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Birthday night! Tang Shen’s 7-pointer fails to save the Warriors’ away game has become a dead spot for the defending champion – yqqlm

Original title: Tang Shen’s birthday night 7 pointer failed to save the Warriors away game became the place of death of the defending champion

On February 9th, Beijing time, the defending champion Golden State Warriors finally failed to get rid of the role of “bug away” They lost to the Trail Blazers Portland 122-125, bringing their two games winning streak. “God of Soup” Thompson, who celebrated his 33rd birthday, made 7 three-pointers and scored 31 points and 6 assists, but only scored 3 points in the fourth quarter.

This season, when the “Splash Brothers” match each other, Thompson averaged 19.4 points and 3.7 rebounds per game, and recorded only 3.9 three-pointers. But in Curry’s absence, Thompson was able to turn on the “Tang God” mode, averaging 27.2 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 5.1 three-pointers per game.

After making 12 three-pointers in the last game, Thompson continued his fiery touch. He hit two three-pointers in the first quarter, but “Tang Shen” was also forced to rest because he received two fouls quickly, and it affected the fire itself output.

Today is the night of Thompson’s 33rd birthday. Thompson grew up in Portland when he was a child. After all, his father is a famous Trail Blazers player, so Portland can be considered the hometown of “Tang God”. Along with the continued absence of “Cute God” Curry, Thompson is the absolute focus of this game.

When the Trail Blazers at home widened the point difference to more than 10 points at the start of the second quarter, Thompson began “Buddha light” mode. In the second quarter, Thompson made 4 three-pointers and scored 8 consecutive points. Relying on the hot performance of scoring 14 points in the second quarter, the Warriors scored 40-29 in one quarter of 11 points which they overtook successfully.

During halftime, Thompson only played 18 minutes, but he made 7 of 14 shots, 6 of 12 from three points, and his shooting percentage reached 50%. He scored 20 points without free throws. In the last 6 quarters, Thompson made 18 of 28 three-pointers, and his shooting percentage reached 64%. In short, “Tang Shen” is correct.

Of course, in addition to Thompson, Wiggins, Poole, and the substitute Di Vincenzo also help “Tang Shen” round up the spot The three of them scored in double figures in two quarters, especially “Pu’ er Tea” He scored 12. points in the quarter.

So far this season, the Warriors are in the top eight in the West, but the defending champion “bug away” is a fact. Before this game, the Warriors won only 7 away games, and there are only 4 teams in the league with less than 8 away games, and the Warriors are one of them. This is the Warriors’ first away game after Curry’s absence. If they can win away from home, it will be a big boost to the Warriors’ morale.

Unfortunately, the Warriors were still unable to defeat the demons in the end. In the last two quarters, the Warriors failed to score more than 30 points in a single quarter. Especially in the fourth quarter, Thompson only scored 3 points. in the fourth quarter is an indisputable fact. Currently, the Warriors have ended their two-game winning streak. In the absence of Curry, if they cannot find the “key” to win away games quickly, then they will fall out of the top eight, or even the top ten, and misses the playoffs.

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