Chapter 35: The Warriors' Winning Streak Is Because of Wang Feng?
As a professional player, Wang Feng's flaws in many aspects are very obvious, and he is completely unable to match NBA-level events, but only two abilities are the top with the blessing of high-level badges and ability values.
One is a three-point shot from the corner, and the other is an outside defense.
As a two-way guard, Ellis's personal strength is not even in the top 10 among the league's guards!
In front of Wang Feng's top-tier perimeter defensive badges, Ellis has no offensive efficiency at all, and if he doesn't care about playing indiscriminately, he may be able to score a few goals by luck, but most of the time the offense will end in a missed shot.
Ellis understood this after his first attempt.
But the question is, as the Mavericks' No. 1 scoring point, who will play this game if Ellis, who averages the most shots per game, if he doesn't take the main offense? Is Novitsky already 37 years old?
You know, Nowitzki faced a player with excellent defensive ability in this game, Drummond. Green, although he is at a disadvantage in terms of height, Green's favorite and best at defending is a player of Nowitzki's style.
Green's body is a lean type of interior lineman, and although he has never been afraid of physical confrontation, there is really nothing he can do about the height and weight of the big tonnage inside, which is why the Warriors like to stock up on big centers.
With both offensive ends inside and outside the team contained, the Mavericks simply don't have any effective ways to score.
In just the first quarter of the game, the score quickly widened the gap.
The Warriors scored 29 points in the quarter, while the Mavericks scored just 18 points.
The feeling of starting the game was quite good, Wang Feng was very active, helping to defend the bag, and was very active on the court, making 2 three-pointers in the first quarter and also completing 2 steals.
In the second quarter of the game, the Mavericks became more and more difficult to parry, and at one point in time, the whole team did not score 1 point in 3 minutes!
Taking advantage of this wave of opportunities, the Warriors set off a round of offensive frenzy and directly widened the difference to more than 30 points!
At halftime, the score of the two teams was already 71:40!
Before the game entered the third quarter, the suspense was completely lost.
Warriors fans are satisfied, and although it wasn't a tight game, it was a treat for any fan to see their favorite team win the game so strongly at home!
112:89, which is the final score of both teams at the end of the game.
Curry scored a game-high 26 points, and Thompson also added 22 points.
Wang Feng started this game and played for about 25 minutes in total, and he didn't play a lot of time, but he still maintained an efficient performance.
He made 4 of 7 three-pointers and scored 12 points, 4 rebounds and 4 steals.
Under his full marking, Monta. Ellis was sleepwalking throughout the game, hitting just two of his 14 shots, a shooting rate of just 14.3 percent.
On the other hand, Barnes, who came off the bench, played nearly 30 minutes, which was the most minutes in recent games, and because the garbage time in this game came very early, Barnes naturally became the first scoring point when he came off the bench, and got a lot of opportunities, scoring 16 points and 5 rebounds on 6-of-13 shooting, and his performance was remarkable.
This proves that Kerr's judgment is correct, and Barnes is more suitable for a substitute role than a starter, at least in the case of Wang Feng.
But whether Barnes himself thinks so, it's hard to say, anyway, at least Wang Feng saw that Barnes had a black face throughout the game, even if he hit the shot and scored, there was no smile.
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After a comfortable win against the Mavericks, the Warriors' record this season has unknowingly reached 49-11! 50 wins in a single season are on the verge of winning!
Last season, the Warriors had a 51-31 record in the entire regular season!
And now, with 22 games left until the end of the regular season, they are on the verge of catching up with last season's record!
The Warriors are in such good shape that there are hardly any players in the entire league!
And now, the Warriors have a new goal.
Break the regular season team record!
The Warriors' entry into the playoffs with the first record in the regular season is basically a sure thing, and the Atlanta Hawks, who currently have the second record in the league, have a full eight games of wins with the Warriors, and it is almost impossible to complete the comeback in the next two dozen games.
The Warriors now want to win more, from the management to the coaching staff to the players!
Break the best regular season record in team history! Lift the O'Brien Trophy!
The Warriors' previous best regular season record was 59 wins in 1975-76.
To break this record, the Warriors only need to win half of the next 22 games to easily surpass.
Now, of course, this Warriors team is not satisfied with this, they want to improve their wins even further, to get more than 65 wins, or even better!
As a historical witness from 22 years, Wang Feng knows very well that the Warriors' final regular season record this season is 67-15, and they defeated the Cavaliers in the finals to win the trophy as they wished.
And now, with him as a top 3D player, the Warriors are stronger and more invulnerable than in another plane, and deserve a higher score than 67 wins!
As for how far it can go, Wang Feng has no way to guarantee it, anyway, the Warriors, who have lost 11 games, have no chance to get the 73-9 record next season in advance.
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Since starting the game against the Mavericks, Kerr seems to have recognized that Wang Feng's starting value is better than Barnes's, and Wang Feng has all started in the next games without exception.
March 8 106-98 win over Los Angeles Clippers!
March 9 98:80 win over Phoenix Suns!
March 11 105:96 win over Detroit Pistons!
Victory after victory makes the Warriors feel like an invincible and invincible army! It also shocked the whole league!
And in the victories one after another, some people found that since Wang Feng's strong outbreak in the game between the Warriors and the Pacers on February 22, the Warriors have only lost one game with Wang Feng's participation!
This can't help but make people think, could it be that the Warriors' winning streak is because of Wang Feng?
There are good reasons why some people think so, Wang Feng's defense is better than Barnes's, and he can also make up for the defense many times on the court to check and fill in the gaps for his teammates.
On the offensive end, Wang Feng's accurate three-point shot from the bottom corner allowed the Warriors' shooting space on the court to be stretched to the maximum, making the Splash Brothers' offense easier!
The Warriors already have an advanced and complete tactical system, and they do not lack core players, what they lack is 3D players like Wang Feng.
Although Barnes can also work as a 3D player in the past, he is obviously much worse than Wang Feng, both in terms of three-point shooting and defense.