Chapter 275 tie the record(1/2)
On February 1, the Warriors, who have won 32 consecutive games, will usher in a game where they tied the Lakers' 33-game winning streak.
NBC also temporarily adjusted the Warriors vs. Phoenix Suns game, and changed it to a national live broadcast.
There is no suspense about this game. NBC's live broadcasts were mainly for the moment when the Warriors tied the record.
Breaking records is a historic moment, and the same is true for tied.
Just look at the reactions of Luocheng media in the past two days-
Since the Warriors won the Supersonics, the Luocheng media has been so anxious that the eunuchs are so anxious that they are furious.
But it's useless to be anxious. The remaining two teams that can block the Warriors have nothing to do with Luocheng.
Don’t say it doesn’t matter, even if you have to make some connections, it’s the relationship between the opponent.
Neither the Suns nor the Spurs have any reason to help the Lakers block the Warriors.
Of course, the Suns or the Spurs themselves don't want to lose such a focus battle.
That night, at the Auckland Stadium, Lin Xing and Kidd met.
Kidd is different from Payton. As soon as he met, he asked:
"The outside world thinks we will lose, I guess you think so too?"
Lin Xing was a little confused, but he nodded.
In Lin Xing's opinion, the sun in front of him, no matter where he looks, it doesn't seem to be able to defeat the Warriors.
Kidd followed: "This is our opportunity!"
Lin Xing smiled, he knew what Kidd meant.
The Warriors' underestimation is the Sun's chance.
But the question is, will the Warriors really underestimate the enemy?
The 33-game winning streak is approaching. Even if the Warriors feel that their opponent is vulnerable, they will not underestimate them every minute.
Just look at the starting lineup that Old Nelson has arranged! You will understand-
Center Alonzo Mourning, power forward Lin Xing, small forward Byron Russell, shooting guard John Starks, point guard Charlie Ward.
This set of starters looks a bit strange, but it is very targeted.
The main reason is that the Warriors' regular starting power forward big-forward during this period, their offense is really bad.
With Donyel Marshall, the defense will be missed again.
After thinking about it, Old Nelson had no choice but to push Lin Xing to the fourth position and use Charlie Ward's move.
Morning protects the frame, Lin Xing faces the Suns' No. 2 scorer Danny Manning this season, Byron Russell faces the Suns' No. 3 scorer Clifford Robinson, and Starks faces the Suns' No. 1 scorer Rex Chapman.
Finally, it was Charlie Ward who disliked his attack.
The Warriors' starting lineup has the upper hand in defense in five positions, except for Mo Ning, the rest are all human-to-hunting.
And this is the best defensive method for a team that is very good at blooming more points on the offensive end when facing the Suns.
At the beginning, the man-to-man defense, the Suns started offensive trio, and each faced high-intensity counter-attack.
When Danny Manning saw that it was Lin Xing who was guarding him, he immediately had no idea.
Clifford Robinson has been pioneering in the past and has had a fight with Byron Russell.
He knew that the opponent's defense was excellent. Of course, what Clifford Robinson was more worried about was Lin Xing or Mourning behind Russell.
So, he didn't have the idea of attacking at the beginning.
However, the unknown Rex Chapman, who was not famous, had a beautiful tail-swing in the run without the ball, and then took the basketball from Kidna after a sudden brake.
When he raised his hand and scored a three-pointer, Starks followed him again and gave him a solid interference.
Bang-!
The Warriors' man-to-man defense played a role, but the offensive end was still the one who locked in the victory.
On the offensive end, Lin Xing's single breakthrough, the one who is against him is not someone else, but his good brother Kidd.
Kidd had no choice. He was the best one-on-one single defense in the Suns.
Danny Manning didn't make a living by defending, and Clifford Robinson is old and has little energy.
As for Rex Chapman? White, 1.93 meters registered height, defense? What is that?
Lin Xing broke through Kidd's defense for three consecutive rounds, and each round was easily succeeded.
He was in excellent condition and forced the Sun to have no brains to guard him, but after he had no choice but to guard him, Mo Ning exploded again.
In this game, the biggest difference in position is the center position.
Mourning's opponent is two pseudo-main players, one is Mark Bryant, who is 2.06 meters tall inside.
The other is Hort Rod Williams, a center who is 2.11 meters tall.
These two combined are not enough for Mo Ning to fight alone.
Halfway through the game, the Warriors led by nearly 20 points.
Commentary seat, Mike Brin shook his head: "Sure enough, the Phoenix Suns can't stop this warrior..."
Many people have thought of the ending of the Sun that cannot stop the Warriors.
But in the end, the Warriors actually won the game and announced the next 33-game winning streak, tying the 33-game winning streak set by the Lakers in 1972, everyone still had an incredible expression.
"The Warriors tied a record of 33 consecutive victories, this is a historic moment!"
At a historic moment, the Warriors had no intention of celebrating.
Amid the warm cheers of the audience, Lin Xing just waved to the sidelines.
Immediately, he and his teammates went to the sidelines and prepared to leave.
Of course, before leaving, Lin Xing had some other things to do.
For example, come to Kidd and have a few chats.
"I heard you left overnight?"
"Well, the team's arrangement."
"There are arrangements for other teams. Auckland is your hometown. If you go back to your hometown, you won't go home for a night?"
"No, I met my dad during the game."
Lin Xing and Kidd are childhood friends, and he and Kidd's father are also very familiar with him.
Whenever the Warriors fight with Kidd's team, Lin Xing would always ask Jeff Austin to give Kidd's father a few front-row tickets to the Oakland Stadium.
In this game, Kidd's father was also on the scene.
Lin Xing shook his head and patted Kidd on the shoulder: "That's it, I'm still waiting for me to be interviewed!"
Kidd smiled and finally said, "Congratulations, Stah, you won the record of 33 consecutive wins, but this is a shared record. I hope you and your team can enjoy this record exclusively in the next game."
Lin Xing also smiled, he knew what Kidd meant.
Congratulations, it may indeed be from the heart.
But Kidd still had some thoughts: "Don't worry, we will beat the Spurs. If we win the Spurs, we will help you return to fifth in the Western Conference."
The war between the Suns and the Spurs began in the late 1990s.
This season, the original history was a battle between four and five, but now it is a battle between five and six.
The fierce competition in the West has led to the record of these two teams reaching the middle of the season, and there are not many differences.
A win or loss of one or two games is enough to determine the ranking at the end of the season.
Lin Xing didn't take the Sun Thorns battle to heart. He knew that the sun led by Kidd would not survive for long.
Kidd has been doing proof questions in the first few seasons of his career, but he can't prove himself no matter how he is.
It was not until later that he went to the Nets and led the team to the finals that he won the title of a super giant.
After becoming a super giant, the voices of questioning him became even louder...
Back to this game, Lin Xing turned around and appeared in front of the sideline reporter Craig Sager.
In short, the focus of this post-match interview is Lin Xing’s words:
"It's not time to celebrate yet, because we will definitely enjoy this record next."
...
Because Popovich and Old Nelson have a good personal relationship, the Warriors and the Spurs have no conflicts.
But everything started this season and changed-
In short, Popovich left Old Nelson at the invitation of the Spurs.
But I have to admit that there are some ideological differences between the two.
At that time, old Nelson was devoted to the offense.
To be continued...