Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 437 Give Up Struggle
Since the next two games were held in Seattle, Li Weisi was unable to reap the cheers of the Warriors fans at home in time, and had to wait until he returned to Golden State.

Of course, if it is sweeping the Supersonic, it can only be postponed to the next round.

Although tonight is the Supersonics' home game, the performance of the Supersonics is no different from the away game, and even the first quarter is not as good as in the away game!
For 12 minutes in the first quarter, the Sonics only scored 19 points and didn't even score 20 points. In a game against the Warriors, they couldn't even score 20 points in one quarter. How do you beat the Warriors?
You know, even if you score 40 points in a quarter this season, you can't beat the Warriors!

Therefore, after the first quarter, the Supersonics were unsurprisingly behind. However, fortunately, they were not behind by much, only 6 points behind.

In fact, the performance of the Warriors tonight was not very good. Maybe many people have won awards, which caused everyone to be a little flustered, and they were more casual when handling the ball, which led to the high turnover of the Warriors in the first quarter. , Two-on-one, or even three-on-one opportunities, I didn't grasp it.

It can be seen that the Warriors played very relaxed tonight.

The state of the Warriors still did not change in the second quarter, and the SuperSonics also took the opportunity to seize the opportunity and evened the score in one fell swoop.

Fortunately, not everyone on the Warriors team is drifting. Li Weisi, who has gained the most from the team, is not drifting. On the contrary, after discovering the state of his teammates, he consciously reduced the pass in the second quarter , adding its own singles.

Therefore, even though the Supersonics tied the score, they were still short of breath if they wanted to overtake the Warriors, and this breath was missed by Li Weisi.

At the end of the second quarter, Li Weisi scored 7 points in a row, including a three-pointer at the buzzer, allowing the Warriors to maintain a 48:45 lead over the Sonics at halftime.

During the halftime break, Nelson turned on the hair dryer mode, and criticized the Warriors players fiercely, no matter how ugly it was, he wanted to wake them up immediately.

Nelson's scolding still had an effect. In the third quarter, the Warriors maintained a high degree of focus from both ends of the offense and defense. The Supersonic players suddenly found that not only could they not defend, but even their offense became difficult. It suddenly became so distant and strange, as if it would never reach it.

In a single quarter, the Warriors scored 30:15, directly killing the suspense of the entire series.

Faced with an 18-point difference, the Sonics were in despair, because it was not only a matter of winning or losing this game, but also a matter of falling behind 0:3 in the series. Which team could win in a series? What about a comeback when you fall behind 0:3?
At least one has not been found in the 70-year history of the NBA.

Therefore, the Sonics launched a final charge in the fourth quarter. Ellis, a newly promoted third-team player who made zero three-pointers in the first three quarters, hit two consecutive three-pointers in this quarter to help the team catch up.

However, in the face of such a desperate situation, the united Sonics and the Warriors' substitutes completely withstood it. Relying on their outstanding performance, they put the Warriors' starters on the bench.

Tell you it's off work, it's off work!Don't even think about working overtime!
In the end, the Warriors beat the Sonics 101:86 away, rewriting the big score of the series to 3:0.

This is not over, just one day later, the same home, the Warriors again with the Sonics for the fourth game.

Facing the edge of the cliff that had no way to retreat, the desperate Supersonics played a perfect start of 10:2 in the opening game.

And this is just the beginning. Faced with the situation where they dug a big hole at the beginning, it is not that the Warriors did not think about fighting back, but no matter who came on the team, they just couldn't score points, including Li Weisi, who scored zero for three goals. .

As a result, Li Weisi once wondered whether the Sonics secretly tilted the basket last night.

Of course, this is just a joke. For a master of ball sense like Li Weisi, if the basket is really tilted, it only takes a few shots to detect it.

Just like Kobe in later generations, only through shooting training, you can notice that the Bobcats home basket is a quarter of an inch off, although it is also possible that the volute itself smashed it...

In short, the disadvantage of the Warriors at the beginning has been extended to the bench. This disadvantage has not changed. However, at the last moment of the first quarter, the Supersonics counterattacked again, and another wave of 10:0 directly rewritten the score of the first quarter. It became 32:12.

Trailing by 20 points in the first quarter, this is the first time the Warriors have encountered this season.

On the other hand, Supersonic fans originally thought that this would be their team's last game of the season, but they didn't expect the home team to give them such a big surprise. For a while, the crowd was excited and cheered.

Facing such a huge pit, the Warriors did not choose to give up. After all, there were still three quarters left. They adjusted their mentality during the intermission. a ball.

After the adjustment, the effect was good. In the second quarter, the Warriors began to recover gradually, and the Supersonics failed to continue to expand the point difference.

After the Warriors returned from the starting lineup, under the leadership of Li Weisi, wave after wave of offenses continued to hit the Supersonics' defense line, and soon their defense line was overwhelmed by the Warriors' continuous offense.

At halftime, the Warriors had narrowed the point difference to 11 points, ending the first half with a score of 43:54.

The Warriors' chasing points made the Supersonics fans feel tremendous pressure. At the end of the first quarter, those people who shouted that the game was over, are now like eggplants beaten by frost. The 11-point difference is really not good. Insurance!

After entering the second half, the Sonics' offensive efficiency continued to decline. Compared with the first quarter, it was already a difference.

Although the Warriors' offensive efficiency is also not high, they have always maintained a steady and steady posture. Facing the still large point difference, they are not in a hurry to catch up and try to be themselves.

The effect of this is very obvious. As long as the Warriors do not make mistakes and the strength of the Sonics team is far lower than his, it is impossible to play the same offense as in the first quarter.

At the end of the third quarter, the Warriors once again narrowed the point difference to only 8 points.

Faced with the Warriors' aggressive momentum of chasing points, the Sonics have not dared to replace any of McDaniel, Ellis and McKay in the fourth quarter.

But even so, in the fourth quarter, the Warriors' pursuit of points still came as promised, and with 1 minute and 17 seconds left before the end of the game, they successfully tied the score.

In the next attack after that, Li Weisi successfully intercepted McKay's pass, hit a layup in the counterattack, and overtook the score.

McKay, who has played more than 40 points, couldn't catch up with Li Weisi at all. He could only look at the back of Li Weisi's layup and feel desperate.

Li Weisi's layup was like the last straw that crushed the Supersonics. They led for nearly the entire game, but were overtaken at the last moment. Such a blow can be imagined.

In the end, the discouraged Supersonics were no longer able to resist the Warriors. The Warriors also defeated the Supersonics 99:95, completing a 20-point comeback in the playoffs.

(End of this chapter)