Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 525
After defeating the Jazz, the Warriors flew to Houston the next morning for back-to-back games of the day.

Compared with the wind and water in the game against the Jazz the day before, Divac was completely passive when facing the Rockets the next day, without the ferocity of the previous game against the Jazz.

No wonder, though Eaton currently has more defensive honors than Olajuwon, and Olajuwon doesn't even have a Defensive Player of the Year, but no one thinks Eaton's defense is better than Olajuwon.

Especially in defense, although Olajuwon was pulled away by Divac, Olajuwon's movement speed and awareness of defense are far from comparable to Eaton's. its destruction.

Facing Olajuwon, the Warriors felt like they were facing a net composed of Olajuwon alone. He was everywhere and indestructible.

In terms of defensive awareness, Rodman may not be much worse than Olajuwon, but the gap in physical talent is too large. Rodman, who is 201cm, does not have the strong sense of defensive oppression brought by Olajuwon anyway.

In addition, in offense, Olajuwon is not comparable to Eaton. Facing Divac's defense, Olajuwon can make Divac look like a fool. Divac's defense is in the eyes of Olajuwon , It's just a watch, you can get on it with any posture!

Seeing this situation, after only 3 and a half minutes in the opening game, Nelson replaced Divac and replaced Duckworth on the field again.

Although Duckworth's effect against Olajuwon is not much better than that of Divac, but at least his height and weight are there, so that Olajuwon won't even be forced to eat without using his feet.

Seeing that the situation on the field gradually stabilized after returning to normal tactics, Nelson was relieved and sighed inwardly. This can be regarded as a lesson, not all tactics can be copied.

In this way, the Warriors' tactics returned to the original bombardment. However, due to the low shooting percentage of both sides, the two teams had a lot of rounds, but the score still couldn't increase.

Not only that, due to a mistake in the opening formation, the Warriors dug a big hole at the beginning, causing the Warriors to keep chasing the score.

It's just that the Warriors didn't feel good tonight. After three quarters, they only scored 63 points, which is equivalent to the usual two quarters.

In this way, the Rockets entered the fourth quarter with a 10-point lead. Unexpectedly, in the fourth quarter, Li Weisi suddenly broke out without any precautions.

In the face of the Rockets' Floyd and Wilkins' defenses in turn, Li Weisi had a breakthrough or an outside three-pointer, which was in stark contrast to the first three quarters.

Accompanied by the continuous attack, there is also the fast break pushed to the extreme. At this moment, the Warriors, the 24-second attack time, is like a long century for the Warriors. Almost as long as halftime is over, the Warriors should Attacked.

In this extreme offensive rhythm, the Rockets' leading point difference was quickly eroded, and in less than 3 minutes, the 10-point point difference was quickly wiped out. This is still between Olajuwon and Floyd De achieved without stopping to score.

In the end, with 34 seconds left before the end of the game, with Li Weisi's final throw, the game was completely killed. The Warriors finally defeated the Rockets 102:97 and won seven consecutive victories.

On the 27th, in an away game against the Dallas Mavericks, Lewis finally ushered in a comeback, which also made Nelson stop thinking about the experimental lineup.

For the Mavericks this season, it can be described as ill-fated.

The former best sixth man Roy Tapley, who was suspended for the league drug test last season, thought he could officially return this season, but he didn't expect that not long after the season started, he was arrested for drunk driving and had a dispute with the police Fortunately, the police at the time did not kneel down to Tapley in excitement, otherwise Tapley might not be able to save his life.

Secondly, due to the poor record, the head coach McLeod was dismissed and assistant coach Rich Adubato took over. However, in this precarious situation, the Mavericks started from the middle of the season. The bigger the better, now in the fierce competition The Western Conference is still ranked in the top eight, and it is still moving forward, which is really not easy.

Although the Mavericks' spirit of never giving up is worthy of recognition, since they traded Aguirre, the team has no future, and slow decline is their ultimate destination.

Therefore, although such a Mavericks brought some troubles to the Warriors, in the end there was no danger, and the Warriors still defeated the Mavericks 108:102.

Just when the Warriors fans were still complacent about their eight-game winning streak, the Jazz gave the Warriors a defeat in Salt Lake City.

In this game, after Nelson hesitated again and again, he still did not use Divac, but used conventional tactics to fight against the Jazz. Unexpectedly, all the Warriors played abnormally tonight. The basketball seemed to be blocked, and no one could make a shot. .

Li Weisi was not spared in this game. Although he finally scored 21 points and 6 assists by virtue of his shotgun long-range shooting, his efficiency was too low, and his shooting rate was only 35%. The team ranked second, the first is Rodman, he only took two shots and hit one.

Therefore, the shooting percentage of other players can be imagined, more than ten percent is considered normal performance, 20.00% is considered super-level performance, and someone like Li Weisi who scored 30.00% is simply a god.

Such a warrior, even without a guy to eat, how can he play the game?
In the end, the Warriors lost to the Jazz 91:106. Not only was the eight-game winning streak ended, but the record allowed the Blazers to catch up, and now they are only one win away.

Fortunately, the Warriors can't feel so bad every night. This is just a small probability event. The next day's away game against the Sonics, the Warriors' team's touch exploded. The team scored 139 points and beat the Sonics by 31 points.

Li Weisi scored a game-high 28 points and 34 assists in only 13 minutes of the game. Besides him, the Warriors had 6 players who scored in double figures, namely Richmond, Lewis, Dave Kevos, Hornacek, Petrovic and Schramf.

The poor Sonics, originally at the critical period of the playoffs, acted as a doormat for the Warriors inexplicably, allowing the Warriors to regain their confidence in them.

As for himself, because of this defeat, he fell to ninth in the Western Conference again. The playoff ticket that was close at hand was thrown to the opponent by the mischievous Warriors.

In this way, on the last day of March, relying on supersonic speed to send warmth, the Warriors entered April with victory, the final sprint stage of the entire season.

(End of this chapter)