Curry's absence will definitely have a huge impact on the Warriors' overall strength. However, without Curry, the Warriors are still the top team in the league. There is no doubt about this.
In the game against the Houston Rockets, Clay Thompson and Wang Feng formed a new splash brother. The two teamed up to score 62 points and led the Warriors to a 114:110 victory over the Rockets.
Thompson scored 38 points on 16-of-27 shooting, and Wang Feng scored 24 points on 9-of-17 shooting, winning their 32nd consecutive victory.
Facing such a Warriors team, the entire league was helpless and could only lament that this team was too strong.
Before the start of the season, the Warriors were only ranked third in the odds list for winning the championship. They had climbed to the top of the odds list for winning the championship as early as more than ten consecutive victories. No one could imagine how they would lose with such a team.
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With the end of the game against the Rockets, 2015 has passed and a brand new 2016 has arrived.
On January 2, 2016, the Warriors played their 33rd game of the season at home against the Denver Nuggets.
This is also a highly anticipated game, not because of how strong the Denver Nuggets are, but because as long as the Warriors win this game, they will officially tie the 33-game winning streak set by the Lakers!
Looking at the entire league, except for the Warriors and local team fans, no team is willing for the Warriors to break their winning streak.
The Lakers don't hope, after all, it is their first consecutive winning streak in history.
Other teams don't want it either, because it will make them look incompetent. Of the 29 teams in the league, none of them can stop the Warriors from winning 33 consecutive games! How wasteful is this?
However, whether they want it to happen or not is their business, and whether they can do it or not is the Warriors' business.
In this game, the entire Warriors team was deployed. Curry, who had taken a rest for a game, was in excellent condition and very active. In the first quarter alone, he made 6 of 7 shots and 4 of 5 three-pointers, scoring 18 points!
The Denver team was close to trying to stop Curry, even committing a big foul, but to no avail.
The Warriors are not only extremely sharp on the offensive end, but they also show suffocating defensive pressure on the defensive end!
The Nuggets currently lack offensive stars, and their offensive efficiency is extremely poor under the Warriors' defense. They only scored 13 points in the first quarter, while the Warriors scored 37 points in the first quarter.
The 24-point difference in the first quarter was not a three-quarter check-in, it was almost a one-game check-in.
In the second quarter, the Warriors slowed down slightly and only scored 28 points. The Nuggets also regained some feeling, scoring 34 points in a single quarter. The two teams entered the second half with an 18-point difference.
In the third quarter of the game, it was time to close the net.
For the Warriors, first Wang Feng took advantage of his opponent's quick transition between offense and defense and successfully hit two three-pointers. Then Curry and Thompson took turns attacking the basket and causing fouls. In the first few minutes, the Warriors directly blasted a wave of 12
:3's attack wave directly widened the point difference to 27 points.
The Nuggets couldn't take it anymore and replaced all their main players midway through the third quarter.
Seeing this situation, Cole also replaced Curry, Wang Feng and others. In the second half of the third quarter and the fourth quarter, the substitutes of the two teams happily racked up statistics, but the Warriors fans did not think so at all.
Instead, he was elated.
Before the game was over, they had already raised the banners they had prepared at home.
"33 consecutive wins! First in history!"
Although the 33-game winning streak after winning the Nuggets is tied with the Lakers for the first consecutive winning streak in history, it is also tied for first! This is enough to satisfy Warriors fans.
Of course, there are also fans who are not satisfied with this. They hope that the Warriors can exclusively enjoy the first winning streak in history. Coincidentally, the Warriors, from the management to the players and coaches, all have the same idea.
On January 4, the Warriors played against the Hornets at home, and it was still an unsuspecting massacre. Curry and Thompson both scored 30 points. Although Wang Feng only scored 15 points, he made 6 of 8 shots from the field, which was amazingly efficient!
111:101, and defeated the Hornets at the same time, achieving 34 consecutive victories! The first consecutive winning record in history!
"There is no doubt that this Warriors team is an extremely rare super team in the entire history of the league! It is unimaginable that there is such a team in the modern league. As long as the Warriors can ensure health and maintain the current depth of the lineup,
In the next few years, the league will be dominated by the Warriors!"
"Winning 34 consecutive victories, the Warriors successfully broke the first consecutive winning streak in history. What will they ultimately achieve this season? Will the Warriors, already 34 wins and 0 losses, break the 72 wins and 10 losses created by Jordan's Bulls?
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"Being in the same era as the Warriors is undoubtedly a disaster for other teams and players!"
Among the overwhelming praise and praise, there are of course some sour voices.
"34 consecutive wins? It's just a matter of luck, and I happened to be in a league with a tight hip. Can I win by just relying on three-pointers? If it were in the 1990s, no matter which team they encountered, the Warriors would be beaten.
Come on! Under the pressure of high-intensity defense, you want to shoot three-pointers so unscrupulously? Just dream!"
"Don't talk about the 1990s, even if they encounter the Heat of 2012, the Spurs of 2014, the Lakers of 2010, and the Celtics of 2009, this Warriors team is no match!"
This kind of thing is completely normal. Even if there is a team in the league with a regular season record of 82 wins and 0 losses, some people will still question whether it is a behind-the-scenes manipulation of the game, a deliberate new god-making movement by the league, or something like that.
There is never anything in this world that satisfies everyone.
The Warriors don't care about these comments. Anyway, as long as they can continue to win games, gain solid records, and set league records, that's enough.
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On January 5, the Warriors played their 35th game away from home against the Los Angeles Lakers.
This is also a game without much suspense. The Lakers have completely failed this season. They can accompany Kobe on a national "tour" with peace of mind to earn fans' affection. In order to get the No. 1 pick, they have never thought about winning.
, even if it is the victory that interrupts the first winning streak in the history of the Warriors.
109:88, easily won by 21 points, still the familiar clock out in three quarters.
Wang Feng scored 17 points on 6 of 13 shots in this game. His performance was quite satisfactory and there was nothing worth mentioning.
But during the game, an intriguing episode occurred.
Kobe Bryant did not play in this game due to knee soreness and had been sitting on the sidelines watching the game. However, after the game, he took the initiative to enter the game, shook hands with Wang Feng, talked and laughed.
"Hello Wang Feng, your performance is really good this season. I watched the game in which you scored 50 points. That mid-range shot over LeBron's head was really beautiful."
Wang Feng was a little flattered by Kobe Bryant's praise.