Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 230 Inside Line Outside Line
Olajuwon won the jump ball and won the ball for the Rockets.

The Rockets with twin towers, no matter which team they encounter on this planet, the inside line is dominant. Therefore, their first ball is also played from the inside line.

With his back against Malone, Olajuwon received a pass from Revere and tested Malone with a shoulder shake. Malone had a lot of experience and didn't hesitate.

After confirming Malone's defensive position, Olajuwon first turned back, looked like passing the ball, and then pulled back in front of him to make a fake shot. This time he successfully shook Malone, and then , Olajuwon did not move his center of gravity, moved his other foot forward, bypassed Malone, and made a layup.

This whole process is really picturesque. This is the dream footstep invented by Jack Sikoma. Yes, this set of footsteps was not invented by Olajuwon.

It's just that now it seems that Olajuwon has already got the essence, and the blue is better than the blue. At this time, no one knows that in the future, the spokesperson of this set of footsteps will become the Olajuwon in front of him.

After scoring the goal, Olajuwon clenched his fists tightly and roared loudly. This season, the pressure on him is too great. Factors such as player suspensions, injuries and other factors are all on him, who has just turned 24 years old. For the young man, he needs to vent too much.

And Ma Long looked at the young man in front of him, feeling the beautiful footsteps, and at the same time, he felt more and more that the young people in this alliance, one by one, are becoming more and more powerful.

Malone is right, there is a young man as powerful as Olajuwon in his team.

Li Weisi regarded Revere's defense as nothing, and he pulled it up and shot. Even though the 185-foot Revere jumped up with all his strength, he still couldn't block Li Weisi.

Letting Revere defend Li Weisi is a bit difficult for him. Revere has now entered the end of his career and has not played many starts in his life. This playoffs is to catch ducks on the shelves, and now he has to face Li Weisi, who has the most firepower on the opposite side. , it's strange that he can prevent it!

At the beginning of the game, the two teams were completely in a mutual explosion mode, and no one could prevent the other.

The Rockets' Twin Tower Warriors couldn't defend at all, especially at the power forward position. As long as Sampson raised his hand, Smith had nothing to gain except a smell of charcoal above him.

As for the Warriors, Li Weisi's point cannot be solved by relying on Revere's single defense, and the flank attack will only allow the rest of the Warriors to score.

In particular, now Rodman has learned how to make an air cut. When no one is defending, he has learned to take one step and go straight to the layup with three steps. .

For ordinary teams, the Rockets can rely on their excellent inside defense and help defense to make up for the lack of outside defense. After all, not everyone can shoot three-pointers like this. At this time, most teams will use the basket as their main goal. point of attack.

But Li Weisi is different, you blocked the inside line?No problem, I won't go in at all, let alone the restricted area, I can't even go in the three-point line if necessary.

It doesn't matter if you call me a softie, anyway, I just won't go in, and I can just go in, so you don't have a chance.

So, in the middle of the first quarter, the Rockets finally made up their minds and sent the team's best perimeter defense. Rodney McRae, who was selected to the defensive second team this season, was sent to defend Mullin.

The reason why he didn't defend from the beginning is that McRae's height is too high. He is 201cm tall, which is just right for defending Mullin. It is used to defend Li Weisi. It is easy to lose position because of the high center of gravity, and cannot fully show McRae. Strength.

In addition, once McRae defends Li Weisi, first, Mullin will loosen up, and second, let the 185cm Revere defend Rodman, how can this be defended?
It's just that seeing Li Weisi getting bigger and more excited made Rockets coach Bill Fitch feel scared. In the end, he decided not to let Li Weisi do whatever he wanted, even if you and others beat me to death, I admit it, but Li Weisi can't.

In this way, although in the second half of the first quarter, the defender of Li Weisi was replaced by McCree, but he still failed to restrict Li Weisi very well.

The two teams scored 25:26 in the first quarter, and the Warriors fell behind by one point.

Li Weisi scored 12 points alone. It's a pity that Ma Long was restricted by the twin towers tonight. He made 5 of 1 shots in the first quarter and was blocked 3 times. The only one was still in the rotation stage. Got it.

It can be said that Ma Long played very badly and couldn't perform at all. This also made the Warriors still lag behind even if Li Weisi played well.

In the substitute stage, the Warriors' outside line continued the good feel of the previous game tonight. Although it was not as explosive as the previous game, it still maintained a hit rate of more than [-]%.

Therefore, during the entire rotation stage, the two teams did not open the score, and they still took the lead alternately until Li Weisi made his debut again.

Li Weisi, who came up again, felt a little tight, and missed two consecutive outside shots. The Rockets seized the opportunity and made two counterattacks, pulling the score to 4 points in one fell swoop.

But Li Weisi is not a shooter who can only shoot three-pointers. Through his own rhythm adjustment, he easily broke through McRae's defense and completed a drop shot before Olajuwon blocked the shot, helping the team narrow the point difference .

"West made a beautiful breakthrough. He got rid of McRae's defense. Hey, this time he didn't choose to throw a shot, but got into the inside. This is not a wise choice. Going to the basket will only be blocked.

Sure enough, he slipped around the basket and came out again. Sure enough, he didn't have a chance?No, he passed, he passed the ball to Mullin in the corner, Mullin made a three-pointer, hit it, a beautiful three-pointer! "

"It turned out to be like this. West just entered the penalty area to attract defense. This young man is too mature to play and knows how to play every moment!" Cunningham couldn't help feeling.

"Yeah! He seems to have a computer in his head, always choosing the most correct way to play." Stockton echoed.

The two of them are not stingy with their rainbow farts, the kind who can't hold back their boasting, obviously the kind who likes Li Weisi's playing and has already come to the top.

When the two praised Li Weisi, there was not much time left in the second quarter.

After Mullin hit this three-pointer, the Warriors successfully overtook the Rockets by one point.

After that, the two sides fought iron for several consecutive rounds, but the score did not change until the end. I have to say that in the second half of the second quarter, the shooting percentage of both sides dropped. Those who know will say that this is a good defense, no If I knew it, I thought it was chickens pecking at each other!
And as Sampson missed a mid-range jumper at the buzzer, the first half ended with a score of 49:48. The Warriors led the Rockets by one point at the last moment and entered the second half.

(End of this chapter)