Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 79
The Celtics' defensive strategy is mainly to cut off Li Weisi's passing route. For Li Weisi, they focus on single defense. In the 80s, when the projection ability was relatively insufficient, it was indeed a correct choice, but when the object was Li Weisi, it produced extremely serious results.

Li Weisi scored 20 points in the first quarter. After finding that Li Weisi was hot, Nelson immediately adjusted his rotation strategy and allowed Li Weisi to play the entire first quarter.

Thanks to Li Weisi's outstanding performance, the Warriors led the Celtics at 32:26 in the first quarter. Such a situation was not expected by anyone, including Li Weisi himself.

"West, you are doing very well, take a good rest first!" Nelson looked at his rookie, no matter how he looked at him, he liked it. He always thought that he already had a high opinion of Li Weisi, but he did not expect that Li Weisi could bring him such surprise.

What the hell is a surprise?What a surprise!Still don't need translation.

Li Weisi was sitting on the bench, panting heavily. Although Li Weisi seemed to be invincible on the court, his physical exertion was also abnormally high. He took 11 shots in the first quarter alone, and many players played a game Not being able to take so many shots, coupled with Johnson's various pressures on him, Li Weisi's physical loss far exceeded the previous game.

The other Warriors players, after seeing Li Weisi in the first quarter, felt like they knew Li Weisi again. Of course, they knew Li Weisi's strength before, but it was the first time they played such an aggressive game.

At the scene, because of Li Weisi's performance of the silencer in the away game, the cheers were much quieter. Their own team played well, but watching the scene, there was a sense of sight that the whole team was being chased by the opponent alone. Feeling honored to perform at such a god-level level, but also worried about the victory or defeat of his own team, he was very entangled in his heart.

Only a small group of people in the back far from the sidelines, wearing Li Weisi's No. 99 jersey, cheered for Li Weisi loudly, regardless of the strange eyes of the people around them.

Fortunately, these people were all of Asian appearance, so although the Celtics fans around were upset, they didn't hit them.

Almost every big city in the United States has a Chinatown, and as the new NBA season starts longer and longer, more and more Chinese have noticed this rookie with the same skin color as them, and it has also attracted the attention of many people. This kind of racial identity has long since crossed space.

The interval between the first quarter and the second quarter was only 130 seconds, and the audience who were not excited enough howled twice. Before their excitement passed, the players from both sides returned to the field again.

In this game, both teams have consciously shortened the time of the substitutes. Even if the substitutes are used, they are not all substitutes, but a mixed lineup of starters and substitutes.

The Warriors kept both Malone and Mullin on the court at this time, and at the same time matched Price, Hornacek and Rodman as three rookie substitutes.

That's right, in this crucial game, due to Higgins' injury, Nelson had to send Rodman on the field.

On the Celtic side, in addition to the three starters of Bird, Parish and Hieting, they also sent two substitutes, Danny Angie and Fred Roberts.

Danny Angie was originally the starter. KC Jones made him a substitute in order to protect him. Unexpectedly, this became a stroke of genius. The Celtics start with many offensive points. Angie is usually the fifth scoring point, and Hitting’s Although the shooting is not as good as Angie, it can be regarded as a reliable offensive point.

But when Angie was placed on the bench, Angie's offense played an unexpected role.

He received consecutive passes from Hitting and Bird and hit them, including a three-pointer. After a few rounds, the Warriors' original 6-point lead was wiped out by Angie's outstanding performance.

Angie's sudden explosion is not without reason. Last season, he was not accurate in long-range shooting. In this summer, he practiced desperately for three-pointers and became the earliest brother who practiced hard. It only took one summer. Just let his average three-point shooting percentage increase from 35.6% to 44.3%.

In addition, Hornacek is defending Angie. Hornacek is at a disadvantage in terms of height, ability, and experience. Coupled with Bird's excellent organization, Angie's outbreak can be said to be accidental. .

Seeing this situation, Nelson's reaction was not slow, and he immediately called a timeout, trying to interrupt the Celtics' scoring momentum.

Seeing the returning teammates, Li Weisi stood up from the bench, took off the towel on his head, and said to Nelson: "Coach, replace me!"

Everyone looked at Li Weisi in surprise, because at this time the second quarter had just passed less than 2 minutes.

"No, West, your rest time hasn't come yet!" It was Frank who spoke, and he stood up anxiously and objected.

The owner of the team, besides attending every home game, sometimes comes with the team to participate in away games when he is free. I don't know, I really thought he was the team's assistant coach!

"Frank, I..." Li Wei thought to refute, but at this moment, his words were interrupted by Mu Lin.

"West, who are you looking down on? Do you think we won't be able to play without you?"

"I did not mean that!"

"Then you just sit down on the court honestly, don't point fingers, we are the ones playing now!" Mullin said word by word.

"Yeah! West, if you replace me now, I won't even have a chance to avenge my shame. Please trust us!" Price also made fun of himself at this time, and persuaded Li Weisi.

"Mark..." Li Weisi was a little moved.

"That's right, West, basketball is not a sport for one person, you have to trust your teammates!" Nelson also stood up at this time, patting Li Weisi on the shoulder and said.

"Yes, I got it!" After speaking, Li Weisi sat back on the bench again.

The 20-second pause was fleeting in the blink of an eye, and the time had come when the few people had just finished speaking.

Although there was no rest, after Li Weisi made such a fuss, the momentum of the crowd recovered a lot, and it could even be said that their momentum was like a rainbow.

This made the head coach of the Celtics, KC Jones, at a loss, and admired Nelson's coaching level. He did not expect that Nelson was not only good at tactics, but also able to use such a job like filling chicken soup with such proficiency. The man who has been the best coach twice.

The Warriors players who re-entered the field in this way did not change their mentality because the point difference was caught up. On the contrary, because of this timeout, they let go of their hands and feet, and a flame was burning in their hearts.

(End of this chapter)