Chapter Ninety-Six: Away Warriors
On March 24, 2012, the Spurs traveled to Oakland to take on the Golden State Warriors. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
To say that the Warriors have selected a lot of extremely talented young players in the past two years, but the record has been poor, and the management has a big pot, first of all, the head coach has made a big mistake in his selection, and he has let a person like Kiessmart be the head coach for several years in a row.
This season, the Warriors replaced Mark Jackson, Mark Jackson did have the ability, he helped the Warriors build a basic defensive system, the Warriors played well for a while, and in order to defend, they sent Monta Ellis to the Bucks in exchange for Andrew Boggart. But their luck was not very good, Andrew Boggart just came to the team and was reimbursed for the season without playing a game.
And the team's star Stephen Curry was also riddled with injuries and soon announced that he would be reimbursed for the season.
The two big players were reimbursed for the season, and so, as in previous seasons, the Warriors slowly fell out of the playoffs.
The Spurs made a trade with the Warriors this season, so both teams have veterans from the other, with Kwame Brown and Dominic McGuire on the Spurs' side and Richard Jefferson and James Anderson on the Warriors' side.
So far, the impact of this deal on both teams is quite large, and on the Spurs' side, Kwame Brown and Dominic McGuire have not played much playing time, but it is not a lot, because of Popovich's rotation policy, Kwame Brown and Dominic McGuire occasionally have a two-game start. Not to mention the Warriors, because of the outbreak of injuries, James Anderson is now in a regular rotation with the Warriors, while Richard Jefferson shares the playing time with Dorrell Wright, and the roles of the two are much more important than those of the Spurs, but the record is far behind.
CCTV 5 broadcast the game again, although the Spurs' opponent was just a bad team outside the playoffs, but because of the existence of Anxi, the Spurs' game became the first choice for CCTV 5. Director Zhang and Yu Jia sat in the studio of CCTV 5 again, looked at the camera outside the screen, and began the commentary of the game.
"Welcome the audience and friends in front of the TV to watch the live broadcast of CCTV 5, I am Yu Jia. ”
"I'm Zhang Lili. The two greeted the crowd and then began to introduce the game they were going to narrate.
"So the game we're broadcasting today is the Spurs vs. the Warriors, the Spurs away game, and they're coming to Oracle Arena today with the goal of continuing their winning streak, because they're playing against a team full of injuries, and the goal of this game is only to win. Yu Jia talked to the camera, and soon, the scene cut to the scene of the game, the Spurs and the Warriors were already making pre-game preparations, and the game was about to start.
"Let's first introduce the starting lineups of both sides in this game, on the Spurs side, the starters are Patrick Mills at point guard, Danny Green at scoring guard, Kowhi Leonard at small forward, DeJuan Blair at power forward and Thiago Split at center. ”
The starting lineup on the Warriors' side is point guard Charles Jenkins, scoring guard Klay Thompson, small forward Dorrell Wright, power forward Jeremy Taylor and center Mikel Gladness, this starting lineup, there are four rookie rookies, which shows that this Warriors injury is seriously affected. ”
Anxi did not start this game, because this game was actually a back-to-back game, and Popovich had to ensure that Anxi's physical fitness did not have problems, so he rotated Anxi. Also rotated are Tim Duncan and Tony Parker, Popovich almost put the main force on the bench, anyway, the Warriors have serious injuries, even if they are benches, they are a notch better than the Warriors.
It is worth mentioning that in this game, the Oracle Arena became Anxi's home stadium, and the sidelines were full of Chinese wearing Spurs No. 7 jerseys.
The Warriors are in Oakland, but the main fans are from San Francisco, which is separated by a bridge across the sea, and the Chinese in San Francisco are the largest in the United States.
Anxi failed to start, so there was a cry on the sidelines: "Change Anxi!"
Popovich was unmoved, the game was already on, and the Spurs grabbed the ball and started the first attack.
Thiago Split responded in the high post, the others began to run, and when Patrick Mills circled and came back again, Thiago Split passed the ball back, of course, the reason for passing back was that Patrick Mills got an open shot, a long two-point shot, and successfully hit!
Chang Anxi's shout was a little quieter, and Tony Parker said jokingly: "Ann, it's okay now, the old man estimates that this game won't let you play." ”
Anxi is also a little bitter, Popovich is not a good stubble, the fans on the sidelines shouting like this, it may be counterproductive, maybe as Tony Parker said, he will not be able to play in this game.
On the court, the Spurs' offense is going well, after all, the strength of the Warriors is too poor.
However, the anomaly occurred in the fifth minute of the first quarter, the Warriors' offensive round.
Charles Jenkins dribbled the ball up front and handed it to Klay Thompson, who touched the ball for the first time in the game and took the ball to face Danny Green's defense.
A sudden sprint, Danny Green retreated to defend, but Klay Thompson suddenly made another emergency stop, shooting directly outside the three-point line!
Danny Green couldn't block it, and the basketball flew into the basket!
A minute later, Klay Thompson made a comeback, facing Danny Green, the dribble shook a few times outside the three-point line, Danny Green was indifferent, he just made a mistake on the last shot, if it is about defense, Danny Green is still very confident.
But...... Klay Thompson's hand was too hot, he was very confident, and it was directly a dry three-point shot, and Danny Green had tried his best to block the angle of the ball, but with a bang, the ball still went in......
Hit two three-pointers in a row! Klay Thompson showed his excellent form!
Popovich's face darkened, and he walked around the sidelines as Klay Thompson's two-game resurgence of shouts for Anxi.
Popovich didn't make any substitutions, just two three-pointers, and it didn't threaten the Spurs' victory.
The Spurs' offensive wave failed, and the Warriors stuffed the ball directly to Klay Thompson, and now they also see that Klay Thompson is in hot form.
Possession, stepping, retreat...... Another three-pointer! Klay Thompson went crazy! Danny Green stretched out his hand to reach for the ball!
Whew! Still went in, scored three three-pointers in a row!9 points! Klay Thompson clenched his fist and swung it hard! The Spurs were two points behind!
The situation does not seem to be so good.