Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 616
There are not many ways for the Sonics to fight the Warriors. They mainly rely on the personal performance of outside stars, the most important of which is McDaniel.

Facing the continuous offensive firepower of the Warriors in the first quarter, the Supersonics were not defeated by the Warriors thanks to his presence.

As a rookie in the same class as Mullin, he is 27 years old this year. He is in the golden period of his career, and it should be the time when he needs to make achievements.

However, the team's situation is deteriorating. Due to injuries, the team failed to enter the playoffs last season, which seems to have directly caused the team management to lose confidence.

First, coach Bickerstaff, who had coached the Sonics for five years, was fired in the summer, and then Ellis was absent due to injury, leading to constant trade rumors.

All in all, it seems that the team seems to be heading towards a bad situation, which is absolutely unacceptable to McDaniel.

The differences on the road have changed the management's attitude towards McDaniel, and they have put him on the shelf unknowingly.

For this, McDaniel was absolutely unwilling. Seeing that he was about to be sold by the team he had played for for five years, he brought his anger to the court. He wanted to use his performance to prove that the Supersonics had no eyes.

I saw McDaniel running without the ball, from the outside to the penalty area, and after running out from the other side, getting rid of Mullin behind him, he received a timely pass from Payton, immediately turned around and made a three-pointer.

Since the three-point line was shortened this year, a long two-point mid-range master like McDaniel immediately turned into a three-point shooter, and the number of three-pointers in the league has increased.

After the goal, the Sonics once again overtook the score, playing extremely tenaciously, and McDaniel also scored 8 points in the first quarter.

However, although Li Weisi's three-pointers seem to be less eye-catching under the cover of many matured three-point shooters, if you really look at the data and watch the game carefully, you will find that Li Weisi's three-pointers are still very impressive. Unique, unique in the league.

Facing Streiter's dedicated defense, Li Weisi completely ignored him. Two steps away from the three-point line, Li Weisi directly chose to pull. His shot was still fast and urgent, which caught Streiter off guard. Before the block is to be blocked, the shot has been completed.

The basketball was hollow into the net, crisp and clear, and the Warriors took the lead again.

The score has been rising staggered until the last moment of the first quarter, the Warriors' Matthew Leonis made a layup with a European step in the fast break, and the Warriors led the Supersonics by one point at 30:29, ending the first quarter .

Watching such a fierce game, Kidd was so excited that he couldn't help but want to stand up and cheer several times. Unfortunately, he was supporting the Warriors, and he was right behind the Supersonics bench, surrounded by mostly He supports the Sonics, so he can only keep his excitement in his heart.

Seeing the end of the first quarter, he turned his attention away from the field at this moment. Seeing that Payton was sitting on the bench, his face was very ugly, and his heart suddenly "thumped". Forgot about his eldest brother, this is really unbrotherly.

As for why Payton is unhappy, Kidd can guess a few points. In the first quarter of the game, facing Richmond, his performance on both ends of the offense and defense can only be regarded as mediocre, and he only scored 4 points and 2 points. Assists, I am completely sorry for his title of No. [-] pick.

Just as Kidd was thinking about it and organizing his words to comfort Payton, the whistle sounded, and the preparations for the second quarter began. Payton, who was originally depressed, suddenly became extremely excited.

Although he didn't know what he was excited about, he was happy for Peyton when he saw that Peyton was able to come out of his depression.

Payton, who returned to the court, had no one else in his eyes at this time, but just looked at Starks who was also on the court, and there was a fire burning in his heart.

In the training camp, from the first time he saw Starks, Payton didn't like this guy very much, but this guy always wanted to compare with himself, although most of the time he won by himself, but this guy was endless. You have to compare everything with yourself.

This caused Payton not to relax for a moment in the training camp, playing more tired than usual training.

However, this also indirectly improved Payton's strength a lot, allowing him to quickly integrate into the team after the start of the new season and stabilize the team's starting lineup.

Watching Starks give him a provocative look, Peyton pretended to be nonchalant on the surface, but he was already furious in his heart and decided to show him a good look.

After the game started, Payton took the lead in launching the offense. Since this is the time for him to lead the bench, he now has a lot of possessions.

"There was no winner in the training camp, let's compete now!" When Payton dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, Starks, who was defending him, suddenly said this.

Peyton gave Starks a blank look and said, "The outcome has already been decided!"

"When..." Before Starks finished speaking, he suddenly felt his side hit a wall, and at the same time Peyton also started.

Damn it, this guy is cheating!
Starks didn't have time to curse, so he quickly planned to bypass Kemp who was blocking him, and continue to chase Peyton.

But at this moment, Kemp suddenly slid down, so fast that neither Starks nor Mason, who was defending him, could react.

At this time, Payton flicked his wrist, made a beautiful ground pass, and distributed the ball to Kemp who went down.

Kemp participated in the draft as a high school student last year. Many teams worried that he was immature and did not dare to take him. He was picked up by the Sonics. His performance in his rookie season can only be described as mediocre.

However, this year, his performance has finally improved, especially his bug-like physical talent, which is even more mouth-watering.

Just like now, Mason's physical talent is already at the animal level, especially his strength, which ranks at the forefront of the league, but seeing Kemp take off, Mason can't keep up with Kemp's speed.

Therefore, in a hurry, he took off in a hurry. Seeing that the height was not enough, Mason wanted to fight physically in the air to interfere with Kemp's dunk.

But when he hit Kemp's body in the air, he felt that he was hit by a fired shell, and suddenly half of his body went numb, and he was knocked away by Kemp.

But Kemp, who was hit by a huge force, stretched his limbs in the air like a normal person, swung his long arms, and smashed the ball into the basket hard.

The dunk definitely went over 10 feet and got some interference from Mason in the air, but it ended up dunking the basketball into the hoop.

While being amazed, people couldn't help but think, it's really unreasonable for a dunker with such strength to only finish fourth in the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest last season.

(End of this chapter)