Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 452 Let It Go

While Malone was still stopping the bleeding off the court, the game on the court was still going on fiercely.

Duckworth is wide and fat, with a height of 213cm and a weight of 125kg, making him like a wall inside, able to constantly block the impact of the Pistons on the inside.

However, although Duckworth has accumulated a lot of experience after these three years of training, and if he is strong, he is definitely capable of being a qualified starter, not even worse than some All-Star starters, but facing Lambiel, the former All-Star The star center, the rebounding king, and the king of small moves are still a bit worse.

Therefore, it is impossible for Duckworth to completely replace Malone's role on the court, not to mention the rebounding ability.

However, Duckworth also has his advantages. Not only can he play back singles on both sides, he can jump hooks with both hands, and he can even complete long-range mid-range shots. On the defensive end, his defense ability Also pretty good.

So when Duckworth is on the court, the pick-and-roll with Duckworth is more effective, because Duckworth can not only roll down, but also pop up. From this point of view, the pick-and-roll with Duckworth More powerful.

In addition, the Warriors have a good shooting rate from the outside tonight, so even if they don't use the shooting tactics, the Warriors can still suppress the Pistons.

By the time the Warriors started all off the field, the Warriors had widened the point difference to 10 points.

However, in the subsequent rotation stage, because the Pistons shortened the playing time of the substitutes and adopted the eight-man rotation method, Thomas played the first quarter, and finally at the end of the first quarter, the Pistons had chased the score to 26: 32, only 6 points away.

But in the second quarter, both sides were in a stage where neither could guard the other for a while.

Unlike dealing with Jordan, the Pistons have no good way to take the Warriors' offense. Compared with the Bulls, Jordan has a strong point, which can be limited by the strength of the whole team. Almost everyone in the Warriors is an offensive strong point, even if Li Weisi Choking to death, but he can still let the rest of the team score through assists, even without Li Weisi's assists, those people themselves are first-class singles players.

Although defense is very important, when a team's offense can ignore any defense, then defense is not as important as offense.

Fortunately, Dumars stood up in this quarter. Facing the Warriors' defense, he shot inside and outside and scored 13 points in a single quarter, helping the Pistons to bite the score and not allowing the Warriors to widen the gap.

At the end of the half, the Warriors continued to lead the Pistons by 62 points with 56:6.

After entering the second half, the physical contact between the two sides escalated again. The Pistons found that the Warriors' offense was difficult to contain, so they upgraded their defensive actions a little bit.

The fouls that were somewhat concealed in the first half had to be changed to blatant use in the second half. For a while, the Pistons' fouls accumulated rapidly, but at the same time, the Warriors' offense was indeed contained. , Dumars and Thomas of the Pistons scored consecutively and quickly began to even out the difference. In a blink of an eye, the score was only one point away.

Li Weisi controlled the ball. Facing Thomas in front of him, Li Weisi did not choose tactics this time, but decided to play singles.

Thomas did not reach out to touch Li Weisi, but adopted a defensive parallel stance, with his feet spread apart, blocking most of Li Weisi's breakthroughs, one step away from Li Weisi, and he could influence Li Weisi during the kick-off stage of his shooting .

But judging from this detail, Thomas' defensive skills are already quite good, but if it's just that, for Li Weisi, there is still a way to crack it.

In addition to using a step-back shot, Li Weisi used a small change of direction in advance this time. Since the defender is close to him, it is easy to take a small change of direction. Sure enough, with Li Weisi's small and regular changes After Xiang dribbled, Thomas was quickly brought into his own rhythm by Li Weisi.

Afterwards, Li Weisi suddenly succeeded in a small crossover, causing Thomas to lose his defensive focus. However, just as Li Weisi successfully broke through and was about to enter the inside line, he suddenly felt a pain in his foot and couldn't go out. Before Li Weisi could react, he fell forward.

It turned out that when Thomas was defending, he used his unique trick, which was to step on Li Weisi's foot. It is usually difficult to find such a small move while sitting, but Thomas has already used it with proficiency and is even more concealed.

Seeing Li Weisi fall down slowly, Thomas showed a smug smile, but soon, he couldn't laugh anymore.

It turned out that the moment Li Weisi fell to the ground, he actually supported the floor with his left hand, and then quickly pulled out his left foot from Thomas's feet. He continued to break through with both hands and feet, and successfully broke through Thomas' defense.

"Damn it!" Realizing that his plan had been miscalculated, Thomas quickly returned to defense and fouled Li Weisi when Li Weisi was shooting. He hit Li Weisi's arm and dragged Li Weisi down from the air. Called a foul by the referee.

"Is that all you have?" Li Weisi, who got up from the ground, sneered at Thomas contemptuously.

"What did you say?" Thomas gritted his teeth.

"I mean, with this little ability, you can only defend me by fouls and some shady tricks?"

"Hmph, I don't care about the means, as long as I can win!" Thomas quickly regained his composure and said disdainfully.

"Really? It's a pity that you can't win!" After finishing speaking, Li Weisi ignored Thomas and came to the free throw line to prepare for a free throw.

"Hmph, let's wait and see!" Thomas was extremely displeased with Li Weisi's behavior, and spat secretly.

Li Weisi did what he said, and with two free throws, the point difference came to three points again.

After that, no matter how hard the Pistons chased points, the point difference was always maintained by the Warriors at about 5 points. Among them, Li Weisi played very well. Thomas' fouls on Li Weisi accumulated quickly, and there was a three-point foul in just one quarter.

In this way, the Warriors firmly suppressed the Pistons in the following games, whether it was the starting lineup or the bench lineup, until the end of the game.

In the end, the Warriors beat the Pistons 115:108, rewriting the big score of the series to 2:0.

In this campaign, the Warriors had a very high shooting percentage from the perimeter, and the team even scored in double figures with 6 players. Among them, Li Weisi scored the team's highest 29 points. At the most dangerous moment of the game, he scored consecutively to ensure the Warriors' offense.

Especially in the face of Thomas' defense, no matter what tricks Thomas uses, Li Weisi can deal with it, and the two will make a judgment.

However, Thomas has never been the one who suffers. Both he and the team have reached the most dangerous moment. He does not want to accept two consecutive years of being close at hand but returning empty-handed. He and the Pistons teammates decided to return. Go home and give it a go.

(End of this chapter)