Chapter 163 The Great Battle in the West(1/2)
On February 20, the trade deadline expired, and the bustling free market finally closed.
Some strong teams have further improved their overall strength through transactions and are going all out to sprint for the upcoming playoffs.
The Yubo team began to send scouts to inspect the potential rookies who will participate in this year's draft, regardless of whether the record will continue to be bad to obtain high draft picks.
The Warriors are neither powerful nor weak enough to qualify for the playoffs.
At this stage, they are currently ranked seventh in the Western Conference, and they dare not relax at all.
The competition in the Western Conference is so fierce that if you are not careful, you will fall out of the top eight.
Sun Yi knew that the eighth-place record in the Western Conference this season was 50 wins and 32 losses in the original history, which is a bit scary to think about.
Therefore, the Warriors cannot easily let go of any next game.
On February 21, all members of the Warriors came to Los Angeles to challenge the Clippers away from home.
The Warriors won the two previous meetings between the two teams.
This game is no exception, the Warriors are still trying their best to win.
The Clippers have no desires and desires, and are playing crazy to see if they can get the No. 1 pick again.
After the game started, the competitive state of both sides was completely different.
The Warriors' players are in excellent condition and are going all out to win.
The Clippers players are focusing on collecting statistics and don't care about the result of the game.
After three quarters of the game, the Warriors have firmly taken the lead and extended the point difference to more than 30 points.
For a team like the Clippers that has no defense, as long as the Warriors take open shots from the outside, the point difference will quickly widen.
Seeing that the goal was achieved, Clippers head coach Mike Dunleavy replaced the main players and replaced them with rotation roles. They happily suffered another defeat and consolidated their last place in the Western Conference.
Seeing this, Nelson immediately took off the main players to rest.
He doesn't want to see his players suffer injuries.
In the garbage time, the fringe players of the two teams played vigorously, each showing their own strength, hoping to be recognized by the head coach and get more playing time.
In this way, the Warriors maintained their lead until the end of the game.
In the end, the Warriors defeated the Clippers 126-94.
In terms of technical statistics, Sun Yi won the honor of the best player of the game.
Within 30 minutes of playing, he scored a triple-double of 16 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists and 2 steals.
For the Clippers, the most outstanding player is Baron Davis.
In 32 minutes on the court, he scored 21 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 steal.
After defeating the Clippers, the Warriors rushed to the next city without stopping to challenge the Mosaics away from home.
During the warm-up activities, Sun Yi came to the sidelines and chatted with Dayao about their respective current situations.
At this stage, Dayao has lost weight, has fully recovered from his injury, and is actively doing restorative training.
The Mosaic team has little hope of reaching the playoffs this season, and the team management has basically given up on the season.
Therefore, Dayao is not in a hurry to come back immediately, but can have enough time to conduct restorative training and strive to return to the top after his comeback.
After greeting Yao Yao, Sun Yi returned to the Warriors' warm-up half and continued his warm-up activities.
Not long after, the warm-up activities ended and the competition officially began.
Since the Mosaic team's main lineup last season has basically been dismantled, the new offensive core Kevin Martin has not yet integrated into the team.
Therefore, the overall strength of the Mosaic team was greatly reduced, and they were unable to resist the crazy offensive firepower of the Warriors.
After persisting for two and a half quarters, the Mosaic team surrendered and gave up the game.
In the end, the Warriors defeated the Mosaics 118-92 and achieved two consecutive victories.
In terms of statistics, Curry won the honor of the best player of the game.
In the 30 minutes he played, he made 7 of 7 three-pointers and scored 27 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.
For the Mosaic team, the most outstanding player is undoubtedly Kevin Martin.
In 32 minutes on the court, he scored 19 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal.
After that, the Warriors defeated the Kings and Raptors one after another, and lost to the Hawks.
At this point, the Warriors have ended this road trip and also ended all games in February.
On March 1, the alliance announced last month’s awards on time.
The Eastern Conference Coach of the Month was won by Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown.
The Western Conference Coach of the Month was won by Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan.
The Eastern Conference Player of the Month continues to be LeBron James.
In the February game, James averaged 32.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, 10.5 assists and 2.1 steals per game, leading the Cavaliers to an excellent record of 8 wins and 3 losses.
The Western Conference Player of the Month was won by Carlos Boozer of the Jazz.
In the February game, Boozer averaged 21.2 points, 13.0 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.1 steals per game, leading the Jazz to an excellent record of 8 wins and 3 losses.
Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month goes to Jonny Flynn.
After the All-Star Game, the shabby Nets knew they would not be able to make the playoffs and began to train new players, allowing Flynn and other new players to get sufficient playing time.
This guy did not disappoint the Nets. In the February game, he averaged 18.2 points, 2.4 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.2 steals per game, and won the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month for the first time.
In the competition for Western Conference Rookie of the Month, Sun Yi won this honor again without any suspense.
In the February games, Sun Yi averaged 17.5 points, 11.2 rebounds, 8.6 assists and 1.8 blocks per game.
He has become numb to this and does not have the pleasure of winning the prize at the beginning. This may be related to the fact that the system did not issue rewards.
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Oakland, Oracle Arena.
Nelson called all the Warriors players into the conference room for a pep rally.
"At this stage, our record is on par with the Thunder, Trail Blazers, and Spurs. It can be said that they will be an obstacle to us entering the playoffs."
After clarifying the opponents, Nelson continued: "In the games in March, we will play against them many times. If we lose these games, it will be very disadvantageous for us, so we can only win but not lose. Can we do it?"
"Yes!" the Warriors players responded in unison.
Old Nelson nodded with satisfaction, and then began to plan the next offensive and defensive tactics.
After the tactical meeting, Sun Yi did not leave the arena, but went to the locker room to change into training clothes for additional training.
On March 2, the Warriors faced the Hornets at home.
Due to Paul's season-ending injury, the Hornets' strength was greatly reduced.
Originally they could still compete for a spot in the playoffs, but after Paul was absent, the team suffered a series of losing streaks and completely lost hope of entering the playoffs.
Therefore, at this stage, the Hornets have no desires and no goals.
The Warriors are bound to win this game and consolidate their ranking.
After the game started, the Warriors players showed a strong desire to win. They played very decisively on the offensive end and were also very active on the defensive end.
After the Hornets lost Paul, no one could link up the team's offense, and the game was chaotic.
The Warriors are very good at dealing with chaotic battles.
Taking advantage of the Hornets' successive mistakes, the Warriors quickly launched a defensive counterattack, hitting consecutive three-pointers from the outside and completely missing the three-pointers.
Teams that have played against the Warriors understand one thing.
If the Warriors were allowed to miss the three-point shot, the game would be completely unplayable and they would have to surrender.
The Hornets made this fatal mistake and gave the Warriors too many easy shooting opportunities.
Before the third quarter ended, the Warriors led by as much as 30 points, and the fourth quarter once again became garbage time.
The main players such as Sun Yi and Curry once again clocked out in the third quarter and sat on the bench chatting and laughing.
In the commentary box, Barkley and Kenny Smith were chatting, not caring about the outcome of the game.
"Sun Yi got another near-triple-double tonight. The only thing that prevented him from getting a triple-double was his teammates and the damn fourth quarter."
"A star player like Sun Yi definitely doesn't bother to brush up data in garbage time. Clocking out in three quarters many times does have an impact on his average data."
"The Warriors' opponents in the next game will not be so friendly. It seems that Sun Yi will face another challenge. I am very much looking forward to his performance."
"Charles, hearing what you said instantly aroused my curiosity. I can't wait to watch the next Warriors game!"
Barkley and Kenny Smith sang in unison.
Back on the court, the game is coming to an end.
In the end, the Warriors defeated the Hornets 124-88.
In terms of statistics, Sun Yi was elected the best player of the game.
To be continued...