sábado, 25 de febrero de 2017

Ep.27: The Kingslayers

Even though they managed to steal a win the previous game against Memphis and thus keep their winning streak alive, The Brotherhood travelled west to face a team famous for defeating the "best" teams: the Golden State Warriors. "The Kingslayers" had defeated twice the Lakers (2nd in the West), the Clippers (1st in the West) and Chicago (3rd in the East). Now they wanted to add another name to the fallen in the Oracle Arena, the hurt Philadelphia 76ers.

They don't have a bad team. Chris Mullin, Brandon Roy, Jerry Lucas, Greg Monroe and Jarrett Jack start every night, and they have bench players like David Lee, Andrew Bogut, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Toni Kukoc and Steve Kerr.
Chris Mullin is the star and leader of
The Kingslayers

The 76ers wouldn't have an easy game at the Oracle. Added to the Warriors' offensive power, this would be the first match without Alonzo Mourning in the floor, as he was hurt in the previous game against the Grizzlies.

The start of the match was an absolute blowout. The Warriors abused the 76ers' poor paint defence, and embraced theirs thanks to Monroe, Lucas and Bogut. Allen Iverson had a good start, scoring 16 points, but the 76ers finished the first half trailing by 10 points.

But then the 76ers began to play a more cohesive basketball. Iverson took advantage of a double-team on him to spread the floor, hitting Holiday, Iguodala and Dell Curry for open threes, as all of them finished the game perfect from beyond the arc.

Soon after the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Sixers took the lead for the first time in the game. And they did their best to hold on to it. With 6 minutes remaining, the Warriors began a run that put the game within 2 points. After a missed layup by Iguodala, Brandon Roy grabbed the rebound and he went off to the other rim. But just when he was about to lay the ball in and tie the game, Jrue Holiday appeared out of nowhere and blocked his shot with force. The Warriors attemped a quick-two from the inbound, but they missed it.

Now having all the momentum, the Sixers finished the task. Iverson scored 39 and handed 12 dimes. Holiday scored 22, blocked 3 shots and made 2 steals. Iguodala scored 21, and the 76ers survived their test win a convincing 8-point win.

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