Chapter 235: Oakland

The Spurs started their first six-game road trip since the All-Star break in Orlando. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Tired, that's why Spurs members feel first.

In just eight or nine days, they flew from the west to the south of the United States, then from the south to the north, and finally from the north to the west.

If you're cool, I'll ask you if you're cool, go around the United States, and you have to play a fierce game every time you go to a place, and you can be tired to death.

The Spurs' stamina reserves meant they couldn't balance winning and the health of their players, so in the end they had to take Ginobili's proposal to give up some games, and win three of the six away games.

They did exactly that, and after the Orlando win, the Spurs lost two games in a row, then another win and a defeat, and went down to 2-3 in five away games, just short of the last Golden State away game.

The Spurs' poor results should have been when the teams behind were frantically catching up, and who knew that the Clippers suddenly dropped the chain after the All-Star break.

Paul, who won the All-Star MVP, suddenly found that he couldn't lead the team, his teammates seemed to be starting to get lazy, an All-Star vacation seemed to make the Clippers lose motivation, and after the All-Star Game, the Clippers Gee four games were an embarrassing one win and three losses, and instead of chasing the distance with the Spurs, there was a feeling of being pulled farther and farther away.

Alas, this can't be blamed on Paul, the Clippers had an overwhelming 17-game winning streak before the All-Star break, and the league that played was called a change of color, and now it is normal to lack stamina, and the teammates on the All-Star holiday are too relaxed, like a taut bow suddenly loosened, and suddenly there is no accuracy.

Not only in the West, but also in the East, several giants have been unsatisfactory in several games after the All-Star, such as the Heat, which has a three-game losing streak, which is estimated to be the reason why the three main forces and coaches have not been fully rested.

Of course, the Spurs lost a few games unexpectedly and were complained about again, because Popovich's rotation was too obvious, the main team played less than half of the game and came down, and the eldest Uncle Deng simply played less than 10 minutes in each of the few games he gave up. With this level of large-scale water release, it is estimated that only Old Man Bobo dares to do this.

So, who does the league clean up if you don't clean up, so openly releasing water affects the ratings, it's no wonder that sometimes the Spurs' games basically don't have any big broadcasts, and there are no ratings at all.

Qin Yan's playing time has also been limited in these games, and he is actually the one who has not rested the most since the All-Star, if it weren't for the old man who used the convenience of the head coach to let him rest for a while during the game, Qin Yan's entire All-Star would have been busy to death.

Although in the game, Qin Yan really wanted to tell the old man that it was okay, I could, let me play, I can still play ten. But in line with the choice of treating everyone equally, the old man still resolutely let him sit on the bench.

So Qin Yan was also very helpless, so he could only watch the team lose the game that he was forced to give up on the bench.

However, Qin Yan will not have any dissatisfaction because of this, he knows that for the Spurs, who still have two injured players who have not returned, there can indeed be no more mistakes, otherwise it is easy for the whole team to fall into a strange circle of injuries.

This is a strategic abandonment, it can only be said that the league did do something on the schedule in order to suppress the Spurs.

After finally playing the first five games of the six-game streak, the Spurs are about to fly to the final leg of this expedition, Oakland, California.

Oakland? Many people may not know what this place is, because in the NBA's naming method of "city name + team name", there is no such thing as a certain team in Oakland.

Don't worry, just put it another way, the team that was supposed to be called Oakland is now called the Golden State Warriors, everyone should have heard of it now.

Yes, Golden State Warriors, although their place name is Golden State, but the specific city of the people is Oakland. Many fans must have fainted when they heard the news for the first time, what the hell? Golden State Warriors in Oakland? Where is this mess? What about the Golden State?

Hehe, in fact, Americans don't have this concern, because Golden State is just another name, and this place also has a name called California, that's right, the California of California Sunshine, one of the most important states in the southwest of the United States - California.

California, also known as California, Golden State, why is it famous, because there are many important cities here, such as Los Angeles, San Francisco (these two are really not the same place, many people are mixed), Berkeley, Oakland, Sacramento, San Diego, etc., of which Sacramento is also the capital of California.

It should be clear now, there are 4 NBA-level teams here, the Lakers and Clippers in Los Angeles, the Warriors in Oakland, and the Kings in Sacramento, but the Warriors have never been called the Oakland Warriors.

It was originally established in Philadelphia as the Philadelphia Knights to commemorate those who died in the American Revolution. Later, after moving to California, because of the gold rush in California, it had the title of Golden State, so the team also changed its name to Golden State Warriors, indicating a kind of inheritance of the original culture and history.

Qin Yan believes that he is not alone, if he doesn't know this history, his first reaction when he hears the Golden State Warriors is whether this team is in San Francisco or elsewhere, anyway, he will definitely not think of Oakland.

In Qin Yan's memory, the Warriors did not officially rise until two years later, and as Curry ushered in a new three-point era in the NBA, the Warriors led the small-ball style and changed the style of play throughout the league.

Of course, when Qin Yan crossed, the Warriors and Spurs officially became enemies because of the unhappiness in the 2017 Western Conference Finals.

Qin Yan looked at Xiao Ka, who was sleeping next to him, who would have thought that in his previous life, this taciturn young man was injured in Auckland in a very dangerous way in the first game of the Western Conference Finals in the first year of taking over Duncan's baton.

But this time, because of his appearance, he will definitely not let Xiaoka receive that kind of damage again.

Of course, the Warriors in the 12 years are not so powerful, Curry's three-point skills have not yet been promoted to the full level, Thompson is still a rookie, and the team is still in charge of the team I don't know who it is. And Bogut, who just came from the Bucks, and David Lee, who came from New York, both of them have the intention of robbing the boss, especially David Lee, who has always been quite the boss of these two pairs, and he also has that ability.

Qin Yan attaches great importance to this game, because if nothing else, Oakland will still be the biggest trouble for the Spurs in the future, so let's experience it first, take advantage of his illness and kill him!