The strongest champion puzzle

Chapter 367 74 wins

After the Timberwolves came back from the timeout, the defense of both sides improved.

Neither side scored in the next two rounds. This was a torment and a test, and only the strong could stand it.

Towns wanted to make a shot from the inside, but was decisively flanked by the Warriors and caused a mistake. As the Warriors were also forced to stop the ball, there was no good shot.

When the game entered the last 20 seconds, Zhang Xiaotian caught the ball and leaned back inside, turned over and pulled it up.

It seemed a reckless choice, but the basketball fell into the basket with a beautiful arc in the air, with the demeanor of a superstar.

The Timberwolves chose to let Wiggins play singles for the last attack, and Zhang Xiaotian stood in front of the opponent calmly.

Wiggins first sat with his back twice, but felt a little immobile.

Time was passing quickly, and Wiggins turned around quickly. After a simple feint, Wiggins directly leaned on his body to break through to the right. After the two sides had physical contact, Wiggins squeezed against Zhang Xiaotian, almost Drift and throw the ball.

Playing with high difficulty, even so, Zhang Xiaotian will not hand over the defense to the basket.

He's more powerful, and Wiggins can jump up after the two of them touch each other, and of course he can.

Zhang Xiaotian completely blocked the opponent's shooting line. Wiggins also adjusted his position by feeling, but Zhang Xiaotian's fingers still rubbed the ball.

The basketball was partially removed, fell directly, and was caught by Draymond Green under the basket.

Draymond Green reacted quickly to the Timberwolves and immediately dribbled the ball to the bottom corner. When the opposing player reacted and rushed up to foul, time was up.

72 wins, tied the record for the strongest Bulls, but the season is not over yet.

The Warriors still have four games left in the season. Although it is a two-game battle between the Spurs and the Grizzlies, the Warriors are now in an unstoppable state.

73 wins, if the Warriors say they don't want to play anymore, people outside will not agree.

The expectation of a season has come to the present, whether it is fans or the media, there is a special feeling.

The Spurs and Grizzlies have a very innocent feeling. The Warriors have been a public enemy for a season, and suddenly they became heroes, and they became villains.

"What do you do if you get beat? Does winning get you anything? That's why winning streaks mean nothing, maybe a cup of coffee or something."

Popovich has his style when facing reporters, what he really thinks in his heart is probably unknown to others.

Zhang Xiaotian felt that Popovich would not command the team and the Warriors to work hard. If he could win, he would win, and if he couldn’t win, he would not force it. The Warriors would do their best because of historical records. The Spurs really didn’t need it, and the playoffs were more realistic.

On April 4th, it was the Warriors' home court again.

The Warriors were a little excited at the beginning, and they didn't play very well on the offensive end, but their defense was very good.

Especially Draymond Green's defense against Aldridge pinched the Spurs inside.

The current feeling of GDP is completely soy sauce, and the Spurs also performed well with Leonard, competing with Zhang Xiaotian on both ends of the offense and defense.

It's hard to imagine that this is the second-best team in the league.

The Warriors established a double-digit lead in the first half. In the third quarter, Curry exploded and the game ended early.

73 wins, so difficult and so easy.

Popovich kept roaring on the sidelines during the game, but the old man may be acting, maybe it is true, but the Spurs may be more tiring than the Warriors to get the second place in the league in the regular season.

Michael Jordan sent a congratulatory message to congratulate the Warriors for breaking the 72-win record.

Jordan said in a statement: "I want to congratulate the Warriors for an amazing season. The game of basketball is always evolving, and records are made to be broken. The Warriors' style of play is pleasing to the eye, and I look forward to seeing them in the playoffs." Performance."

"I told my players that record will never be broken," Kerr said happily. "Now, I'm going to say it again. I don't think it will be broken."

In Zhang Xiaotian’s interview, as always, “The 73 wins are just incidental to me. What I care about is always the championship. As for whether the team will continue to improve the record, it depends on the situation.”

After winning 73 wins, the team seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and set their sights on the playoffs again.

On April 4, the Warriors lost to the Grizzlies in an away game. No one of the main players played for more than 9 minutes, which made fans and the media who were still looking forward sigh.

The next day, they lost again on the road to the Spurs, ending a season without a losing streak at the last minute.

On April 4, most people's attention was on Kobe's last game. Kobe lived up to expectations and scored 13 points, a perfect curtain call for his career.

On this day, the Warriors quietly raised the season win record to 74 games at home.

It wasn't intentional, it was just won by the way in the last game before the playoffs to determine the status.

The Jazz lost to the Lakers in the last battle, and they also ranked ninth in the Western Conference by one game and missed the playoffs.

In the East, the Heat and the Eagles lost at the same time, and the Celtics and Wizards lost at the same time, which also kept their rankings unchanged even though their records were exactly the same.

The Warriors are No. [-] in the Western Conference, and their opponent in the first round of the playoffs is the eighth-ranked Rockets.

This is also a group of duels that are very popular with fans across the ocean. Zhang Xiaotian also accepted an exclusive interview with Xu Yi.

The Rockets' record this season is not good, but the lineup is not bad.

It's just that their defense has dropped a bit compared to last season.

At the end of the season, they traded Josh Smith, the hero of last year's playoffs, and signed Beasley, who finished the league on the other side of the ocean.

The combat power of the two should still be there, it depends on how the head coach uses it.

But if they still can't defend against the Warriors, they will certainly not have any miracles.

On April 4, the playoffs of the 16-2015 season started.

The first game between the Warriors and the Rockets also started at the Warriors' home stadium in Oakland. In order to deal with the Warriors, the Rockets specially lowered the height of the starting lineup, and put Corey Brewer in the starting lineup to play the first and fourth juniors.

It is difficult for the outside world to understand this kind of initiative to give up their own advantages and plan to fight the Warriors with a small lineup. Anyway, Rockets coach Bickerstaff is also a temporary one, and he probably thinks too much.

With the lineup of the Warriors, everyone who imagined that they could learn from the barbarians to control the barbarians died miserably.

In the first quarter of the game, Curry exploded and directly blasted the Rockets. In the first half, the Warriors led by nearly 30 points, turning the entire second half into garbage time. The performance of the two teams did not seem to be in the playoffs. .

But under the "mad dog" defense of Rockets guard Beverley, Curry's feet appeared uncomfortable.

Although the Warriors said after the game that Curry's injury was not a problem, there was an accident in the first game, which cast some shadows on the Warriors' playoffs.

(End of this chapter)