Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 390
The game continued, and the Warriors trailed the Pistons by 25 points at 39:14 in the first quarter.

Although in the middle of this quarter, Li Weisi's outstanding performance helped the team go through the most difficult situation, but this still did not affect the overall situation. After all, in this quarter tonight, the Pistons' offense was a bit unreasonable.

However, this situation did not last long, after all, the Pistons are not that strong, and the Warriors are not that weak.

In the second quarter, the Pistons' shooting percentage dropped rapidly, and it was no longer as powerful as it was in the first quarter.

However, the Warriors' offense is also not much better. Facing the Pistons on the bench, Vinier Johnson and John Sally, the two generals inside and outside, also can't take advantage of it.

The two teams played on the bench for nearly 3 minutes, and the score was only a pitiful 4:4. It was a good Christmas game, just watching the blacksmithing performance of the two teams.

Afterwards, the main players of both sides returned one after another, and the performance improvement was very limited. At the end of halftime, the Warriors still trailed 49:59. Fortunately, with Mullin's mid-range shot at the buzzer, the Warriors narrowed the difference to 10 points.

"The Warriors played like shit tonight. They don't look like a championship team at all." During the intermission, Barry mercilessly denounced the performance of the Warriors. It's ugly, but no one thinks he will support the Pistons.

"You can't say that, Rick. After all, the Warriors just didn't feel good tonight. Such a game can't prove the Warriors' full strength. After all, the Warriors have only lost two games since the start of the game!" Stockton, obviously more rational, smoothed things out for what Barry said.

"Huh, this is by no means a simple regular season. In fact, I believe that neither team on the court regards this game as an ordinary regular season. I dare say that if the Warriors If they still play like this, then they won't do much in the playoffs, and no matter how much they win in the regular season, it can only show that they can only play in the regular season!" Barry faced with a look of hatred The microphone chattered.

Although Barry's words are a bit harsh, it has to be said that there is still some truth. If the Warriors want to win this season, the Pistons are a threshold that must be crossed.

Sure enough, after entering the second half, the state of the Warriors has recovered. Although their shooting percentage has not improved to the previous level, but fortunately, it also restricted the offense of the Pistons, so that the suspense of the game is still maintained.

Facing the Pistons' impenetrable penalty area defense, coupled with the Warriors' low shooting percentage from the outside tonight, it is almost impossible for Li Weizhi to revitalize the team.

However, the Warriors themselves are a team that focuses on outside offense. If the outside offense cannot give the opponent a lot of defensive pressure, then the Warriors will be quite passive in the game.

Therefore, when Richmond's and Mullin's offenses were somewhat hindered tonight, Li Weisi increased his own offensive frequency, which was obviously much higher than the number of shots this season.

"Li Weisi used the pick-and-roll to catch the ball and made a beautiful three-pointer! After the ball was made, the Warriors finally narrowed the point difference to 5 points."

Due to Li Weisi's frequent performance in the third quarter, the score of the two teams was once again eroded to only 5 points.

However, as the rotation time came, Li Weisi was replaced, and the Warriors' momentum of chasing points was only in the middle.

In this regard, the Warriors fans are very unhappy. They think that Nelson's rotation strategy of pinching watches and replacing players should simply be thrown into the trash.

However, what the fans don't know is that under such a defensive situation, Li Weisi has never been good at physical strength, so after facing fierce confrontation, his physical strength has begun to decline.

Nelson is well aware of Li Weisi's physical condition, which is why he strictly controls Li Weisi's playing time.

As a coach, who doesn't want to put his ace star on the field as much as possible, and fuck it to death, but no matter how strong the star is, he is still a human being, and he has to rest.

However, fortunately, although the Warriors' substitutes performed poorly in the first half, they adjusted in a timely manner in the second half. Facing the mixed lineup of the Pistons, they still played impressively.

In this way, at the end of the third quarter, the Pistons entered the fourth quarter with a 82-point lead at 76:6.

6 points is an extremely dangerous point difference, and it is not safe at all, let alone facing the Warriors. For them, only two three-pointers can get it done.

When the game led the most, the Pistons led by as much as 15 points, but they are still being caught up now. It is impossible to say that the Pistons are not depressed.

However, they also know that it is impossible to easily defeat the Warriors, and they are all ready for a tough fight.

Sure enough, after entering the fourth quarter, as Price and Schramf hit two three-pointers one after another, the Warriors relied on the bench lineup to tie the score.

But then as Thomas made another layup, the Warriors fell behind again, and then entered a stalemate. The Warriors were always two to three points behind the Pistons.

It can be said that Thomas tried his best tonight. Unlike Li Weisi who can still rest, Thomas has only rested for 1 minute tonight.

Playing for such a long time, coupled with the entanglement with Li Weisi, made him exhausted a lot of energy, which in turn affected his touch, and his shooting percentage was less than 40%.

However, Thomas is not a guard who only relies on scoring. He is also a master of organization. It is precisely because he is on the court that the Pistons' offensive system will not be disrupted.

In comparison, on the Warriors side, there are too many people who can organize, so Li Weisi can sit on the sidelines and rest with peace of mind, unlike the rookie game, where he sits on the bench and is ready to play at any time.

As time passed, the main players of both sides returned one after another, and the competition entered a fierce stage.

Li Weisi assisted Richmond to hit a mid-range jumper, and the score was reduced to only one point.

But immediately, Dantley singled Mullin, made a jumper with an emergency stop, and the score returned to three points.

At this time, the two teams are strictly guarding the inside, and it is almost impossible to score inside. Therefore, in the final rounds of the previous rounds, both teams chose the least efficient mid-range.

But in this way, the Warriors are always one point behind, and when the game time is getting shorter and shorter, it is imminent to tie or even overtake the score. Such a difficult task has to be done by Li Weisi. Bill didn't switch defenses in time, resulting in a gap, and directly hit a three-pointer.

Finally, with one minute and 32 seconds left before the end of the game, the score was tied.

Chuck Daly quickly called a timeout.

(End of this chapter)