Chapter Eighty-Four: Caught in a Bitter Battle
The schedule in December is really not very friendly to the Warriors, not only because the quality of the opponents has improved, but also because the schedule is quite unscientific.
Ahead of the game against the Bucks, the Warriors had done their best to play six straight road games, and this was their seventh road game.
The death of seven consecutive away games is quite a lot of physical exertion for the players, and at the same time, the team's winning streak is also a psychological burden for the players.
At this moment, Wang Feng finally understood why the Warriors in another time and space lost to the Bucks at this time.
The physical and mental pressure is a little too great, Rao is Wang Feng's physical strength has been strengthened to more than 90, and he also feels exhausted after experiencing a wave of seven consecutive guests.
"Guys, we can't pass up our chance to break the streak so easily!"
Green clapped and said loudly: "Show perseverance and fighting spirit, grit your teeth and win this game!" Just win this game and we'll be back at home! And it's five consecutive home games, and there is a lot of rest. ”
Green has always been the most passionate and positive one on the Warriors, and he's not wrong about that.
After surviving this hurdle, the Warriors' schedule will be much easier next, and maybe they can really break the Lakers' record of 33 consecutive wins and go down in history!
It's tempting for any player.
However...... The Warriors' fitness is really at the limit.
Problems arose quickly as soon as the game started.
The Warriors have been able to win 24 in a row, and the firepower on the offensive end is only one reason, and maintaining a strong offense while having good defensive ability is the real key to winning.
Green and Wang Feng, two defensive knife players, one inside and one outside, have formed a complete defensive system.
Although the Warriors mainly play small-ball tactics and have a very fast offensive pace, so the average points conceded per game is relatively high, but if you look at defensive efficiency per 100 rounds, the Warriors can definitely rank among the top few in the league.
However, in the game against the Bucks, the Warriors' defense completely collapsed in the first quarter of the game.
Bucks guard Michael. Carter. Williams frequently broke through Curry to impact the Warriors' interior at the beginning, and Green, who was responsible for supplementing the defense in the past, was always half a beat slower and was scored by the opponent first.
On the other side, Wang Feng also had problems on the defensive end.
He was not playing against Antetokounmpo in this game, but Chris, who played the small forward position. Middleton.
At this stage of the Bucks, Middleton is still the team's leading scorer, averaging nearly 15 shots per game, more than Brother Alphabet.
As a mid-to-long-range striker, Middleton's style is quite similar to that of mid-range pitcher Hamilton, who likes to do frequent off-ball runs looking for opportunities.
What Wang Feng is most afraid of now is running without the ball.
It's not that his physical fitness is not good, although his physical strength of up to 90 is not enough for Wang Feng to play the whole court like Kobe Bryant, James and other physical monsters from time to time and still be alive, but it is also enough to support a normal rhythm of NBA games.
The problem is that this wave of dead seven consecutive guests consumes too much physical energy!
Whenever Middleton ran and Wang Feng wanted to speed up his pace to keep up with the other party, his legs seemed to be filled with lead.
In the first quarter of the game, Middleton hit 4 of 5 shots and scored 10 points in front of Wang Feng with an 80% shooting rate.
The Bucks were under no pressure on the offensive end, scoring an easy 36 points in the first quarter.
It's also thanks to the Warriors, although there are problems on the defensive end, the offensive end is still as efficient as before.
Curry scored 12 points in the first quarter, Thompson scored 7 points, Wang Feng and Green each scored 5 points, and the team scored 33 points and only trailed by 3 points into the second quarter.
Seeing that the players were suffering from physical exhaustion, Kerr made a massive rotation at the beginning of the second quarter.
Iguodala, Livingston, Barbossa and others all took the field, and only Clay was on the field. Thompson is a starter.
This lineup is actually not very weak, especially with Thompson and Iguodala as the leader, it is completely possible to wrestle with some starters of teams that are not particularly strong.
However, in the second quarter of the game, Brother Alphabet broke out.
The 15-16 season is far from being the Greek monster that came later, but in the head coach Jason. Under Kidd's tutelage, he switched to a point forward, and he has already faintly taken shape.
In the first quarter of the game, Antetokounmpo and Green faced each other and didn't shoot much, but in the second quarter of the game, Green was rested, and Antetokounmpo's opponent became a thin bamboo pole Livingston, and he immediately hardened.
Throughout the second quarter, he hit 7 of 11 shots and 2 of 3 free throws to finish with 16 points and 4 rebounds.
The Warriors, on their side, could only rely on Thompson to support themselves, and Curry tried to take over the game after being substituted in the second half of the second quarter, but all three shots were wide and did not score a point.
The score of the two teams in the second quarter was 34:25, and the difference had been widened to 12 points at halftime.
To make matters worse, as the game progresses, the Warriors, who are already having fitness problems, will get even worse.
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At halftime, the Warriors players returned to the locker room, and no one spoke, including Green, who was wearing towels and bowing their heads silently to recover their strength.
Only head coach Kerr is still holding the tactical board, making tactical arrangements for the second half.
"It's not going to go on like this......"
Wang Feng sat aside, frowning and pondering.
The team played a dead second quarter, and I'm afraid the second half will only get worse, and if it goes on like this, it will definitely lose the game!
According to the original course of history, the Warriors would have lost this game, and the winning streak would have been fixed at 24 consecutive wins.
But if that's really the case...... What's the point of him with the Warriors?
In another time and space without him, Barnes, as the starting small forward of the Warriors, still won the championship last season, and had a 73-9 record with the team in the 15-16 season!
In this time and space, Wang Feng successfully squeezed out Barnes with the help of the system and badges and became the new starting small forward of the Warriors.
It stands to reason that he is stronger than Barnes, and he should be able to make the Warriors stronger!
"Even a team like the Bucks, which can only be in the middle of the league, can't cross the ...... Wouldn't the Finals against the powerful Cleveland Cavaliers still be overturned by 3 games in a row with a 3:1 lead? ”
Wang Feng's eyes flickered.
"Anyway! This game must be won! ”
Thinking like this in his heart, Wang Feng directly entered the consciousness space and looked at his data panel.
It has been a month and a half since the end of the Asian Championships, when after winning the Asian Championships, Wang Feng was rewarded with 15 free distribution points, and only used 5 points to strengthen his physical strength.
Now it's time to use up those last 10 free allocation points!