After a series of critical hits from the Green Shirts and the Holy City Spurs, the Golden State Warriors were once again in the haze of losing streaks. It is undeniable that the sudden injury of the current star Curry has indeed brought a lot of impact to this team, and the team's offensive aggression has not been as good as before. Yes, Dream Green's comeback did not help the team bring about a significant change. In this game, head coach Cole pulled the team to Orlando, away to the Magic team located there.
As a team in the rebuilding phase, the Magic have been bullied by the rest of the league this season. In the process of playing against the Golden State Warriors, they showed tenacious willpower, and at the beginning of the game, the Orlando Magic, which played at home, took the lead in entering the state and took the initiative to take the lead. Cole Anthony made 3-of-4 three-point shooting in the first quarter, delivering 9 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, and Wagner also had 8 points, 2 assists and 1 steal. With the two of them in succession, the Magic team took advantage of the trend to play a 25-17 score, taking an 8-point lead.
Entering the second quarter of the showdown, the Golden State Warriors players are still not in a very good state, and they have not been able to quickly achieve a counterattack. The two sides tied 21-21 in the second quarter, allowing the Magic to maintain an eight-point lead. Yi Bian fought again, and the players on the Warriors side returned to their state one after another and launched a strong counterattack. Clay sent 7 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 block in the third quarter, and Poole handed over 12 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, helping the team to play a 36-19 score, not only recovering the 8 points behind in the first half, but also achieving a 9-point reversal.
The situation has finally reversed, and the Warriors are still the expected championship winning team. But what people never expected was that in the competition that entered the key final quarter, the Magic team in a backward state did not choose to give up, and was still making a final effort to try to achieve an upset counterattack. In the fourth quarter of the regular time competition, the magic team is full of soldiers, and can also achieve points. By the end of the regular minute, they had also achieved a one-point comeback with a score of 86-85. In the final decisive stage, the Magic team was able to stabilize the situation and achieve the feat of upset counterattack with a score of 94-90, winning the game.
Looking back at the game, the Warriors' home star Curry was absent due to injury, and Klay, Poole and Wiggins were not in good shape. Among them, Clay played 32 minutes in a single game, shot 6 of 15, and only delivered 15 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, which was very average. Although Poole sent a game-high score of 26 points, as well as 2 rebounds and 6 assists, the performance of 4 mistakes in a single game was still slightly crotch-pulling. There is also Wiggins, who once maintained a stable data output, did not continue to prove himself in this game, but only sent 13 points and 8 rebounds with a poor shooting rate of 5 of 19 shots.
However, the Warriors' starting players did not perform very well, but the players on the bench did well. Cumminga sent 14 points and 5 rebounds on 6-of-8 shooting in a single game, and Otto Porter also contributed a double-double with 14 points and 15 rebounds. After a 13-point comeback in the final quarter, the Warriors once again suffered a three-game losing streak. The results of the facts have proved that the more critical the moment, the more we cannot take it lightly and underestimate the ability of our opponents. Yes, the Magic are in the rebuilding phase and have been bullied by the rest of the league this season, but as the old saying goes, rabbits bite when they are in a hurry.