On January 13, 2015, the Warriors challenged the Nuggets away from home.
Historically, the Warriors' main inside player Draymond Green was on a truce in this game. In the end, the Warriors lost to the Nuggets 110-112. While ending their 7-game winning streak, they suffered their third loss of the season.
Because Barnes had just come back not long ago, he did not start. Instead, Brandon Rush continued to start. Coupled with Green's truce, historically the Warriors' starting lineup for this campaign was Brandon Rush and Jason Thompson.
, Bogut, Klay Thompson, Curry.
The Nuggets' starting lineup is Gallinari, Faried, Jokic, Gary Harris, and Nelson.
Historically, the main reason for the defeat in this game was that the Warriors relaxed their vigilance and underestimated the Nuggets.
This season the Nuggets have indeed broken up and rebuilt, and their record is not good, but they are all soldiers. Although there is no one who takes the lead, they are all very strong. When encountering a top team like the Warriors, the young people of the Nuggets all have thoughts.
You have to prove your mentality when playing, you fight very hard and it's very difficult to deal with.
Of course, in addition to Green's absence, the impact of Denver Plateau is also a reason.
At the beginning of the first quarter, the Warriors were in very unsatisfactory condition. On the other hand, the Nuggets led 9-3 under the leadership of Gallinari. After that, the Warriors found their offensive touch, and Thompson scored consecutively, helping the visiting team close the point difference. But soon
The Nuggets launched another 12-2 attack wave, instantly widening the point difference to double digits. At the end of this quarter, the Warriors struggled to catch up, but at the end of the quarter, as Mudiay hit a free throw, the Nuggets were 32-32
25 is still ahead.
In the second quarter, the Warriors' offense gradually increased, and the two sides started a tug-of-war. After halftime, the Warriors closed the point difference to 1 point.
After the change of sides, the Warriors once achieved a lead, but the Nuggets broke out again in the second half of the third quarter. Button hit a three-pointer, and the Nuggets set off an offensive climax. After three quarters, the home team continued to lead 83-73.
In the last quarter, the Warriors woke up like a dream. The scores of Curry, Barnes and others helped the Warriors close the point difference to single digits several times. Entering the last minute, Curry hit a difficult three-pointer. Then the Warriors defended again.
He missed Gallinari's layup, but then Curry was intercepted by Gallinari and missed a good opportunity to equalize or even take the lead. After that, Klay Thompson hit a three-pointer and helped the Warriors stay alive. It's just a pity that he
The final three-point shot missed.
In the end, at the end of the game, the Warriors lost to the Nuggets 110-112, suffering their third loss of the season.
For the Warriors, Curry scored 38 points, 9 assists and 5 rebounds, but also committed 8 turnovers. Klay Thompson scored 17 points, Bogut had 15 points and 7 rebounds, and substitute Barnes had 18 points.
For the Nuggets, Gallinari scored 28 points, Gary Harris had 19 points and 7 rebounds, Arthur had 18 points and 11 rebounds, and Patton had 21 points and 6 rebounds.
It can be seen from the historical loss of this game that Green's role cannot be underestimated!
Green's role is mainly reflected on the defensive end. Only with him in the Warriors' defensive system can it operate smoothly. Otherwise, it will be difficult for the Warriors to defend their opponents!
In addition, one of Green's functions is to organize the team. To put it bluntly, he is to deal cards at the top of the key and pick and roll with Curry for secondary distribution.
Don't underestimate this. Without Green, Curry has a very difficult time playing and makes a lot more mistakes.
Since the main reason for the loss of this game in history was Green's absence, Deng Fang will not repeat the same mistake. He did not let Green rest in this game, and the Warriors were the regular starters.
With Green, the Warriors were immediately different on the defensive end. The Nuggets' offense stagnated. In turn, the Warriors' offense was much better, and Curry played much more easily.
Not to mention anything else, no one can replace Green's role in just defending Faried's frontcourt and dealing cards at the top of the key.
The two teams were locked in a stalemate for a few minutes in the first quarter, and Curry opened the score instantly. In the second quarter, the two teams saw each other repeatedly. Two minutes before the end of the half, Clay made three consecutive three-pointers to directly open the point difference to 15 points!
The Nuggets felt good at the beginning of the third quarter. Several consecutive three-pointers and counterattacks narrowed the point difference to 1 point. However, the Splash Brothers soon showed their power. The two jointly contributed 5 three-pointers, plus Bogut's alley-oop.
With a dunk, the point difference widened to 15 points.
At the end of the third quarter, the score became 89:72, with the Warriors leading by 17 points.
In the fourth quarter, the Warriors' bench performed well and the point difference remained unchanged. When the starters came back, Kuchai's connection was activated, and the Warriors showed off their power from the outside. The point difference immediately opened to more than 20 points, and the game completely lost its suspense.
In the end, the Warriors defeated the Nuggets 119:98, winning their 39th consecutive victory!
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On January 14, the Warriors returned to their home court to face the Lakers in back-to-back games.
The Lakers have nothing to pursue this season. Their first task is to cooperate with Kobe Bryant's retirement tour. In the end, after the whole game was played, the Warriors easily defeated the Lakers 116-98 and won their 40th consecutive victory.
In fact, in the last quarter of the game, the Warriors once widened the point difference to 20 points, and the suspense of the outcome of the game was lost. But even so, Lakers coach Scott still sent Kobe back to the court.
In this regard, Scott also explained after the game: "In fact, I did it for the fans, and also to give him the opportunity to accept the cheers of the fans."
For the Lakers, Kobe continued to play even though his shoulder injury and Achilles tendon injury had not recovered, and completed his final performance at Oracle Arena. Kobe made 4 of 15 shots and scored 8 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block.
Lou Williams scored 21 points, Clarkson scored 22 points, substitute Russell had 14 points, and Randle had 14 points and 9 rebounds.
For the Warriors, Curry played 3 quarters, scored 26 points, and made 8 of 16 three-pointers. So far this season, Curry has hit at least 8 three-pointers in 8 games.
Among other players, Thompson scored 12 points, substitute Barnes had 12 points, Livingston had 17 points, and Barbosa had 15 points.
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Two days later, on January 16, the Warriors visited Detroit to challenge the Pistons.
Historically, the Warriors lost to the Pistons 95-113 in this game, suffering their fourth defeat of the season.
Historically, this game was the first time the Warriors lost with full personnel this season.
In this game, Curry had 38 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals. Thompson had 24 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist. Ezeli had 10 points, 10 rebounds and 5 blocks. Other than that, everyone else's performance was not very good. Green only had 5 points and 5 blocks.
A performance with rebounds and 9 assists.
Drummond of the Pistons had 14 points, 21 rebounds and 3 blocks, Morris had 16 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 blocks, Jackson had 20 points and 8 assists, and Pope had 20 points and 5 rebounds.
The Warriors' starting five are Barnes, Green, Bogut, Klay Thompson, and Curry, while the Pistons' starting five are Morris, Ilyasova, Drummond, Pope, and Jackson.
In terms of strength, this Pistons is not that strong. In the end, they were only ranked eighth in the Eastern Conference this season. They were swept out by the Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs. Historically, the main reason for the Warriors' losses was to underestimate their opponents.
It's just that the Pistons performed really exceptionally well.
All Deng Fang needs to do is to fight to prevent his teammates from slacking off, but there is nothing else he can do.
After several years of training as a head coach, Deng Fang is still good at playing chicken. Of course, more importantly, Deng Fang has enough prestige that all the players listen to him.
Before the game, Deng Fang repeatedly emphasized: "We must pay attention to this game and pick up the energy of the finals. It doesn't matter even if the injury ends in the season!"
"Remember, if you want to go up and fight, don't regard us as the defending champions, but dare to fight our opponents hard!"
"There are no underdogs in the NBA. If you underestimate your opponents, you will definitely be punished!"
"We want to make history. In this case, we must show a historical level of concentration and go all out against any opponent!"
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With Deng Fang's chicken blood, the Warriors' concentration has increased to the top. Everyone went all out from the beginning, fighting hard for every ball, and the quality of pick-and-roll screens was extremely high!
Seeing the Warriors' momentum, the Pistons were confused: What are you doing? Are you crazy?
Have you made a mistake? We are ranked ninth in the Eastern Conference and are an underdog team. You are the defending champion. It is us who have to prove ourselves. It is us who should fight hard, not you!
It’s just a regular season game and your goal is the championship. Aren’t you afraid of getting injured? Is it worth the effort?
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In terms of strength, the Pistons can't compete with the Warriors. As long as they don't lose to the Pistons in terms of effort and focus, the Warriors can't lose.
With the Warriors fully committed, they led by 15 points in the first quarter, and pursued the victory in the second quarter. At the end of the half, the Warriors already led by 25 points!
In the third quarter, Curry, Klay and others only played for more than 5 minutes. The Warriors' three-pointer rain directly opened the point difference to 33 points, and the game completely lost its suspense.
In the end, the Warriors defeated the Pistons 129:91, winning 41 consecutive games!
Curry and Clay only played 29 minutes in the end, clocking out in three quarters, and then sat on the bench relaxed and happy pretending to be weird.
If we lose like history, it will not only have a negative impact on the team's morale, but the players will also not be able to rest.
Facts have proved that the result of fighting with full strength and full strength is better than taking turns to rest!
