Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 237
After all, today is the battle of Tianwang Mountain. There is no retreat for the Warriors, and there is no way for the Rockets either.

The Warriors' change of formation did catch the Rockets by surprise. At this time, there are two paths before the head coach Fitch, one is to change the defensive strategy, and the other is to persist.

This is not an easy decision, because this choice is likely to determine the fate of the Rockets.

The same is true in life, hard work is often not as important as choice.

Working hard will get you a living, but it won't get you rich across classes.But a good choice can take your life directly to a higher level.

It's cruel, it's sad, but it's true.

Although Fitch was conflicted in his heart, he still had to put on an air of confidence in front of the players. After all, if even his coach was in a panic, how could he play this game.

Fortunately, what reassured him was that the players didn't seem to be frustrated because they fell behind in the first half. Everyone was doing what they should do in an orderly manner, chatting a few words from time to time.

It seems that the trip to the playoffs last season has indeed brought them quite a wealth of experience, allowing them to maintain their mentality in the face of adversity, and even pass this mentality to the coach, which shows that they have really matured .

At this time, Fei Qi's heart was surprisingly calm, and the things that were still tangled before were suddenly solved.

Since the players are confident in using this tactic, don't change it easily, as it will only discourage your own players.

After thinking about this, Fei Qi shook his fat body, came to the crowd and clapped his hands, saying, "Okay, everyone, listen to me..."

Back from timeout, the second half begins.

Since the jump ball is lost, the Warriors attack first at this time.

After halftime, Li Weisi still handed the ball to Hornacek, then went straight to the bottom corner from the middle, and then set screens on both sides with Mullin at the same time, looking for opportunities.

This tactic has been used countless times in the first half, not to mention that Li Weisi is familiar with the road, even the Rockets players, with their eyes closed, they need to know the running route of Li Weisi and the others.

There is no way, time is tight, in order to let the Warriors players master the tactics as soon as possible, Nelson did not conduct drills on the details of the tactics, so this tactic seems a bit rigid and lacks changes.

Li Weisi is still being taken care of here, whether it is Revere's pursuit or Olajuwon's delay, this makes it difficult for Li Weisi to have a chance here.

This has been the case throughout the first half, but even so, Li Weisi still scored 16 points piecemeal in the first half, the highest in the game, and his efficiency was extremely high.

However, this time Hornacek still passed the ball to Mullin, because Mullin's side is quite open.

Reed, who was blocked by Smith, did not bypass Smith's defense immediately, and Sampson did not choose to help defend at this time. Instead, he rushed to the basket before Smith.

"Is this... looking down on me?" Mullin, who caught the ball, saw the Rockets' intention at a glance, and was greatly insulted in his heart.

Why are you guarding against Li Weisi, and running to grab rebounds against me?Is my hit rate that bad?
Therefore, Mullin did not hesitate after receiving the ball one step inside the three-point line, immediately took off and shot, and made a direct hit.

Compared with three-pointers, Mullin prefers two-pointers. There is no way. After playing for more than ten years, he has practiced two-pointers. It has become a habit. For three-pointers, he can't guarantee his hit rate.

After seeing the hit, the Rockets did not respond, which made Mullin, who originally wanted to celebrate, dull.

In the next round, when it was the Warriors' turn to attack again, there was still a gap on Mullin's side.

"Damn it! They look down on people so much!" After receiving the ball, Mullin made another two-point shot, but this time, Reid caught up to him a moment before he made the shot, even though he was left-handed and did not let Reed The ball was blocked, but the shooting was interfered after all, and the basketball hit the iron.

The three-point line is only one step away from this position, but this step is not only the difference of one point, but also the difference between being open and facing the defense.

And the rebound fell into the hands of Sampson, who rushed to the basket one step ahead, and the Rockets defended this wave of offense.

Next, the Rockets allowed Mullin to attack for several consecutive rounds, but Mullin's shooting rate dropped dramatically, which allowed the Rockets to seize the opportunity and chase points continuously.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Nelson quickly called a timeout. During the timeout, after stabilizing Mullin's emotions, he let Mullin serve from the top of the arc and Hornacek played a pick-and-roll.

This is the most disgusting point of the Warriors' tactic. The positions of the three players are interchangeable.

After stabilizing the ground, the game fell into the rhythm of the Warriors again, and with Li Weisi's 45-degree three-pointer, the point difference between the two teams returned to 7 points again. The Rockets' efforts in the second half were all in vain. In three quarters, the two teams tied for 24.

After entering the fourth quarter, the Rockets still tried various methods to chase points, but the effect was not good. Instead, the Warriors let Li Weisi stand at the top of the arc to hold the ball again.

This made the Rockets' defense a little confused. Throughout the game, the Rockets kept pinching Li Weisi's ball, and Li Weisi also played off the ball very cooperatively. Both sides were safe and sound.

But when Li Weisi held the ball again this time, the Rockets players subconsciously conditioned to defend Li Weisi, but Li Weisi seized the opportunity and immediately passed the ball to Mullin who found space, and Mullin hit another two points.

Immediately afterwards, in the second round, Reid did not flank Li Weisi, but chose to chase and defend Hornacek, which allowed Li Weisi to find a chance to step back against Revere and hit a three-pointer.

This is not over yet, Rockets head coach Fitch was a little slow to react, and Li Weisi took the opportunity to score consecutively. Li Weisi, who suddenly recovered, led the team to open the point difference to 10 points in one fell swoop.

It was too late for the Rockets to call a timeout again.

Although the Rockets made defensive adjustments again later, the effect on defending Li Weisi was still not comparable to the previous two games.

In the end, the Warriors beat the Rockets 117:102 at home and won the key Tianwangshan.

For the Warriors, Li Weisi scored a game-high 36 points and 8 assists even though he was under strict defense. In addition, Mullin also scored 32 points, 3 assists and 3 rebounds. Hornacek scored 14 points and 6 assists. Assists, Malone and Smith grabbed 17 rebounds and 10 rebounds respectively, but Malone only scored 13 points, and Smith didn't even score in double figures.

Rodney McRae scored the highest score on the Rockets side. He scored a team-high 24 points. Olajuwon and Sampson scored 20 points and 18 points respectively. Still can't win the game.

After this game, the series also came to the match point. The two teams will move to Houston on May 5 for the sixth game of the entire series.

(End of this chapter)