On January 2, the Warriors ushered in the second game of their road trip and challenged the Denver Nuggets.
After Carmelo Anthony left last season, the Nuggets became a civilian team without a superstar.
I thought the Nuggets would tear down and rebuild because of this, but they refused to admit defeat.
Who says that a team cannot reach the playoffs without a superstar leading the team? !
The Nuggets relied on united teamwork to fight their way into the playoffs last season.
Although they were eliminated in the first round, they still played the team's tenacious and unyielding style.
The Nuggets' lineup has not changed much this season, except for the addition of Kenneth Faried in the draft.
Farid, known as the Orc, has performed brilliantly, averaging a near-double-double of 12.2 points and 8.4 rebounds per game. He is currently ranked third on the rookie list, second only to Irving and Clay.
With the cooperation of the old and new, the Nuggets achieved a record of 3 wins and 2 losses in the new season, ranking eighth in the Western Conference.
Obviously, their goal this season is still to reach the playoffs and resolutely resist failure.
Facing a playoff-level team, the Warriors prepared fully and did not take it lightly.
After the game started, the Warriors took the lead to start the game.
Sun Yili scored 7 points in a row with a sudden outside shot, forcing the Nuggets to change their defensive strategy and double-team him.
The Warriors had anticipated this situation before the game and developed corresponding solutions.
When Sun Yi encountered a double-team, he relied on his personal ability to break the double-team and hit the basket when he had the opportunity. If he didn't have the chance, he would pass the ball out and assist his teammates to score.
At this time, it is time for another core member of the Warriors to step up and serve as the core of the offense.
Stephen Curry lived up to expectations and began to take over the game.
This guy has been waiting for the entire offseason and has long wanted to play games to show the results of his special training in the summer.
Under the guidance and intervention of Sun Yi, a life mentor, the primary school students have taken many detours in their advancement.
Not only did I find a playing style that suits me in advance, but my body became stronger and I got rid of my glass body constitution.
Playing and practicing in this extremely favorable environment, Curry's strength gradually increased and he improved very quickly.
The current primary school students are infinitely close to being perfect, possessing 80% of their peak strength.
Facing his old rival Ty Lawson, Curry finally experienced the thrill of mismatched singles.
In the past, he was misplaced and bullied by others, but today it was finally his turn to eat dumplings.
Facing Ty Lawson, who is more than ten centimeters shorter than himself, Curry just stood up to him.
The primary school student's current rate of fire is almost the same as that of Ku Ritian in the future. As long as it is not a sneak attack, it is difficult to block shots.
With Ty Lawson's physical condition, he cannot interfere with Curry at all.
In this way, Curry only used Ty Lawson to hit every shot, and he output wildly from the outside.
Nuggets head coach George Karl saw the situation on the court and shook his head helplessly.
At this stage, they haven't found a way to restrict Sun Yi, and now another Curry has arrived. It's really raining all night.
It’s so hard to win!
George Karl could only replace Ty Lawson and bring on Andre Miller to defend Curry.
It won't help to send in old Miller. No one can guard against the elementary school student who has missed.
Relying on the outstanding performance of Sun Yi and Curry, the Warriors scored 42 points in the first quarter, leading the Nuggets by 16 points entering the second quarter.
In the following games, Curry was out of control, and he successively made difficult three-pointers and ultra-long three-pointers against defenders from the outside.
This stunned Ke on the bench.
He believed that he was as good as anyone in terms of projection, and he immediately aroused a strong desire to compete.
Good guy!
Clay hit two three-pointers as soon as he came on the court, making the Nuggets already in a state of collapse even worse.
Seeing that the score was getting bigger and bigger, Nelson sent Butler, Speights, Whiteside and others to the field to practice.
Since the Warriors sent a large number of newcomers to the court, it gave the Nuggets a chance to narrow the point difference.
When the Nuggets were almost chasing, Nelson put Sun Yi and Curry back on the court to stabilize the situation.
During the previous period of training mainly for new players, although Butler's performance was not as good as that of Kerai, he was willing to study hard.
At this stage, Butler is making slow progress on the offensive end, but on the defensive end, he already has the basic prototype of a 3D player.
This is because the Warriors have a lot of playing time for rookies to improve, which makes them improve so quickly.
There were no miracles in the subsequent games. The Nuggets failed to complete a shocking reversal, and the Warriors maintained their lead until the end.
In the end, the Warriors defeated the Nuggets 121-95, winning their fifth consecutive victory.
Curry made 8 of 12 three-pointers and scored 33 points, setting a new personal scoring high this season.
Sun Yi's performance remained stable, scoring a triple-double of 22 points, 11 rebounds, 12 assists and 2 blocks in 32 minutes.
With Sun Yi and Curry, the Warriors' twin stars, at their back, the Warriors' rise is unstoppable.
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After beating the Nuggets, the Warriors rushed to Houston overnight to challenge the Mosaics in back-to-back games.
In this game, veterans such as Billups and Shane Battier chose to rest.
Although the league has introduced a series of penalties for resting, there are still loopholes to be found.
The reasons the Warriors reported to the league for resting are outrageous and reasonable.
Billups suffered a recurrence of his leg injury and was unable to play; Shane Battier suffered a stomachache and was seeking treatment at a local hospital; Teacher Tony broke his finger due to an arm wrestling match with his teammates...
The league turns a blind eye to this, and as long as they don't rest All-Star players, they don't bother to care.
Although the veterans are not playing, the Warriors still have enough confidence to win the game and escape from the away game.
After the game started, the Mosaic team relied on the personal ability of Kevin Martin, the once-in-a-generation porcelain king, to continuously score points and play back and forth with the Warriors.
In the first quarter of the game, he caused two defensive fouls on Kelai and beat the rookie, which showed the power of the porcelain king.
Thompson played extremely depressed. He finally became the starter, but encountered a foul crisis and could only sit on the bench and sulk.
Teacher Tony, who was wearing casual clothes at the side, saw that Kelai was in a bad mood and took the initiative to come over and give him some patient guidance.
If you want to become a defensive gate on the outside, how can you not be abused?
Only by constantly playing games and growing up quickly can you no longer be abused in subsequent games.
In terms of training rookies, the Warriors' treatment for rookies is really generous.
The game is often beaten in three quarters, and then the rookies are given sufficient playing time to practice and accelerate their growth.
And they don't have to worry about playing poorly because they have Sun Yi, the team leader, to take care of everything.
Teacher Tony is extremely envious when he thinks about it. He remembers that when he first entered the league, he sat on the bench and watched more than ten games before he got playing time, and the average playing time in a season was only about 12 minutes. Now think about it. All sad.
Back on the court, the Warriors started to exert their strength and did not want to waste any more time with the Mosaic team.
Curry and Sun Yi played the "Sun Ku pick-and-roll" that shocked the league.
Sun Yi has undergone a lot of special training in virtual dreams, and his pick-and-roll quality is very high.
There are multiple ways for young kids to handle the ball after getting around the pick-and-roll.
He can directly shoot a three-pointer or accelerate to the basket and attack the basket, or he can pass the ball back to Sun Yi for misplaced singles.
This made it impossible for the Mosaic team's defense to attack.
The attack capabilities of these two guys are very strong, and it is impossible to let go of either one.
While the Mosaic team was still struggling with how to defend, Sun Yi and Curry had already launched an attack.
Curry directly attempted a three-point shot from the outside.
If you feel bad, pass the ball to Sun Yi.
Whether Sun Yi is out of position against Mosaic defender Lowry, or cutting inside into the penalty area to hit the basket, scoring is as easy as picking something out of a bag.
Lowry's physical advantage is not worth mentioning in front of Sun Yi, and he can hit every misplaced single.
The Mosaic team's interior defense is useless, and the interior combination of Scola and Dalembert is considered to be the worst in the league.
In this way, relying on the performance of Sun Yi and Curry, the foundation for the Warriors' victory was laid.
In the end, the Warriors defeated the Mosaics 112-78, winning their sixth consecutive victory.
A six-game winning streak at the beginning also made the Warriors the only team in the league to maintain an unbeaten record!
