At 9:00 a.m. on April 9, the NBA regular season will continue. Warriors will go to the road to challenge the sun. This is the last regular season match between the two sides. In the first three matches, warriors lead the sun 3-0.
Time: 09:00, April 9
Live address: http://sports.qq.com/kbsweb/game.htm? Mid = 100000:1470927
Expected starting lineup of both sides:
Warriors: Durant, green, clay Thompson, cook, McGee
Sun: Josh Jackson, Julius, house, bender, Chris
Battle record: warriors win 14 in a row against the sun
The warriors have won 14 consecutive games against the suns. Their last defeat was on November 10, 2014. They won 71 points in the first three games of the season.
The warriors just lost to pelican in 120-126 at home, and suffered two consecutive defeats. After this battle, the warriors' record fell to 57-23. With only two rounds left in the regular season, the warriors failed to achieve 60 wins in the regular season. This is the first time that the warriors did not win after coach Steve Cole (67-15 in 2014-15, 73-9 in 2015-16, 67-15 in 2016-17) 60 wins in the regular season.
In the first half of the game against the pelican, the warriors played very badly. They gave the pelican 40 points in the first quarter, which is the 7th time this season that the warriors lost at least 40 points in a single quarter, and six of them lost 40 + points in the first quarter. The warriors gave the pelican 67 points in the first half. In this game, the pelican shot 56.3% of the shots and 40.7% of the three-point shots.
"I think our efforts in the second half were much better than the first half, but the performance in the first half did a lot of harm to us," warrior manager Cole said after the game, "when the playoffs start, we will get new life, we will be OK, the playoffs for us is the beginning of the season. '
Kevin Durant played very well against the pelican, scoring 41 points and 10 rebounds, including 19 points in the crucial third quarter, but unfortunately failed to help the team win. Back to back against the sun is a big test for Durant's fitness. Durant wants to maintain this kind of good condition. He wants to play more aggressively. He needs to lead the team with full play and try to help the team through this period.
Back to back against the Suns, the warriors need Cray Thompson to keep touch, and he needs to continue to play a role in the offensive to help the team. Green, another giant of the team, also continues to play a full role in both attack and defense. He wants to continue this performance to drive the team. In the pelican game, cook's play is also very brilliant, the whole 14-8, 3-pointer 7-5, contributed 21 points and 7 assists, against the sun, cook to maintain state, continue to make their own contribution.