On April 11, the Warriors visited the Minnesota Target Center to challenge the Timberwolves.
In this game, Deng Fang hid most of his main players. Curry, Lopez, Prince, Laga Bell, Kirilenko, and Livingston all stopped playing.
At the end of the season, it’s time for the main players and veterans to take a break.
The most important thing is that Deng Fang does not want to deliberately break the historical record of 72 wins.
Play as a substitute, it depends on God’s will!
It doesn't matter to Deng Fang here, but the outside world doesn't think so.
The Warriors have two games left and their record is 71 wins and 9 losses!
If we win the next two games, it will be 73 wins and 9 losses!
Breaking Jordan's record of 72 wins in a single season!
What a miracle that is!
No one thought this record would be broken before!
Now the Warriors have a very good chance to break the record, so the people who eat melons are very excited.
A record-breaking season, I experienced it myself!
Even if you are not a Warriors fan, it would be nice to brag to your grandson in a few decades!
Do you know how strong the warriors were back then?
That's something you can't imagine!
I have seen it with my own eyes!
It is precisely for this reason that the Warriors' games attract a lot of attention!
Almost all media are paying attention to the Warriors' games.
Similarly, no matter who the Warriors' opponent is, they are all as good as chickens!
I defeated the Warriors!
That’s a record-breaking warrior!
We only lost single-digit games in a season, including one game for us!
There is no need to mobilize for the game against the Warriors!
This is especially true for the Timberwolves!
Although the Timberwolves are currently ranked last in the Western Conference, young people are shameless!
People are not frivolous and young, what young person is not passionate?!
So what if I'm last?
We can still beat the Warriors!
Want to break the record?
First ask us if we agree!
The penultimate year of the season happens every year, and there's nothing to be ashamed of.
Not a 72 win record!
If we lose this game, we will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history!
Many years later, people will say that the Warriors won their 72nd victory over the Timberwolves!
And if we win, people will also say that it is precisely because of the Timberwolves' win that the possibility of the Warriors breaking the record is completely lost!
Just winning this one is enough!
One season is not wasted!
Besides, this game is not without a chance!
Most of the Warriors' main players are not available!
Deng Fang actually dared to rest so many generals. He looked down on us so much!
What a great opportunity to play against a bunch of substitutes!
If you can't win as a starter, can you still lose as a substitute?
How shameless then!
We must win!
We can definitely win!
You know, there are no weak teams in the NBA!
There are many reasons why a team is weak, but there is no such thing as a team that is hopelessly bad and has no hope of winning.
As long as the chicken soup is fed enough, as long as the players work hard, and as long as the feeling comes, it is not impossible for the last place to defeat the first place!
Therefore, the highly motivated Timberwolves are not easy to deal with either.
The competition started very intensely!
Everyone in the Timberwolves seemed to be playing the last game of their lives, everyone gave 100% energy!
Melee fighting, blocking, decisive three-pointers, switching defenses, filling positions, the Timberwolves seem to have changed into a different team!
Lowry and DeAndre Jordan set a pick-and-roll, and the Timberwolves flanked Lowry, while those behind him switched defenses to fill in the gaps.
Everyone is twice as fast as usual!
Run at the risk of your life, pounce at the risk of your life!
But the Warriors don’t show weakness!
Although Deng Fang rested several main players, the remaining players didn't care at all!
The opportunity to break the record is right in front of you, and everyone wants to give it a try!
That is an NBA historical record!
A record set by basketball god Jordan!
We just need two more wins!
Even if Curry and the others don't fight, there will be no problem against the Timberwolves!
The starters sent by the Warriors are Lowry, Azubuike, Hayward, Tucker, and DeAndre Jordan.
Lowry can burst and shoot, Azubuike, Hayward and Tucker are all top 3D players in the league, capable of offense and defense, and Jordan is a pillar of strength inside!
These five people are not weak at all, they are even stronger than the starters of many teams!
What's more important is that these five people are still very young and very durable!
No matter who it is, it’s okay to play for 40 minutes!
Both teams fought hard and the game was very intense.
But when both teams are working hard, strength is the deciding factor.
When two teams meet on a narrow road, the brave will win. When both teams are brave, it depends on who is more powerful!
The current leader of the Timberwolves is Kevin Love. He is a power forward who can shoot three-pointers and has strong scoring ability.
Love's touch was also good in this game, and he kept hitting three-pointers from the outside.
Beasley, who was traded from the Heat, also played very well, hitting breakthrough shots one after another.
However, the strength of the rest of the Timberwolves is very limited.
Ridnour is a thin guard, not tall, relies on mid-range shots, has limited impact, and his three-pointers are average.
Wesley Johnson and Milicic are both typical role players who are useless.
Webster played well, but it was difficult to get along with the team and could only play as a substitute.
Selected together with Curry, Jonny Flynn, who was ranked ahead of Curry, has also been pushed to the bench.
Pekovic is also a fringe player who is about to be eliminated.
On the Warrior side, they have strong soldiers and horses, and everyone can fight.
Lowry, Azubuike, Hayward, Tucker, DeAndre Jordan, Yi Jianlian, Jeremy Lin, Belinelli, no matter which one puts up good numbers!
Slowly, the Warriors opened the point difference to 10 points.
At the end of the game, the score difference came to 15 points!
At the end of the third quarter, the Warriors led by 20 points!
The Timberwolves don't want to give up, they still want to create a miracle.
As long as there is a glimmer of possibility, we will not give up!
The final quarter was still very intense. Lowry sprained his ankle during a layup and returned to the locker room.
The Warriors have a total of four point guards: Curry, Livingston, Lowry and Jeremy Lin. All three of them can't play at once.
Only Jeremy Lin came up.
This is the Warriors' fourth point guard.
But the Warriors are still fine!
Although Jeremy Lin is the fourth point guard, he has played a lot of time before!
Jeremy Lin's weakness is three-pointers, and Deng Fang has been urging him to practice three-pointers this season!
When encountering a weak team, Jeremy Lin was directly chosen to start the game!
So it’s no problem for Jeremy Lin to play.
Deng Fang returned to the locker room and was delayed for three or four minutes to treat Lowry's illness. During this time, the Warriors actually widened the point difference!
When Lowry returned as a hero, the Timberwolves' morale was immediately deflated!
Forget it, I am number one in the league!
We are the last one.
There is no shame in losing...
The Timberwolves took Love off the court, and the game was no longer in suspense.
In the end, the Warriors won the game 121:103.
72 wins and 9 losses!
The Warriors tied the record set by Jordan's team!
Just one game away from breaking the record!
After the game, the Warriors once again made headlines in major media:
72 wins reappeared, the Warriors tied the Bulls miracle!
Curry is absent, Lopez is not playing, and the Warriors still win, with such terrifying strength!
Can the record be broken in the last game? The biggest suspense at the end of the season!
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Two days later, on April 13, the Warriors' final game began.
This game was played at the Oracle Arena, and the Warriors' opponent was the Heat, which has the Big Three!
I don’t know who designed the schedule, how could it be such a coincidence!
The two teams that attract the most attention this season are the Warriors and Heat!
The Warriors are the defending champions and just defeated the Cavaliers with James last season.
During the offseason, James broke his promise not to leave his hometown, joined Wade and Bosh, and formed a Big Three lineup with the Heat!
Those are the top three!
The boss of three teams goes to one team!
No matter how powerful the Warriors are, they only have one superstar, while the Heat have three!
Before the formation of the Big Three, almost everyone thought that there was no suspense about the championship this season, and it would definitely be the Warriors.
As soon as the Heat of the Big Three appeared, everyone immediately changed their minds.
There is suspense again this season!
Can the Warriors defeat the Big Three?
Can 1>3 be established?
It can be said that any news involving the Warriors and Heat this season will immediately attract a lot of attention!
The pre-All-Star game between the two teams set a ratings record for the league this season!
This game is getting more attention!
If nothing else, this game is a preview of the finals!
After a season of running-in, there should be no problem with the cooperation of the Heat's three giants, right?
The last loss can be blamed on the running-in problem, but what about this time?
This game is the real preview of the finals!
More importantly, this game determines whether the Warriors can break their record of 72 wins!
The Warriors are now 72 wins and 9 losses, with one game left.
Winning this game broke the record of 72 wins!
At this time, no matter which opponent it is, they will fight to the death!
No one wants to become a stepping stone for the other party, and no one wants to be engraved on the pillar of shame in history!
The last game was not as important as this game. The Timberwolves, who were last in the Western Conference, burst out with 200% of their energy and played so fiercely with the Warriors!
Isn’t this game about killing people?
It can be said that it is most appropriate for the Heat to play this last game with the Warriors!
First of all, the Heat's James and Deng Fang don't deal with each other. The two are like enemies. They are jealous when they meet, and no one will be polite!
James has never defeated Deng Fang's team, not even a game!
No one wants to be pinned down by someone all the time!
Especially for players like James who want to follow in the footsteps of the first man in history!
Of course Deng Fang would not be polite!
As long as it's James' team, it can't win 49 if it can win 50!
This is a dead order!
All Warriors players know this!
So no one will show mercy when the two teams meet!
Secondly, the Heat are the strongest team in the league and one of the strongest teams in NBA history!
Letting the Heat stop the Warriors is the best choice!
Since the Warriors want to break the NBA's historical record, they should let one of the strongest teams in NBA history act as a stumbling block!
Even if there is no grudge between Deng Fang and James, even if it is just to prevent the Warriors from breaking the record, the Heat will do their best to challenge!
The best way to prove your greatness is to beat another great team!
The Heat's goal is not a championship!
The Big Three have bigger goals and bigger ambitions!
As a great team, being stepped on by their opponents as a stepping stone to breaking records is something the Big Three will never tolerate!
So the Heat will definitely fight to the death!
It is no exaggeration to say that this game is the most difficult game for the Warriors in the regular season!
This kind of competition has the highest gold content!
Breaking the record through such a game also shows that the Warriors deserve the title!
A few days before the game started, the tickets for this game at Oracle Arena had already been sold by scalpers and the price had increased several times!
Even so, it’s still hard to get a vote!
All broadcasters arrived at the scene in advance and made preparations!
This game can be said to be highly anticipated and attracted everyone's attention!
This game is also the last game of the season for the Heat. They arrived at Oracle Arena one day in advance and made all preparations.
The Warriors are no exception.
Although Deng Fang doesn't care about breaking the record, the team members do!
As long as they are players, no one wants to surpass Jordan!
An individual cannot surpass Jordan, and it is a great honor for the team he plays for to surpass the record set by Jordan!
There was no need for Deng Fang to mobilize at all. All the Warriors players were prepared in advance.
Of course, Deng Fang doesn't care about breaking records, but he still values this game very much!
Winning is a must!
There is no other reason, just because the other party has James!
As long as the opponent is a team with James, they can't lose!
This is the iron rule of Deng Fang’s coaching!
You can lose to anyone, but you can’t lose to James!
No matter whether the Warriors' record is locked in the league's first place, or whether the win or loss of this game is meaningful, they just can't lose!
So Deng Fang did not make a truce with anyone this time!
All hands on deck!
Curry, Laga Bell, Kirilenko and others are back with full blood!
At 8 o'clock in the evening on April 13, 2011, the game between the Warriors and the Heat officially started at Oracle Arena!
The Heat's preparations were very thorough, and Spoelstra showed up directly. The starting five were Chalmers, Wade, Mac Miller, James, and Bosh.
Bosh directly moved to the fifth position, and the Heat came up with their strongest offensive lineup!
Playing away from home, the pressure is huge, so attacking well is the best choice!
The Warriors' starting lineup remains unchanged, with Curry, Azubuike, Laga Bell, Prince and Lopez.
These five people have worked together for a long time, and they even passed the baptism of the Finals together last season. They are the Warriors' most trustworthy lineup.
The game was extremely brutal as soon as it started!
Want to get to the basket?
impossible!
Want to shoot easily?
There are no doors!
No matter who it was, they showed 100% energy on both offense and defense!
The Heat's defensive strategy is very clear, that is to strangle Curry!
Spoelstra is a ruthless character. As long as he is determined on something, he will never give up easily!
The most lethal player on the Warriors is Curry. As soon as Curry drives, the game is over!
So no matter what, you can’t let Curry take the shot!
