The Warriors won two games in a row and then flew to New Orleans to prepare for the next two games.

The first two games gave birth to the playoffs this season, and the two peak stars of the West, Chamberlain and Paul.

In the East, Rose is leading his Bulls to an invincible victory, and the young point guard has only entered his third season in the league to restore the glory of the Bulls and lead the team to the first record in the East.

In the West, there is another guard who is no worse than Rose, and that is Paul.

Although the Hornets have lost both of their last two games, that doesn't put the blame on Paul.

Even the harshest critics can't criticize Paul after watching the game, and it's a miracle that Paul can still play such a record when the best helper is an interior player who has been seriously injured and can only defend and not attack even at his peak.

In the past two games, Paul has scored 60 points, 28 assists, 7 steals, and 7 rebounds on 24-of-45 shooting, which he has scored in the case of West, Carter, Curry and even the occasional Jackson and Barnes!

For the results of these two games, the discerning Hornets fans have played the comforting slogan of 'Don't be sad Paul, you have done the best', and now when it comes to Paul and the two games lost, experts can only say 'not a crime of war'.

However, the basketball atmosphere in New Orleans is really average, and the Warriors, a sworn enemy, came to the city, and the fans did not respond much.

Only when the Warriors bus pulled out of the airport was a few lonely banners hanging on both sides of the road with words such as 'Warriors get out of New Orleans,' 'Kick the Oakland hillbilly in the ass,' and 'The Warriors will die here.'"

This disappointed Chamberlain, who shrugged helplessly and said, "This is the playoff atmosphere? No wonder their owner wants to sell the team, how can such a team sell tickets to make money? ”

"New Orleans has always been like that, and it was a mistake for the Hornets to move from Charlotte in the first place." Carter said lazily.

Now Carter enjoys this feeling of the game, because when he used to play in the playoffs, including the Raptors, Nets, and Magic, he was tormented by fear, not knowing when he would lose to his opponent, and not knowing what state he would meet in the next game.

Now he doesn't need to feel that way, because in the Warriors there can be a sense of confidence, a thrill that we can crush no matter how tough the opponent is in front of us.

This confidence comes from Oxlade-Chamberlain, and this is the charm of a super center.

After listening to Carter's words, Iverson said: "I think the Hornets have come to New Orleans a lot better, think about it, in Charlotte, did anyone go to the game live? In New Orleans, at least they've had a good life of five or six years, and if they were in Charlotte, they would have had to sell the team a long time ago. ”

Tabit timidly asked, "I've heard that Charlotte's basketball atmosphere is very good." ”

He was hell-bent on fitting in with the Warriors, so he tried to get involved in their discussions, because when he was with the Grizzlies, he just didn't communicate with his teammates, and as a result, he was traded, so to speak, because the trade wouldn't be that cheap.

Hill is a good person, he saw Tabitt's thoughts, answered him empathetically, and quickly said: "It's different, Charlotte is a big fan of the NCAA, they are not very keen on a commercial league like the NBA, there is no market for commercial basketball there, you see, the Bobcats are now taken over by Jordan, and Jordan is Charlotte's hero, his alma mater, the University of North Carolina, is there, but the attendance of the Bobcats is not very good." ”

"Then it's better to move these teams to China, our fans are the most enthusiastic." Chamberlain laughed.

West pouted: "If that's the case, then who would dare to play?" It's just that I'm tired of flying to China and lose half my life, where else can I have the body to play? ”

As Chamberlain's secretary, Curry kindly reminded a few people: "You'd better keep your body for a while, and then it's a tough battle." ”

"Tough fight?" West said dismissively, "I'm worried right now, how embarrassing would it be if I went to the New Orleans arena and there were no fans watching the game?" ”

The next night, indeed, when the Warriors entered the New Orleans arena, they found that the stadium was less than 80 percent occupied.

That's incredible for Oakland, as the Warriors sold out late in the regular season with playoff tickets already sold out, and the Warriors are now hard to find at home.

The Hornets fans were quite quiet, and they didn't have anything to resist except to boo, and Chamberlain felt that the boos from these fans were also in the traditional way of walking, and the fans didn't care about the outcome of the game.

But the Hornets players cared a lot and they took the game seriously, sending out a starting line-up of Oakland, Asik, Ariza, Belineri and Paul.

On the Warriors' side, it was naturally Chamberlain who brought Ibaka, Jackson, Carter and West to face them, which is their long-gauge lineup.

After the opening, the Warriors got the ball, the Hornets may have returned to the home court, their defense was more tacit, West accelerated to break through after arriving in the frontcourt, but was sandwiched by Paul and Ariza bags, Mad Dog hurriedly passed, the Warriors did not have an open opportunity, Chamberlain made a tough shot, and the result was iron.

The Warriors' defense is always so airtight, Paul rushed into the restricted area with the help of Belineri's cover, and was immediately enveloped by Chamberlain, directly blocking Paul's way.

Paul dribbled under his hip twice in a row to stabilize his figure, and then accelerated to score a layup with a time difference, but Chamberlain followed from behind, Paul was taken aback, and he could only shoot quickly, and the ball was also ironed.

With 10:34 left in the first quarter, Chamberlain blocked Ariza's layup, and the Warriors fought back defensively, and Chamberlain followed, opening the scoring with a mid-range shot.

The Hornets had more blind spots, and they scored for the first time in an athletic battle after three minutes of play.

As a saver who single-handedly destroyed the Hornets in the past two games, Chamberlain was heavily targeted, and was fouled several times when he went to the basket.

In this way, the Warriors relied on Chamberlain's foul to temporarily gain the lead.

Nelson Sr. couldn't stand the Warriors' undead state and called a timeout, at which point the Warriors led 13-8.

The Hornets changed their strategy in this game, which was to concentrate on pressing the rhythm, and then play a defensive battle with the Warriors, slowly grinding the Warriors.

Because the situation of the two teams is different, the Hornets are good to win one game in the playoffs, win two games to complete the task, and win three games is a surprise, as for winning four games, they do not have such a grand ideal.

What about the Warriors? The Hornets are just a whetstone for them, and what they have to do is have to qualify because there are more and stronger opponents waiting for them in the future.

This dictates the different mentalities of the two to the game, with the Hornets being able to press all the way and using their full strength, while the Warriors have to save their body and they can't afford to waste too much in this round.

Curry cooperated with Carter to control the backcourt, and Chamberlain transferred the ball as much as possible according to Nelson Sr.'s arrangement, so that the Warriors slowly found an offensive feel and gradually gained an advantage.

Chamberlain had 19 in the first quarter. After a jumper with one second to go, he blocked Peja's mid-range shot, Curry made a long pass to Carter, who made a layup, and the Hornets failed to shoot the buzzer, and the Warriors ended the first quarter with a six-point lead at 26-20.

The change comes in Section 2.

In the past two games, the Warriors have carried out a wave of onslaught in the second quarter, and then bought time for Chamberlain's rest in the third quarter, and the onslaught in this quarter often comes from Chamberlain's hands, so Asik and Okafor subconsciously strengthened their grip on him.

As a result, the Warriors suddenly began to make outside shots in the second quarter, and Curry, who came off the bench, shot two three-pointers at the beginning of the game, suddenly pulling the score to double digits, and the Hornets began to feel bad.

In addition to Curry, Carter also kept shooting, Chamberlain sat on the inside to attract the bag, Ibaka floated on the outside and involved Ariza's defense, and the Hornets' defense suddenly appeared porous.

After a steady stream of outside shots, the Warriors began to tear through the Hornets' defense, and they quickly opened up the gap on 11-of-15 shooting in the quarter.

With 3:37 left in the quarter, Chamberlain broke through from a high post, rushed to the basket and scored a foul on Okafor, scoring three points with a dunk.

After that, Curry broke through and passed to Chamberlain, who scored on another layup to give the Warriors a 44-30 lead.

Ariza and Paul returned with three points twice, but Curry also came back with a three-pointer, and Chamberlain made another 2+1 under the basket, and he hit a shot at the end of the quarter to end the first half with the Warriors 51-36.

In the first half, the Warriors played well, which was what the Hornets feared and what all teams worried about in the playoffs.

Because common sense says that you can't shoot people by shooting, but every year in the playoffs, there are teams that have a lot of hands, and they can always rely on shooting to kill one or two opponents, such as the Hawks last season, so it's very difficult to do.

West scored just two points in the first half, hit his first shot shortly after the start of the third quarter, and then grabbed a rebound that the Hornets missed, scoring four straight points to give the Warriors a 19-point advantage at 55-36.

Taking advantage of Chamberlain's departure, Paul led the Hornets to fight back, and he scored seven points alone, and the Hornets went on a 12-0 run to tie the score at 48-55.

The Warriors were scoreless for nearly four minutes and only scored with 6:38 left in the quarter before Ibaka hit a jumper, after which Carter used his experience to make a defensive foul on Belineri and made 0 of two free throws to regain a double-digit advantage.

In the second half of the third quarter, the Warriors led by another 18 points, and Paul hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer to give the Hornets five straight points in the final minute to trail 62-76 after three quarters.

In the fourth quarter, Paul didn't want to continue to lose at home, and with red eyes on his own, under his leadership, the Hornets approached the score several times, but they were all suppressed by Chamberlain.

After Paul made a layup and caused Ibaka to foul and hit two free throws, the score was 72-82, and then Chamberlain hit Okafor under the basket and scored a reflexive dunk, and after Paul assisted Peja to hit another shot, Chamberlain immediately found an opportunity under the basket and scored three points with free throws.

Paul was ready to continue to lead the Hornets to fight back, but after a breakthrough, he made too big a move against West, and the two grumpy guys quarreled directly, West scolded Paul for his dirty elbow moves, and Paul scolded Paul for not stumbling in his face, and they both received technical fouls.

The heat of the playoffs began to emerge, and Paul hit two three-pointers to tie the score at 82-90.

West made a pull-up jumper and returned a shot, then made a steal and made a long two-handed pass to Carter, who ran early to catch the ball and made a layup.

Chamberlain then blocked Paul's breakaway throw, and on the offensive end, he drew the ball for a foul and hit two free throws to put the Warriors up 96-82 with 2:54 left in the game.

The Hornets tried to fight back, but it was too late, and the Warriors began to drag their feet and seal the victory, eventually winning the third game 98-88.