Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 902 Announcing the End
The timeout called by Tang Shuai was very effective. As soon as the timeout came back, Olajuwon used his iconic moves, dreamy footsteps and turning hooks to score another two points for the Rockets, successfully breaking the Rockets' scoring drought.

But at this time, the morale of the Warriors has been fully raised, and it is almost difficult for the Rockets to suppress it.

Especially different from the previous playoffs of the Warriors, the Warriors no longer rely solely on Li Weisi in this game. The other players of the Warriors played extremely well and almost never missed shots.

In this case, the Rockets almost want to recover the point difference, which is almost impossible. If they can't prevent the opponent, they just don't want to chase points.

Seeing that the Warriors were in good shape, Nelson decisively left Li Weisi on the court when he adjusted the rotation in the second half of the first quarter. With 4 assists, it can be said that it has revitalized the whole team and is the engine for the smooth operation of the whole team's offense.

Therefore, he kept Li Weisi on the court and let him play the entire first quarter, continuing the Warriors' good form until the end of the first quarter.

Li Weisi did not disappoint Nelson's trust. Under his leadership, the Warriors' substitutes also showed amazing performance. Facing the Rockets' rotation lineup led by Olajuwon, the Warriors continued their efforts and completely suppressed the Rockets. The first quarter ended at 29:17.

Leading the Rockets by 12 points in the first quarter, there is no better start than this.

However, the Warriors are also very clear from top to bottom that such a start is only a temporary lead. No one would believe that the Rockets would admit defeat so easily.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the second quarter, the Rockets, led by Barkley and Drexler, immediately launched a wave of counterattacks, and quickly narrowed the point difference to only about 5 points.

Because the Rockets' bench is not deep enough, they can only split the Big Three, each leading a section of the Rockets' bench.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Tang Shuai put the two on the field together, but caught the Warriors by surprise.

However, the Warriors immediately replaced all starters except Li Weisi.

Relying on his good form, Richmond used a mid-range shot to help the Warriors as soon as he came back and stabilized the situation.

As the Warriors' actual second-in-command, Richmond, who performed poorly in the first two rounds, urgently needs a series of outstanding performances to save himself.

Richmond, who performed well at the beginning, soon scored a layup in the next round, further consolidating the Warriors' lead.

The two teams fought each other for two more rounds, and Li Weisi finally returned to the court during an out-of-bounds.

At this time, the score of the two teams was 8. The Warriors continued to maintain an [-]-point lead.

However, as soon as he came back, Li Weisi immediately used a three-pointer to bring the point difference back to more than 10 points. The Rockets worked hard for half a quarter and finally returned to the starting point.

Of course, compared to the first quarter, the Rockets have begun to recover in this quarter. On both ends of the offense and defense, they have gradually recovered their form, so that the Warriors' scoring is no longer as crazy as it was in the first quarter.

Before the end of halftime, Olajuwon made a mid-range hit, once again narrowing the point difference to less than 10 points, with only 2 seconds left.

In the end, Li Weisi failed to create a miracle and failed to hit a three-pointer at halftime. In this way, the halftime score came to 49:40, and the Warriors continued to lead.

Although the Warriors' offense eased in the second round, they did withstand the Rockets' counterattack in this quarter. Of course, no one in the Warriors would think that everything would be fine at this time. They believed that in the second half, the Rockets There will definitely be a more violent counterattack. At that time, they must continue the state of the first quarter to ensure that they will win this game.

Sure enough, as the Warriors expected, Olajuwon showed great strength at the beginning of the second half, scoring 6 points in a row on the offensive end, leading the Rockets to chase points violently.

Olajuwon's efficiency is very high tonight, with a shooting rate of 80%, and almost no shots are missed. To be honest, if it weren't for Barkley and Drexler who were too stretched, the Warriors would have played every quarter. As good as the first quarter, I am afraid it will be difficult to lead.

With Olajuwon's outstanding performance, the point difference between the two teams also began to shrink. Fortunately, the speed of shrinking was not fast.

Unlike the excellent performance of his teammates in the long half, in the third quarter, facing the Rockets chasing points, Li Weisi took the lead in giving a sample to the rest of the Warriors, and he was able to respond when Olajuwon scored.

In this way, at the beginning of the third quarter, the Rockets' offense was blocked by Li Weisi alone.

This is not over yet, as the Rockets' chasing momentum weakens, the Warriors have begun to play instead.

First, Richmond received a pass from Li Weisi and made an empty cut to the basket for a layup, and then Finley was on the wing again and hit a mid-range shot.

For a while, other Warriors teammates found their game state in the first quarter. Even Rodman also hit a mid-range shot during this period, although he made it when he was emptied.

But in any case, with the recovery of other Warriors players, the Warriors have passed the most dangerous period, and the point difference has not narrowed, but has a growing trend.

Faced with such a situation, the Rockets saw it in their eyes and were anxious in their hearts, because they knew very well that if they could not make a breakthrough in the third quarter, it would be even more difficult to chase points in the fourth quarter, even if it was at home, occupying a favorable position , and it is still difficult to quickly chase points under Li Weisi's control.

However, the performance of Barkley and Drexler tonight was really bad. After three quarters, Barkley took 8 shots, hit 2 goals, and scored 8 points, while Drexler took 10 shots and hit 4 goals. Scored 10 goals and scored [-] points.

It can be said that the combination of the two has not scored as many points as Olajuwon alone. With such a performance, how can the Rockets chase points?

On the other hand, the Warriors, after the third quarter, 5 Warriors have scored in double figures, and the score has reached 79:65, and the Warriors have already led by 14 points.

By the fourth quarter, the Warriors had replaced all the starters, but the Rockets did not give up.

However, despite the presence of the Big Three, they still failed to narrow the point difference. Even after Kukoc hit a three-pointer, Cassel hit a turnaround jumper, and the point difference went straight to 20 points.

In this way, with 4 minutes left before the end of the game, the Rockets finally gave up, replaced all the starters, and declared their surrender.

The final score was fixed at 105:86. The Warriors beat the Rockets away, and the first game between the Warriors and the Rockets ended with such a dramatic ending.

(End of this chapter)