With Yao Ming attracting double-teams in the low post, in just two minutes, the Splash Brothers hit 5 three-pointers!
Made 4 of 5 three-pointers!
Klay scored 3 and Curry scored 2!
At first, the Clippers still focused on Curry, but after Clay scored three three-pointers in a row, the Clippers no longer dared to focus their defense entirely on Curry.
Curry suddenly got a chance!
This is the power of Clay!
Without Clay, the defensive pressure on Curry would be huge!
With Clay, Curry's power on the offensive end can be fully unleashed!
There is a difference between a shooter who can shoot three-pointers and a top shooter!
Prince, Tucker and others can also throw three-pointers, but they are not as determined as the Splash Brothers. As long as there is interference, the shooting rate will drop. As long as there is someone to help defend, their first choice is to pass the ball.
Clay is different!
As long as the ball is passed to him, as long as the opponent is not standing in front of him, no matter how active the defense is, no matter who comes to defend, Clay will take action decisively!
It doesn’t matter whether I made the last one or not, or whether I missed a few before, I will definitely make it this time!
This is the confidence of top shooters!
Defense is useful for average pitchers, but useless for top shooters like Clay!
As long as you don't send someone to follow him, he will punish you with his three points!
This is also the reason why Curry’s defensive pressure is much less with Klay on the court!
Yao Ming made 4 of 4 shots in the penalty area, and the Splash Brothers shot 4 of 5 three-pointers. The point difference quickly widened to more than 30 points!
The third quarter lasted for more than 5 minutes, and the game entered garbage time!
The Clippers' main force was still on the court and had no intention of giving up, but Deng Fang took the initiative to call a timeout.
That’s almost it!
Substitute players also have to come up and collect some data, right?
Getting good data is not only good for the players themselves, but also good for the team.
If you want to trade players out and get enough benefits, you need players to have good data!
After the timeout, Deng Fang took Lowry, Ariza, Hayward, Yi Jianlian, and Lopez Jr.
Although the Warriors lineup is still quite strong in the eyes of outsiders, it is already the weakest lineup that Deng Fang can use.
Ariza is new here, and his three-point shooting is not very reliable. He needs to take more shots and find a feel on the court.
Hayward is a second-year rookie and needs more playing time to find his touch.
Yi Jianlian also needs to take more steps to cultivate self-confidence.
Lopez is also new here, so it would be good to give him more playing time to improve his statistics!
Only Lowry doesn't have to come up, but he must play because the Warriors only have two point guards!
We can't let Laga Bell come up as point guard, right?
That would be too disrespectful to the opponent...
Deng Fang took these people to practice and didn't care about the change in points difference, but these people didn't think so.
A team of several people can do it, so can we!
The opponent's main force hasn't finished yet, this is the time for us to show our strength!
Although the few players on the Warriors field spent very little time working together, they worked hard, had strong fighting spirit, and played very tenaciously.
The main force of the Clippers wanted to take the opportunity to gain some points and narrow the point difference. Who would have thought that the game would be more difficult to win!
Curry and others were playing the game when they were on the court, but now these people are risking their lives!
This is not bad!
There is no hope for the competition anyway, so I won’t play with you, okay?!
After playing for a few more minutes, Paul and others all came off the field, and the game truly entered garbage time.
Lori and the others don't care about this!
How many points you win is not important to you, but it is very important to us!
We are not competing with you, but with a team of several people!
We are no worse than them!
If you don’t believe it, look, they can’t beat the Clippers’ main force, but we can!
The Clippers took down the main force, both teams used substitutes, and the game went very quickly.
The game was over after a while.
In the end, the score was fixed at 139:102!
The Warriors defeated by 37 points and won the opening game!
After the game, the statistics came out. The best performers for the Warriors were the Splash Brothers and Yao Ming. All three played 17 minutes. Curry scored 21 points, 6 assists, and 3 rebounds. Klay threw
Scored 6 three-pointers, scored 22 points, and 4 rebounds. Yao Ming scored 17 points, 5 assists, and 10 rebounds!
Although the statistics of the three of them are not too conspicuous, they do not play much playing time. It is quite remarkable to get this data in the limited playing time!
Especially Klay, he is a rookie!
A rookie started the first game and finally scored 22 points with 6 three-pointers in 17 minutes. This statistic is already quite terrifying!
The best performer of the Clippers was Paul. He played 29 minutes, making 1 of 2 three-pointers and 6 of 11 mid-range shots. He scored 17 points, 8 assists, and 5 rebounds.
The victory over the Clippers also allowed people to see the Warriors' powerful strength again!
The main force only played for one and a half quarters, but the Warriors were able to win by more than 30 points. What a terrifying strength this is!
It was a complete crushing, the two teams were not at the same level at all!
If the opponent was the Clippers last season, it would be okay, but this season the Clippers have changed drastically!
Now this Clippers is also called an aircraft carrier!
The league's top star guard Paul is the captain of this ship!
It's not easy to crush this Clippers!
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After the opening game and a day off, the Warriors visited the Toyota Center in Houston to challenge the Rockets.
The current Rockets can be said to be at their weakest: Yao Ming has retired and left, Tracy McGrady is no longer here, Lowry has joined the Warriors, and the leading stars are Kevin Martin and Scola.
This Rockets team has many problems on both the offensive and defensive ends, and is no match for the Warriors.
Even if they are only on the second team, the Rockets have no chance of winning!
In the end, the first team only played one quarter and then didn't come back. After halftime, the game turned into garbage time.
The Splash Brothers acted as cheerleaders on the bench and had a great time.
Only Yao Ming was sitting on the sidelines with a look of emotion on his face.
Yao Ming has been with the Rockets since he entered the NBA, and he still has deep feelings for the Rockets.
Even though we arrived at the Warriors, watching the Rockets being pinned to the ground and rubbing them was still uncomfortable.
There is no way, unlike Americans, Chinese people are not so tolerant...
Fortunately, Rockets fans did not take the loss seriously. Many fans shouted Yao Ming's name on the sidelines, and some came over to ask Yao Ming to sign his autograph.
Rockets fans don't care too much about winning or losing because they know that it is impossible for the Rockets to win with the current lineup.
If you have no hope, you will not be disappointed...
The fans were not that sad, and gradually Yao Ming also showed a smile.
Soon, the game was over and the Warriors won by 36 points!
Second win of the season!
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The next two games are away games, against the Wizards and Timberwolves respectively.
These are two teams that have been bad for a long time and have no resistance at all.
Although it was three consecutive away games, the Warriors won two games without any effort.
A weak opponent is one reason, and a warrior with strong soldiers and generals is another reason.
The main players of other teams often have to play for more than thirty minutes in each game, and even more often for more than forty minutes!
In these games, Curry and others have not played more than 20 minutes in each game!
The three new players who played the most time were Klay, Ariza, and Lopez. In addition, Kirilenko and Yi Jianlian, who were relatively poor at three-point shooting, also played a lot of time.
Deng Fang has been training since the beginning of the season!
No one dares to do this!
The Warriors easily won 4 consecutive victories!
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On January 2, 2012, the Warriors returned to their home court and faced the challenge of the Magic.
There have been constant rumors about the Magic recently, and the news of Howard leaving the team has been circulating in the market, which has also made the Magic team panic.
If the head football star is dissatisfied, of course the younger players will also have their own thoughts.
In order to open up space for Howard, the Magic began to reuse Ryan Anderson since the end of last season.
Ryan Anderson is the fourth position, but his three-point shooting percentage is close to 40%, which is quite scary.
Ryan Anderson has started every game this season and ranks second on the Magic in points per game.
However, the excellence of one or two players can hardly make up for the lack of fighting spirit of the entire team, especially when facing the Warriors.
The Warriors can be said to be the ultimate version of the Magic. Both teams have one star and four stars. Both teams place great emphasis on outside shooting. The most lethal thing for both teams is the three-pointer.
But the Warriors are better than the Magic in every aspect!
Much stronger!
In terms of outside shooting, the Warriors have the Splash Brothers and a group of reliable 3D players. Their three-point shooting percentage ranks first in the league, several positions ahead of the second place!
In terms of defense, the Warriors have Yao Ming, Lopez Lopez, Lopez Jr., Kirilenko, Ariza, Tucker, Prince, Azubuike, Laga Bell and other defensive heroes.
A Magic team comparable to Howard's.
In terms of team cohesion, the Warriors have the miracle coach Deng Fang, the team's salary is reasonable, and the core Curry is humble and friendly. No matter what the head coach arranges, there will never be a single complaint.
The boss of the team is like this, and of course others will not have any ideas.
The Magic are far behind.
The Warriors took down the Magic without any effort!
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After the Magic are the Nuggets.
The Nuggets lost their core player Carmelo Anthony in the middle of last season, but they still made the playoffs.
Although Anthony is very good, the Nuggets also acquired many capable players through him.
Wilson Chandler, Raymond Felton, Danilo Gallinari, Timofey Mozgov and Costa Koufos are all good players.
Coupled with Ty Lawson, Afflalo, Nene, Faried and others, the Nuggets are still a force that cannot be ignored.
Especially in the regular season, with the geographical advantage of the Denver Plateau, the Nuggets' home court is quite difficult.
But in the face of absolute strength, all this is meaningless.
No matter how powerful a role player is, he is still a role player!
A thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find!
Even with the home court advantage, there can’t be too much difference in terms of strength!
When the two teams are about the same strength, home field advantage comes into play.
Especially the advantage of Plateau's home court is more meaningful when the opponent uses short rotation.
The opponent can only use three or four substitutes, and the five main players have to play for thirty or forty minutes. After playing for a long time, physical fitness problems will occur. In this case, your plateau advantage can be brought into play.
For a fourteen-man rotation team like the Warriors, the plateau advantage has no meaning at all.
In the fourth quarter of the game, the Warriors led by more than 30 points, but it seemed that the Warriors players were working harder than the Nuggets players and had more energy!
There's no way to play like this!
In the end, the Warriors won the game 132:109!
After two games of silence, Clay exploded in this game. He hit 5 three-pointers in the third quarter and 9 three-pointers in the game, scoring 38 points!
The reputation of the Splash Brothers gradually surfaced, and Clay's shooting ability was recognized by various teams.
Deng Fang’s vision is so vicious!
A No. 11 pick, a defender with little movement control ability, actually started in the defending champion team full of talents, and he still performed so well!
Deng Fang is so awesome!
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Winning the Nuggets gave the Warriors a 6-game winning streak and ranked first in the Western Conference.
On January 6, 2012, the Warriors ushered in the challenge of the Spurs at Oracle Arena.
The Spurs also have a undefeated record now, but because of small points, they are ranked second in the Western Conference.
I have to say that Popovich is really good. No matter how old the GDP is, as long as these three people are there and he is given a few useful role players, the Spurs can achieve a good record!
Last year, the Warriors unexpectedly broke their best record in the regular season and achieved an impressive 73 wins. However, even so, the Spurs were always trailing behind the Warriors, and it was not until the final stage of the regular season that the Warriors locked in the first place.
The same is true this year.
The Warriors started with a six-game winning streak, and the Spurs also won a six-game winning streak!
The Warriors won every game, and the Spurs only had one game where the winner was decided at the last moment.
If it weren't for the small points advantage, maybe the Spurs would still be ranked first in the Western Conference!
The biggest change for the Spurs this season is the introduction of several reliable outside shooters: Mills, Gary Neal, Danny Green, and Leonard.
Mills is 1.83 meters tall and relatively short, but he has a tough style, accurate shooting, and good movement control skills.
Gary Neal is 1.93 meters tall. He is an undrafted player and a pure pitcher.
Both of these two people's three-point shooting percentages are above 40%, which can give the Spurs enough space.
Danny Green came to the Spurs last season, but he only played 8 games in the regular season and played very little time in the playoffs, which is almost negligible.
However, this season Danny Green has been reused by Popovich, his playing time has increased dramatically, and he can often be seen in the final moments of games.
Danny Green's biggest strengths are three-pointers and defense.
The three-point shooting is not worse than Mills and Gary Neal, but the defense is much better. This is a standard 3D player.
Mills and Gary Neal only have 3, no D.
Danny Green has both 3 and D.
No wonder Mr. Popovich reused him!
Leonard was acquired by the Spurs in exchange for George Hill through a trade in the draft, and he is the key target of the Spurs' training.
Although he is a rookie, Leonard performed very well under the training of Mr. Pop, shooting 37.6% from three-pointers, and he was also very good on the defensive end.
Even as a rookie, Leonard's playing time ranks fourth on the team!
This shows that the Spurs attach great importance to Leonard!