warriors players quickly entered the state, accelerated the pace of the game through running and gunning, widened the point difference in one fell swoop and established the lead in the chaos.
Seeing that the score was stretched, the Clippers players did not show any tension. Instead, they played very relaxedly, without any pressure, and each worked on their own to collect statistics.
On the Clippers bench, head coach Mike Dunleavy looked at the scene on the court and shook his head helplessly.
It turns out that the bad habit of brushing data is contagious!
If he continues to play like this, Dunleavy already predicts that he won't be able to work with the Clippers for long.
Therefore, Dunleavy chose to lie down directly and didn't bother to call a timeout. The most important thing was to let the players have fun.
The Clippers players were happy to check out the statistics, and the Warriors players were also very happy to play.
Especially Randolph, who was almost exhausted from eating cakes.
In order to brush up the statistics, Camby saw a Warriors player rushing into the penalty area, so he let Randolph go and stepped forward to help defend and block the shot.
Sun Yi and others will definitely not let Camby get what he wants, and will naturally pass the ball to the basket to assist Randolph to score.
Except for Camby, the big colander, the other Clippers players also follow the ball but not others, and the overall defense is full of flaws.
The Warriors seized the opportunity, played very smoothly offensively, and every player scored, achieving full bloom.
Just like that, at the end of the third quarter, the Warriors had a lead of more than 20 points, and the fourth quarter became garbage time.
After the start of the fourth quarter, the head coaches of both sides made a tacit understanding not to send out the main players and replaced them with young players for training.
Of course, these young players naturally do not include Sun Yi, Curry and others.
If they play, they will definitely be criticized by the outside world for brushing up data in garbage time, and the gain outweighs the loss.
As time passed quickly, the game came to an end.
In the end, the Warriors defeated the Clippers 124-102 and won two consecutive games.
In terms of statistics, 5 Warriors players scored in double figures.
The best player of the game was won by Sun Yi. In the 28 minutes he played, he scored a near-triple-double with 16 points, 8 rebounds and 14 assists.
If the game hadn't turned into garbage time early in the fourth quarter, he would still have been able to get another triple-double.
Curry scored 21 points and 3 assists; Ellis scored 22 points and 2 assists; Maggette scored 14 points and 4 rebounds; Randolph scored a double-double with 20 points and 12 rebounds.
For the Clippers, Davis scored 15 points and 6 assists; Gordon scored 24 points and 2 rebounds; Kaman scored 18 points and 8 rebounds; Camby scored a double-double with 10 points and 14 rebounds.
After this game, all the Warriors' games in November are over, and the next game will be played in December.
After the game, media reporters began to hype Sun Yi as the Rookie of the Month.
At the same time, domestic fans also turned on the fanfare mode to congratulate Sun Yi for winning the Western Conference Rookie of the Month.
Regarding the praise from the outside world, Sun Yi put it behind him after seeing it. He did not forget his original intention and continued to practice as planned.
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On December 1, the alliance announced the major awards for November.
There are three awards a month, namely Player of the Month, Rookie of the Month, and Coach of the Month.
Among them, the competition for Player of the Month is very fierce.
In the Eastern Conference, Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James averaged 29.2 points, 6.7 rebounds and 8.0 assists per game, leading the Cavaliers to a 12-5 record in November, and won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month.
In the Western Conference, Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony averaged 31.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game, leading the Nuggets to a 12-5 record in November, winning the Western Conference title of the month. Best player.
The competition for the best player of the month is equivalent to a fight between gods. With Sun Yi's data, there is no way he can be a candidate.
But Rookie of the Month is basically in his bag.
In the November game, Sun Yi averaged 20.6 points, 9.1 rebounds, 10.2 assists and 2.0 blocks per game, and won the Western Conference Rookie of the Month.
It seems that Sun Yi won the Rookie of the Month easily, but it was not as easy as imagined.
If he does not hit a 50+ triple-double, he will compete with Evans, Curry and others, and it is not certain who will win by then.
Therefore, the Western Conference Rookie of the Month still has some gold content.
As for the Eastern Conference, Jennings won the Rookie of the Month award.
In the November game, this guy averaged 16.8 points, 3.1 rebounds and 6.9 assists per game.
Such data may not even make it into the top three in the Western Conference, but in the Eastern Conference, Jennings can be regarded as a standout, and it is difficult for rookies in the same class to surpass him.
When the alliance announced the awards, Sun Yi was rewarded by the system.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for winning Rookie of the Month for the first time."
"Rewards: 4x training bonus card +1, advanced nutrient solution +20, 10,000 training points."
After Sun Yi received the reward, he opened the system panel and checked the basic information.
Host: Sun Yi
Age: 19
Height: 2.03 meters
Wingspan: 2.23 meters
Weight: 105kg
System level: LV4 (training points required for upgrade: 1 million.)
Training bonus: 8x
Training points: 720,000
Number of points added: 0 times
Badges: Iron Bones (Diamond), Death Coil (Silver), Arc Top Dealing (Silver), Restricted Area Deterrence (Bronze), Iron Ambition (Bronze).
Layup package: Kobe Bryant's rookie layup package (gold)
Items: Advanced Nutrient Solution +59, 4x Training Bonus Card +5, 10x Training Bonus Card +1.
Bond Badges: Marksman (Purple), Shot Blocker (Gold), Dash Master (Silver)
During this period of time, Sun Yi consumed part of the training bonus cards and gained a large number of training points after each training. In addition to the training points obtained from playing games and completing tasks, Sun Yi has accumulated more than 700,000 training points.
“It’s getting closer and closer to the system being upgraded again, and there’s hope for the future.”
After checking it, Sun Yi turned off the system panel, then got up and washed up.
After breakfast, we went out to meet Curry and drove to the arena together.
Arriving in the locker room, Sun Yi accepted the congratulations from his teammates, and then went to the training ground for daily training.
Since there was a game to be played tonight, trainer Procopio lowered the training intensity and conducted some regular training programs.
In the afternoon, Nelson gathered the players in the tactical conference room to lay out the offensive and defensive tactics for the next game.
After the meeting, Sun Yi and his team went to the restaurant to have a nutritious meal, and then had pre-match physical therapy to relax.
After everything was done, all the Warriors players returned to the locker room, changed into their uniforms, and headed to the court for pre-game warm-ups.
When the Warriors players came to the court, players from their opponent tonight the Knicks were already on the court warming up.
Sun Yi looked at the half of the Knicks' warm-up and felt that the opposing lineup looked better than the Warriors, but they just couldn't produce a record.
At this stage, the Knicks have a record of 3 wins and 14 losses, ranking second to last in the Eastern Conference.
"The Knicks should continue to swagger to get high picks, and they should be able to win this game."
Sun Yi felt quite happy when he saw the players on the opposite side warming up loosely.
Such a ragtag group of people will not achieve anything, and they will simply give the Warriors a record.
Sun Yi thought that he was right, the Knicks really had no intention of winning and were completely ruined.
After the first quarter of the game, you can basically predict the trend of the subsequent games.
When the second quarter started, the Warriors started to pursue the game and launched a 12-0 wave of attacks, stretching the score to about 15 points.
Knicks head coach D'Antoni looked at Sun Yi and Curry who were killing everyone on the court, his eyes glowing green with envy.
"If I train these two players, they might be able to compete with the Suns at their peak."
D'Antoni sighed, feeling that it was too late now and could only secretly poach in the future.
Back on the court, the second quarter is coming to an end.
David Lee used his flexible inside steps to get past Randolph and hit a layup, leaving about 3 seconds for the Warriors to attack.
Sun Yi received the pass, immediately found Curry's figure, triggered the [Arc Top Deal] effect of the badge, and passed the ball.
Curry, who ran near the midline, received the pass and immediately threw it out.
The basketball drew a perfect arc in the air.
Swish!
Hollow into the net!
After scoring the goal, Curry shook his head in celebration, and then walked towards the tunnel with Sun Yi and others in a noisy manner.
On the other side, the Knicks players were so shocked that they walked into the tunnel in a daze.
Based on their state, they should play for a while in the second half and then surrender.
At the same time, during the halftime break, the Rookie of the Month award was specially presented to Sun Yi.
Amid the cheers of the fans, Sun Yi received the first trophy of his career from general manager Larry Riley.
After this episode, the game continued in the second half.
After the start of the third quarter, the Knicks' defense was full of holes, and the Warriors launched defensive counterattacks one after another.
And Sun Yi is in very hot form, no matter how hard he shoots, he can't defend him at all.
In this quarter, he scored 18 points alone, widening the point difference to more than 30 points.
At the end of the third quarter, the Warriors led by 32 points, and the fourth quarter naturally became garbage time.
Sun Yi and Curry once again clocked out of get off work in the third quarter. They were taken off the court to rest before they had finished playing, and they felt a little emotional.
This is of course a happy emotion, and Sun Yi wishes he could be like this in every game, but such big wins are naturally rare.
Back to the game, the fourth quarter went very smoothly, and the head coaches of both sides had a tacit understanding and did not request a timeout.
After a while, the game came to an end.
In the end, the Warriors defeated the Knicks 121-96 and achieved three consecutive victories.
In terms of statistics, Sun Yi once again won the best player of the game.
In the 30 minutes he played, he scored 32 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals.
Curry took advantage of Sun Yi and scored a double-double of 18 points and 11 assists. This was also the first double-double of his career.
In this game, he also felt the pleasure of Sun Yi's assists.
As long as you pass the ball out, you can get an assist. This organization's position control is really comfortable.
For the Knicks, the best player is David Lee.
In the 32 minutes he played, he scored a double-double of 24 points and 11 rebounds.
After the game, Sun Yi stepped forward to shake hands with David Lee and exchanged a few words.
"David, your contract expires next year, how about coming to the Warriors and I will help you win the championship." Sun Yi joked half-seriously.
"Hahaha, Sun, I appreciate your kindness. Let's talk about it when the time comes." David Li replied with a smile.
Afterwards, Sun Yi exchanged a few words with David Lee, left each other's phone numbers, and then left each other and walked towards the player tunnel.
