Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 372 Retreat
Johnson watched Richmond slam dunk. This scene was photographed by the bottom line photographer and became a classic photo, which also heralded the direction of the two teams' game tonight.

Because the Warriors have been eliminated for two consecutive years, the entire Lakers team has a psychological advantage. Therefore, in this game, they did not make any tactical changes and continued their previous tactics.

However, this does not mean that they despise the Warriors, on the contrary, they value the Warriors extremely.

At the beginning, the offense of both sides played very fast, and the scoring efficiency of both teams was not bad, there was back and forth, and the point difference was not too big.

But as Mullin hit two consecutive three-pointers from the bottom corner, the Warriors suddenly opened up the point difference to 5 points.

Since then, the Warriors have maintained an advantage of about 5 points and entered the rotation stage.

As in the previous game, the Warriors did not change their tactical arrangements because of who their opponent was. Due to the absence of Malone, Duckworth got a lot of playing time. Anyway, he is young and can be fucked.

Except for him, the other starters were all replaced in about 8 minutes, and he played the entire first quarter in a daze.

Even so, the Lakers failed to seize the opportunity to narrow the score until the end of the first quarter. Instead, at the end of the first quarter, they trailed the Warriors by 26 points with 32:6.

As a result, Riley let Johnson play the wishful thinking of the first quarter, completely miscalculated.

Riley looked at the five pure substitute players on the Warriors field (in Riley's eyes, Duckworth who started this game was a substitute), but he was very envious in his heart, wishing to poach all five of them.

In fact, as early as last season, Riley was surprised by the depth of the Warriors' lineup. It can be said that such a group of low-ranking young people have improved so much, quickly gained a foothold in the NBA, and achieved results. This can be said to be a miracle. .

And the team management who is jealous of the Warriors' young players like Riley is not limited to the Lakers. Before the trade deadline last season, many team managers have already asked Attles.

Unfortunately, Frank signed contracts with these players for at least 4 years, so Frank will not let these players go easily.

After the game entered the second quarter, the Warriors still faced the mixed lineup of the Lakers with a pure bench lineup.

Hornacek did not play well tonight. Although Michael Cooper is 32 years old and his state has declined very seriously, Hornacek still encountered serious interference, resulting in 3 of 0 shots.

Fortunately, the Warriors don't expect one person to score. With Hornacek's abnormal performance, Price insisted on maintaining the score through the pick-and-roll with Duckworth and Schrempf, allowing the team to continue to maintain the lead .

In the end, until the Warriors' starters returned one after another, the Warriors still maintained an advantage of more than 5 points. At this time, the Lakers had already replaced all their starters.

The Warriors who returned to the court started, this time they didn't rest their hands, and they were effective as soon as they came up.

Mullin and Richmond each completed a single, and then Li Weisi hit a three-pointer through the pick-and-roll. The score, which was still tight, suddenly seemed to be pulled apart.

At the critical moment, Johnson made a foul on Richmond and made two free throws to stabilize the situation.

However, Johnson's face was not good at this time, because he found that the Warriors' defense was much better than last season. Except for Richmond, Rodman's ubiquitous defense, Duckwood Sri Lanka's blockade of the penalty area is also very annoying.

Especially Rodman, compared to last season, this season Rodman's defense seems to have improved again, biting when defending alone, harassing when defending, and alert when drawing fouls, all in less than two quarters The time, let Johnson remember deeply.

Recalling his impression when he met Rodman for the first time, Johnson was very emotional. He never thought that the young man who seemed to have a problem with his mind could grow to where he is today.

Johnson's key free throw can only delay the Warriors' offense a little, and has a great impact on the trend of the game.

Sure enough, with 1 minute and 47 seconds left before halftime, Li Weisi made a step-back three-pointer against Scott's defense, which seemed to completely blow the horn of the Warriors' offense.

Later, although the Lakers relied on Worthy to break through, Mullin fouled and made two free throws.

But then the Warriors looked back and it was Richmond's three-pointer, which completely opened the point difference to 10 points.

In this way, at halftime, the Lakers trailed the Warriors by 53 points 64:11 at home.

Throughout the first half, the Lakers did nothing wrong in all aspects, but the point difference still came to double digits bit by bit.

Except for fans of the Lakers such as Nicholson, the vast majority of fans understand that the difference in point difference is the difference in the team's hard power, and it is not because the Lakers made any mistakes.

It's just that these fans have been blinded by the powerful history of the Lakers in the past 10 years, and they are still immersed in that glorious history, unable to extricate themselves, and they are even less willing to believe that the Lakers dynasty has fallen because of this.

After entering the third quarter, the Lakers' offensive efficiency became quite high. In this quarter, their shooting percentage was as high as 65% or more. However, the point difference of the game has reached more than 15 points.

Because the Lakers' offensive efficiency is high, the Warriors' offensive efficiency is even higher.

In this quarter, Li Weisi and Mullin began to take over the game, and the two teamed up to score 15 points, helping the team firmly suppress the Lakers' pursuit of points.

So, after three quarters, the Warriors have led the Lakers by 102:85 to 17 points.

After the game entered the fourth quarter, the Lakers played for nearly 7 minutes, but the point difference was always more than 15 points. Faced with such a situation, Riley finally replaced all the team's starters and conceded in advance.

The Warriors also beat the Lakers 122:107 in back-to-back at the beginning of the season, achieving two consecutive victories.

In this game, Li Weisi and Mullin both scored 25 points. Rookie Richmond also performed brilliantly, scoring 17 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

In addition, Duckworth scored 14 points and 8 rebounds, and Rodman had 6 points and 21 rebounds.

That's right, since no one rebounded with him in the starting lineup, Rodman's rebounds were almost crazy this time, which shocked the fans. It was hard for them to imagine that such a short power forward in his early 2m would actually take The inside line of his own team was blown up.

In addition to the wonderful performance of the starting five, Price also scored 12 points and 9 assists in this game, and Schramf scored 12 points.

Hornacek did not play well this time, only scoring 4 points and 3 assists, and was terribly defended by veteran Cooper.

But in any case, in the absence of Malone, the Warriors still retreated from Los Angeles and won two consecutive victories by virtue of the outstanding performance of the three outside stars.

(End of this chapter)