new lord of the rings

Chapter 207
At the beginning of the second half, the Hornets' defensive intensity began to decline. It is impossible to maintain a high-intensity defense all the time. If it can maintain a high-intensity, it is either the most critical game, or this is a top defensive team. Less than that, the Hornets have never been known for their defense.

So the Warriors' shooters began to explode. Curry, Thompson, and Zhang Xin teamed up to rain three-pointers. Coach Clifford's repeated adjustments failed to curb the Hornets' decline. By the end of the third quarter, the Warriors had already The point difference widened to 23 points!
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Hornets replaced all the starters and announced their abandonment of the game. Cole also replaced the starters and entered the rotation.

At the end of the game, the score difference was 132:106. The Warriors won by 26 points and won the season's No. 15 consecutive victories, tying the 1993-1994 Houston Rockets' opening [-]-game winning streak, tied for league history. Best start first!

The year when the Rockets set a record was also achieved as the defending team. The Rockets successfully defended the title that year, and the Warriors were also the defending team. This gave many people room to think. more and more voices.

This certainly gave the Warriors more confidence, but it also brought a lot of pressure. Looking up, it is already a situation where everyone is enemy. As long as it is a team that is interested in participating in the championship, it is bound to include the Warriors. defeated team.

It is conceivable how difficult the next game will be!

As long as a team with a bit of pursuit will be proud of defeating the Warriors, it will be a shortcut to build confidence by defeating the Warriors!
Curry said in an interview.

"Zhang Xin had expected this situation a long time ago. As early as the beginning of the season, Zhang Xin said that once we show our strength at the dominant level, we will face a situation where the world will be enemies, but we enjoy this feeling very much. Afraid of challenges!"

When the reporter asked Steve Kerr about this, Kerr said with a smile: "We are trying to become more competitive, we are not afraid of challenges, but the long season has just begun, what we need to consider is How to keep healthy, you must know that the way to defend the title is more about fighting injuries, if you can’t keep healthy, no matter how strong you are, you won’t be able to get to the end.”

When the reporter interviewed Zhang Xin, Zhang Xin was open to this matter.

"Everyone is saying that the Warriors will successfully defend their title this year. I want to say that this is our goal. You may say that I am not humble, but the current situation cannot be changed by me being humble." Zhang Xin smiled .

"We are not afraid of challenges. All the invading enemies need to understand that once they offend us, they will face our fierce blows. They also need to weigh the consequences. This is our persistence, regardless of arrogance or not."

"But we must admit that the season is still very long. This is destined to be a long and difficult process. We need to defeat many powerful enemies. The biggest enemy is injuries. Injuries are fiercer than tigers. No matter how strong a team is in the face of injuries When you are sick, you will become weak." Zhang Xin has a serious face when talking about injuries.

The Warriors have won 1972 consecutive victories, and now each win is a new record, but Zhang Xin's ambition is not limited to this. In Zhang Xin's plan, this is just the beginning. Next, he also wants to break the record for the most in NBA history. Long winning streak, created by the Lakers in 33, the longest winning streak in NBA history [-] consecutive victories!

This is much more difficult than the 15-game winning streak at the beginning. There are no weak teams in the NBA. It is extremely difficult to maintain focus, competitiveness, and hunger during this long season.

Moreover, the more victories in a row, the greater the burden on the players' hearts, and even cause the players to feel burnt out. Some teams will usher in a trough after winning multiple games in a row, and even usher in a series of losing streaks!
Therefore, Zhang Xin pays special attention to communicating with his teammates, and joins hands with Kerr to create a happy basketball for the Warriors, and constantly innovates and enjoys the way of practicing. pressure.

From the current point of view, the mental state of the Warriors' players is still very healthy. Although the winning streak has brought excitement to the players, under the guidance of Zhang Xin and Cole, this enthusiasm has been converted into enthusiasm for training. The training atmosphere of the Warriors is now Very strong.

Zhang Xin and Cole continue to use small goals one by one to break down the season, allowing the Warriors players to focus on the small goals one by one, so as to avoid the burnout caused by the long season.

If the husband does not fight and the temple counts as the winner, it must be counted as more;
Those who are invincible without a war must be counted as few.

More counting wins, less counting wins, let alone no counting!

Zhang Xin is like this step by step. While being a good player, he constantly gives advice to the coaching staff with an overall perspective. Cole admires Zhang Xin very much. Among the famous coaches in NBA history, he is admired by all ages.

While the outside world is immersed in the Warriors' 15-game winning streak, Zhang Xin is already thinking about his next opponent.

The next game is still a trip to the East. The Warriors will go to Detroit, the Motor City, to challenge the Pistons away.

This season's Pistons personnel changes are relatively large, Billups retired, Charlie Villanueva became a free agent, Josh Harrelson moved to Europe, signed free agents Kadir Martin, DJ Augustin, Caron Butler, Judy Meeks, et al.

Although the changes seem to be big, there is no change in strength. No big-name players are willing to come, and the veterans and role players recruited can only be topped in general games, which will not play a big role in improving the team's record.

In Zhang Xin's memory, the Pistons are still one of the bottom teams in the East this season.

The Pistons have a consistent defensive tradition, but for the Warriors, if it is not a team with both offense and defense, a team that only specializes in offense or defense, there is no way to beat them. Proven by numerous races.

In this way, there should be no problem in winning a new opening streak.

Thinking that he would lead the team to become the creator of the best opening record in NBA history, Zhang Xin couldn't help feeling emotional, feeling like he was lying drunk on the lap of a beautiful woman and waking up to take over the power of the world.

Thinking about the hard struggle for food and clothing in the previous life, but in this life he has already stood on the highest stage of basketball in the NBA, and he has left his own footprints for future generations to look up to. When I woke up, I thought it was just a dream.

(End of this chapter)