The Basketball Court Swordsman

On January 27, 2018, at the final moments of the Pelicans' home game against the Rockets, Cousins, who had just been selected to the All-Star starting lineup, was accidentally injured when he was fighting for an offensive rebound after a missed free throw!

With nine seconds left in the game, the Pelicans 113 to 109, leading the Rockets by 4 points away. In order to keep the victory in the game, Cousins ​​played his life to fight for the ball. But this time fighting, let his huge body of 122 kilograms crash to the ground...

With the support of his teammates, Cousins ​​with a painful face left the field. Then came the unfortunate news from the Pelicans locker room-Cousins ​​ruptured Achilles tendon, reimbursed for the season, and the recovery period is predicted to be about a year.

One year later, Staples, Los Angeles, January 19, 2019.

DeMarcus Cousins ​​finally returned to the court, and his return has attracted the attention of everyone in the world who likes basketball.

After all, he is now a member of the Golden State Warriors. Last season, the Golden State Warriors defeated the Pacers in the tie-break and lost the championship. But they are actually only so short of victory.

And this season, people believe. As long as DeMarcus Cousins ​​can play 70% of his previous strength, the Warriors will have no problem with attacking the Pacers. After all, the Pacers lost Chris Paul this summer.

Moreover, in the absence of Cousins, the Warriors lineup is already luxurious enough. And now there is an additional All-Star center, just to fill the Warriors' weakness in the inside, which allows the Warriors to easily defeat most opponents.

According to statistics, the last time a team had 5 All-Stars in NBA history was the 1975-76 season 43 years ago!

At the time, the Celtics’ starting five were Dave Cowens, Jojo White, Charlie Scott, John Havlicek and Paul Silas. They were all selected the previous season. All-star lineup.

In that season, the Boston Celtics finally defeated the Phoenix Suns 4-2 in the 1975-76 finals to win the championship.

And this lineup of the Warriors appears when no player on the team has ever been selected to the All-Star Clippers, it will make people feel a little unfair!

But competitive sports itself is not absolutely fair. Will the NBA usher in the finale ahead of schedule? This game will be very telling.

In the beginning, some fans who did not like the Warriors still had a fluke. They believe that after the Achilles tendon ruptured, Cousins ​​could not remain in the previous state.

After all, a ruptured Achilles tendon is not a minor injury. Even Kobe, the omnipotent, once fell on his knees in front of a ruptured Achilles tendon.

However, Cousins ​​showed a strong aggressiveness as soon as he played. You don't even see that he is a person who has been away from the game for a year, but more like a beast that has not eaten meat for a long time!

At the beginning of the game, Cousins' offensive desire was extremely strong. He is not afraid of confrontation in the penalty area, and beat the Clippers Gao Tagot. Although the storm eventually ended in failure, this offense was enough to show Cousins' determination.

Sure enough, for the second attack, Cousins' efforts paid off.

After receiving Durant's wonderful pass, he cut directly to the basket and then staged a dunk!

This dunk was so heavy that it seemed to vent all his frustrations in the past year.

In my contract year, I suffered a serious injury, lost the All-Star starter, and no news about my next job...All kinds of troubles are coming. It must be the test of having the body of the first center but having the "elementary mind". Sins was even more clueless.

The past year Cousins ​​has been like a drowning man. At this time, as long as someone stretches out a rescue hand, he will definitely hold on to it.

The Warriors stretched out that hand, and Cousins ​​now used a dunk to grab the Warriors' stretched hand tighter!

The moment Cousins ​​completed the dunk, the Warriors bench went crazy. All the players almost jumped up, and everyone's expressions were full of bright spots! The actor Iguodala jumped directly near the bottom line and did a solo dance... Seeing this twilight, the fans at the Clippers' home court even burst into cheers for the opponent player!

Cousins ​​started his warrior career in his favorite way.

Afterwards, Cousins ​​still maintained a good performance. The rest of the Warriors also gave face to face, feeding Cousins ​​frequently.

It can be seen that Cousins ​​and the Warriors' system is still unfamiliar. But considering that this is Cousins' first game since his comeback, his performance can be considered very good.

In the end, Cousins, who was overly excited, left the field for 6 fouls. Although he played only 15 minutes in the game, he surrendered 14 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 blocked all-around data, filling the data sheet.

Cousins ​​is still the same Cousins, he is still the familiar all-around insider, and the "first center under the neck".

Bad condition? Can't integrate into the warrior system? None of these problems appeared in Cousins.

In the end, the Warriors also defeated Staples, which was a civilian-oriented Clippers. After the game, the commentators exclaimed, "The NBA finale has arrived!"

At the same time, at the Dallas American Airlines Center Arena, the Pacers and Mavericks game has ended.

99 to 111, although the Pacers old Wesley. Matthews scored 17 points in one fell swoop in order to show an outstanding performance in front of Henson. But when Doncic was defended by only 8 points and there was a big gap between the strength of the lineups of both sides, the Mavericks eventually lost the game at home.

After the game, Henson and Dirk embraced each other amicably. These two people who will retire after playing this season blessed each other respectively.

Afterwards, Henson had a few words with Wesley Matthews. Although it has been many years since leaving the Pacers, Matthews' respect for Henson has not changed. This undrafted pick is very clear, if there is no Henson, he might not have a career.

After separating from these two people, the reporters finally came. Henson looked at the cameras in front of him. He already knew why reporters were so excited.

Because of what happened at Staples, Henson already knew it!

"Coach Henson, congratulations to your team for winning this game. But at this time at Staples, the Golden State Warriors also won the game. Moreover, Cousins, who had just returned from injury, scored 14 in one fell swoop. With 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, what do you think of this game?"

Sure enough, when the reporter opened his mouth, he asked questions about the Warriors.

"I'm very happy that Cousins ​​can get back to health, congratulations." Henson smiled, but his heart was not so calm.

"After the game, Cousins ​​claimed that he would help the Warriors get what belongs to them. There is no doubt that this is alluding to the championship. Do you think this is his provocation to you?"

"Provocative? No, he was just cheering himself up."

"Coach Henson, on January 28th, you will face an extremely five-star Warrior. Do you think your team can win that game?"

In the first two questions, Henson answered very decisively. But when faced with this problem alone, Henson was stunned.

It wasn't that he was scared, but because he really didn't know how many catties the five-star warriors had. After all, a victory in a game cannot explain any problems.

So Henson answered honestly, "I don't know."

However, this answer was misinterpreted by the reporters for Henson's fear!

In the next few days, the momentum of the Warriors and Cousins ​​remained strong. On January 21, the Warriors beat the Lakers 130 to 111. Cousins ​​had 8 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, and was still all-around.

On January 24, the Warriors beat the Wizards 126 to 118, Cousins ​​had 17 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block, continuing to be strong!

On the 26th, the Warriors defeated the mighty Eastern Celtics 115 to 111.

Both sides played to the last moment of the game, and Cousins ​​made a key shot. In the end, Cousins' data was 15 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, which was as comprehensive as ever!

So far, since Cousins' return, the Golden State Warriors have not yet failed, and they have always maintained comprehensive data. If it weren't for Steve Kerr to deliberately limit his playing time, his statistics would only look better!

After the Warriors and Celtics match, their next opponent is the Pacers! This game is also the most important game in the entire NBA in January!

And so hard to die, the Pacers lost the ball before this game. On January 26, the Pacers were upset by the Grizzlies, and they were killed by Mike Conley's three-pointer at the last moment. The Memphis Grizzlies have also become the fourth team this season to defeat the defending champion.

The Pacers' loss, coupled with Henson's previous uncertain answer to the question of "can beat the Warriors", made reporters seize the handle and make a fuss.

Therefore, on January 27, the day before the war between the Warriors and the Pacers, eSPN published a preview of the battle between the two sides.

The enlarged and bold headline of this article is very eye-catching-"The Golden State Warriors will make the Indiana Pacers tremble!"

Henson shook his head. He just said that he didn't know whether he could defeat the Warriors, but he was afraid of the Warriors without saying.

Who makes anyone tremble, but not necessarily.