Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 223
In the third quarter, the offensive rhythm of the two teams took off quickly. There was no opportunity for an offensive round to exceed 15 seconds, and everyone on the court was running around the court.

But the fast offensive rhythm did not bring high scores.

In this quarter, the Warriors still didn't improve their shooting percentage much. On the contrary, the Supersonics actually dropped their shooting percentage in this quarter. This is really a miraculous thing.

In the first half, the old nose tried to defend hard, but it was ineffective. As a result, in the second half, he had already put his energy into the offense, but achieved a much better effect than the first half, which is really ironic.

On the Supersonic side, due to the decline in shooting percentage, the momentum of chasing points in the first half was stopped. The scores of the two teams rose alternately, and the bite was very tight.

By the end of the third quarter, the two teams tied at 26 in this quarter. The score was 90:92, and the Sonics were still 2 points behind.

Such a result greatly increased the confidence of the Warriors players. At the beginning of the third quarter, they were still a little apprehensive, but with the end of the third quarter, this emotion had long been wiped out, replaced by a boost in self-confidence. Began to believe, this time, they can win!
In this game, the Warriors' rotation was a 10-man rotation, but Duckworth, Hornacek, and Curry all played less than 5 minutes.

In addition to the starting 5 players, only Price and Higgins played more than 10 minutes. It can be seen that the Warriors have achieved the ultimate in the rotation, and they are already fighting without reservation.

With the continuous return of the starters of both sides in the fourth quarter, the game has also entered the final stage.

Li Weisi played with 8 minutes left before the end of the game.

His playing time has reached 30 minutes before, so if there is no overtime, Li Weisi's playing time this time will also exceed his usual load management time limit.

However, his playing time is not even ranked in the top three in the team. Whether it is Rodman or Smith, their playing time will exceed 40 minutes after the end.

When Li Weisi came back, the Sonics had overtaken the Warriors by 4 points, leading by 102:98.

But as soon as Li Weisi came back, he caused a foul by defender McMillan in the offense.

"Don't take it lightly, Nate, you are different from this guy, you don't have a referee to take care of you!" Ellis shouted to McMillan who was defending Li Weisi.

"What did you say?" However, when Li Weisi heard this, he couldn't ignore it. Who was taken care of by the referee?

"What did I say? Of course I'm telling the truth! Otherwise, where did you get so many whistles?" Ellis said bluntly.

"Hmph, you're slandering me. Why did I become the referee's care for the foul I made on my own?" Li Weisi said with a confident look.

"Eh..." Alice didn't expect Li Weisi to say that, and was choked.

"Don't foul if you have the ability? We have a fair game!" McMillan on the side saw Ellis deflated, so he quickly opened his mouth and said aggressively.

"Fair? Only the weak pursue fairness. Only immature people, um, children, are the only ones like this. The real strong don't pursue fairness. They only pursue how to solve this problem better!"

After finishing speaking, Li Weisi left the stunned two and stood on the free throw line, ready to make a free throw.

"Dalle, why do I listen to him, as if he is scolding us?" McMillan asked uncertainly.

"What does it mean to be like, it was originally, he called us childish!" Ellis also realized belatedly.

"Damn it, it's different if you study well, and you can't understand cursing!"

"Is this what you're focusing on?"

Li Weisi made two free throws to reduce the score to two points.

In the next round, Ellis missed a shot, and Li Weisi launched a fast break. Facing McMillan's block, he used a Rondo-style back movement feint layup, cheated McMillan's defensive center of gravity, and scored a layup.

The score is tied.

Li Weisi only played for less than 1 minute, and immediately smoothed the four-point difference. Even if he feels bad, he can still make his own contribution to the team.

The subsequent game became more and more anxious, and the feel of the two teams gradually recovered. Before they knew it, they entered the last minute. The two teams were 1:120, and the Warriors trailed by 119 point.

Fortunately, Chambers missed the shot this round, and Malone received the rebound to protect the ball.

Nelson wanted to call a timeout, but saw Li Weisi quickly ran towards the frontcourt after receiving a pass from Malone, and signaled Nelson not to timeout.

At the moment, Nelson believed in Li Weisi's judgment and gave up his plan to call a timeout.

Li Weisi's dribble was closely defended by McMillan throughout the whole process. Because McMillan's hands were always on Li Weisi's body, Li Weisi could not easily pass McMillan.

However, when Li Weisi came outside the three-point line, he subconsciously looked at the basket. It was this action that immediately alerted McMillan, and his center of gravity was raised a bit.

It was in this gap that Li Weisi dribbled the ball in his pocket and swayed, and finally successfully tricked McMillan's defense, causing McMillan to stumble.

At this instant, Li Weisi immediately took a step to the left and shot a three-pointer!

McMillan's reaction was also quick, and he quickly reached out to block the shot, but it was too late, Li Weisi's shot was really too fast!

Tiger fighters with spears and spears, and eagle soldiers with bows and arrows!
Li Weisi hit a three-pointer and rewritten the score to 120:122. With the last 22 seconds left, the Supersonics requested a timeout.

There are many supersonic players who can complete the final attack. Ellis, Chambers and McDaniel are all good candidates.

The sideline serve is served by McMillan, using a box formation, that is, two inside players cover for the two wings, and the two wings bypass the screen and cut out to receive the ball near the three-point line.

McDaniel did not run out of space due to Rodman's entanglement, but Ellis managed to get rid of Mullin.

However, after receiving the ball, Ellis did not directly choose to attack the basket. Instead, he handed the ball to McMillan who had just served the sideline ball, and then picked and rolled to block Li Weisi who was chasing and defending.

After McMillan received the ball, he broke through Mullin's supplementary defense and quickly entered the penalty area. Under Malone's interference, he made a layup.

No one thought that it would be McMillan who completed the final attack of the Sonics.

With 8.7 seconds left, Nelson called a timeout this time.

After the tactics are arranged, it is the Warriors' turn to serve the sideline ball, and Malone will serve the Warriors.

Compared with the Supersonics, there are not many people on the Warriors side who can make the last attack. After Malone chose to serve, the focus of the Supersonics fell on Li Weisi alone.

Just to catch the ball, Li Weisi spent a lot of effort, continuously relying on the cover of Smith and Rodman, and then received the ball near the center line.

After serving the ball, Ma Long did not return to the inside line, but came to a place two steps away from the three-point line and played a pick-and-roll for Li Weisi.

With the help of the pick-and-roll, Li Weisi successfully replaced his defender with Supersonics center Cotemun Johnson.

Johnson defended very hard and clung to Li Weisi's face. However, when Li Weisi came outside the three-point line, a Buddha still cheated Johnson's center of gravity and broke into the penalty area.

At this time, McMillan, who had been defending all the time, came to make up the defense, and Johnson followed closely behind. Faced with such a situation, Li Weisi did not choose to pass the ball. Instead, he dribbled a step and directly chose to throw.

The moment the basketball left his fingers, Li Weisi was thrown to the ground by Johnson who was chasing him, and he slid to the sidelines.

At the same time, Malone also jumped up, ready to make a tip-up, but the basketball was forced into the net, and Malone was not given this opportunity.

(End of this chapter)