The Warriors have already been removed from the playoffs have nothing to lose. They can play loosey goose, but their opponents, who are still fighting for playoff position, all the pressure.
That explains the 95-87 victory Wednesday against the Lakers, is not it? This explains how the soldiers are mostly dominated by the team many consider the best of the Western Conference, right?
Warriors forward David Lee does not buy the "no pressure" explanation. He said the Warriors streak of three consecutive victories in the team playoff bound, is a product of things that are starting to enter a place for soldiers.
"For me, pressure is no different," said Lee, who finished 22 points, 17 rebounds and five-speed transmission. "We were on the outside looking in the past four months. It's not as if we were in fifth place and dropped it. All the great games of the time. If we want to be in the playoffs or not, this is a playoff atmosphere."
The Warriors, as they did in their handling of the machine of Portland at night, seen as relaxed as can be in the final.
The main reason for the recent success of the game Lee. His last three games - against Dallas, Portland and the Lakers - he averaged 22.3 points and 15 rebounds. Its chemical protection of Monta Ellis, who finished with 26 points and six assists, has improved considerably. Lee and defense much better, just ask Dirk Nowitzki and LaMarcus Aldridge, and even the great man limping Lakers Pau Gasol, who finished with 18 points and seven rebounds in just 27 minutes.
Although the bad shot 38.7 percent for the game, they were still under the control of most of the night. Went to the Lakers to 42.9 percent shooting, despite all of Kobe Bryant 25 points in 10 of 20 pitches. They outrebounded the Lakers again, despite the city center Andrew Bynum 13 points and 17 rebounds.
As expected, Bryant led the Lakers to "Run." He became a three-point play to cut the lead to 88-78 Warriors. Moments later, went all the way to the edge of your downtime, giving it seven straight points and cut the Warriors lead 90-82 with two minutes.
Bryant scored 10 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter. But the Warriors are judgments, they are necessary, rebounds, they usually do not get to the basket, they sometimes try to find it.
"We're starting to gel a bit," said Lee. "Things are starting to fall into place."
Things fell into place Wednesday evening.
Within a minute, and the Warriors needed a bucket to seal the victory, guard Stephen Curry weave their way through the Lakers defense. It was in the paint, but Bynum between him and the basket.
So Curry, who missed the first 15 shots to 22, are displayed on the ceiling scraping floating above Bynum. All net.
And it looks easy.
Finally. It took him 15 shots, but forward Dorell Wright finally set the Warriors' record for 3-pointers made in a season, passing the mark set by Jason Richardson.
At the 2:12 mark of the third quarter, Wright took a pass from Curry and drilled a 3-pointer from the left corner, his 184th of the season. Before that one, he had missed 14 straight.
Wright finished 2-for-8 from 3-point range and now has 185 on the season with four games left.
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