Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 221
On April 4, after a lapse of one day, the Warriors once again played against the Sonics at home.

"I don't want to say any more. We are better than each other in the regular season. It doesn't make sense that we will become soft-legged shrimps in the playoffs. I don't want to bear the shame of being hacked. I don't think you want to either. Bar?"

"No!" Everyone said in unison.

"Very well, then go and kill them!"

"Roar!"

Different from the previous game, before the start of this game, the atmosphere in the Warriors' locker room was heavy, and even Duckworth, who always liked to play tricks the most, was extremely silent, so Nelson had to make a guest appearance as a chicken soup master to beat everyone Chicken blood.

In fact, Nelson's considerations are not unreasonable. Unlike the relaxation before the last game, tonight's Warriors players, each of them is under heavy pressure, so that they don't even have the mood to joke around on weekdays.

They brought this mood to the court. At the beginning of the game, as the referee blew his whistle, Malone jumped up from the ground and jumped to the ball before Supersonics center Column Johnson.

The Sonics lineup is the same as the previous game, from No. 1 to No. 5 respectively: Nate McMillan, Dale Ellis, Xavier McDaniel, Tom Chambers and Columne Johnson.

The starting center of the Sonics, Alton Liszt, missed the entire playoffs due to injury, which is also an important reason why the Sonics were not optimistic before.

But even in this case, the Supersonics still beat the Warriors. No wonder the Warriors are looked down upon because of this. You can lose with a flying dragon riding a face?What else are you playing?
In the last game, the Supersonics took advantage of the Warriors' slow entry into the game and opened up the Warriors' advantage of more than 10 points, which made the Warriors players bear a heavy burden of chasing points.

But in this game, the Warriors never gave the SuperSonics a chance to preemptively. From the first ball, they went all out.

After Li Weisi received the ball, he passed a long pass directly from the backcourt to the basket, and Rodman had already arrived here at this time, and after receiving the ball, he dunked with both hands.

Rodman was able to occupy a starting spot not because of his immature defense and rebounding, not because of his poor basic skills, but because of his vitality and tireless energy running all over the field. He will have the spirit of fighting for every ball. This is an important reason why Nelson overcame all arguments and let Rodman be the starter.

And with Rodman's slam dunk, it also drove the Warriors' defense. In the next round, Tom Chambers singled Smith, and was nailed by Rodman when he shook Smith away and layup The big hat, directly took it down with the ball.

Rodman was very active in the opening game today.

Li Weisi lived up to Rodman's good defense. He led the ball all the way to the basket. Under the defense of the 196cm tall guard McMillan, he made a high rebound and hit a layup.

Like Li Weisi, McMillan is a first-year rookie, but unlike Li Weisi, who is a favorite of heaven, he is the 2th overall rookie in the second round.

But after coming to a strong team like the Sonics, he was able to squeeze the original starting point guard Danny Young to the bench within one season, which shows that this person has two brushes.

It's just that these two brushes, one doesn't score points, and the other doesn't score triple-doubles, but they use defense to lower the opponent's shooting percentage.

Relying on his own body and defense, he became the starting point guard for the Sonics in less than a season.

As the physical condition of a shooting guard, McMillan can defend from the first position to the third position. The defense against Li Weisi in the first game was even called "a dick's counterattack" by some unscrupulous media.

Of course, this is not the original words, this is the translated version.

Next, the Warriors' offensive firepower remained undiminished, and the head coach Bernie called a timeout directly at 10:0 in the opening game. At this time, the game had just started less than 2 minutes ago.

The Sonics don't have the strength of top teams like the Lakers and Celtics, but his toughness is definitely strong enough. Even if they were beaten like this by the Warriors, they still haven't shaken their hearts.

After the timeout, they still played steadily and remained unmoved. In the positional battle, relying on the old tactics, Ellis finally made an air-cut layup and scored the first 2 points of the game for the Supersonics.

Since then, although the Warriors still maintain a very efficient offense, the point difference once widened to 15 points in the first quarter, but when the first quarter ended, the score was 25:34, and the Sonics still caught up to within 10 points.

In the playoffs, in order to shorten the rotation time, each team will extend the starting time to avoid the decline of the team's strength within a certain period of time.

But the Sonics are different. They have a lot of players. Even if the starting center is injured and absent, they still dare to rotate 10 people. This is something that even the Mavericks, which have always been known for their large numbers of generals, cannot do.

The Warriors also didn't dare to play like this. Except for Li Weisi and Rodman who are off work normally, the other starters have been extended.

Needless to say, the reason for Li Weisi is that Rodman was replaced because of his single function. When the team lacks outside shooting points like Li Weisi, Rodman's side effects on the court will be infinite. To zoom in, you must be on the same level as Li Weisi in order to exert his greatest strength.

In the rotation stage, Ma Long once again showed his role as a pincer. Whether it was rushing to the offensive rebounds or scoring in the penalty area, the Supersonics suffered a lot.

Therefore, when Li Weisi played in the second quarter, the Warriors still led by 10 points.

Li Weisi, who made his debut again, was also in excellent condition in this game. He scored 8 points in the first quarter. Hit a super long three-pointer from outside the point line, which shocked everyone.

The reason why Li Weisi chose to shoot instead of passing the ball in the face of double-teaming was mainly because in this game, the young outside shooters of the Warriors continued the cold touch of the previous game.

Mullin, Price, Hornacek, and Curry combined to score only 4 points in total, and the Oakland Steel Works is considered to be back in business.

Therefore, although Ma Long and Li Weisi were very active in this game, in the middle of the second quarter, the super-moving team inevitably started chasing points, and at the same time, the Warriors fell into a scoring drought.

During this period, it's not that Li Weisi didn't think about scoring, but even if the Sonics fouled, they still had to stop Li Weisi's normal offensive rhythm.

Therefore, although the number of fouls committed by the Supersonics increased rapidly during this period, they still caught up with the score, and before the end of the halftime, Chambers hit a mid-range shot, successfully closing the score 64:66. The Warriors are only 2 points ahead of the Sonics.

(End of this chapter)