Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 919
To be honest, the Bulls won the first game of the finals, and it didn't cause much disturbance in the outside world. The reason is very simple. Does such an expected thing require too much reaction?
However, unlike the outside world, the Bulls were greatly shocked after the first game because they did not expect the Warriors to be so tenacious.

Who is your team?That is the team that created the historical record of the NBA regular season!

What about the Warriors on the opposite side?Playing in the playoffs, he stumbled and jumped repeatedly on the death line several times, and finally got to where he is today by luck.

But what they didn't expect was that it was very difficult for them to win the first game. Although the point difference was quite large, they knew how strong the Warriors were when they played on the court. It can be said that the first game was completely It was because of the outstanding performance of Jordan and Pippen that the victory was narrow and narrow.

Only then did they understand why Jordan valued the Warriors and Li Weisi so much before the game. This Li Weisi was really scary.

However, this is also good, after this battle, the Bulls players finally corrected their thinking and put the Warriors on the same level as themselves, without any underestimation.

In this way, it is bad news for the Warriors. After all, the Bulls did not take advantage of the lack of preparation to win the first game. After the Bulls adjust their mentality, it will be even more difficult to win.

Sure enough, as soon as the second game came up, the Bulls couldn't find the Warriors. At the beginning, the Warriors dug a big hole for themselves.

As a last resort, Li Weisi could only come out for business early, and was forced to fire all the firepower in advance, leading the Warriors to successfully chase the score back.

In this way, they fell behind by 12 points at most in the first quarter, and by the end of the first quarter, the Warriors had chased the score to 20:23.

In order to chase points, Nelson let Li Weisi play the full first quarter. Therefore, Li Weisi will not be able to play in the first half of the second quarter, and this period is the weak time of the Warriors.

However, what is more regrettable to the Bulls fans at the scene is that the Bulls did not seize this opportunity. During this period of time, they encountered strong resistance from the Warriors' substitute players. In the end, when Li Weisi returned to the court, the Warriors only lost. 5 points only.

Unfortunately, even if Li Weisi came back, the Warriors still failed to get the score back. At the end of the half, the team still fell behind 43:46.

The two teams were tied in this quarter.

I have to say that it is really admirable that the Warriors can go all out for the Bulls and still not lose the wind on the scene. However, the gap in hard power makes it impossible for them to maintain this state forever.

Sure enough, in the third quarter, the situation changed suddenly, and the Bulls suddenly broke out. After a frantic bombardment, the Warriors were directly stunned.

During Pippen's fast break, the ball was given to Grant on the wing. Grant feinted and passed the ball back to Pippen. After Pippen got the ball, he dunked with both hands to complete the dunk.

With this goal scored, the Bulls successfully stopped the Warriors, and the point difference has skyrocketed from 3 points to 11 points.

Facing the sudden outbreak of the Bulls, Nelson has no good way, because the Bulls' outbreak is mainly based on excellent defense.

Through their strong defense, they blocked the Warriors' offense and gained a lot of opportunities for defensive counterattacks. Only through a few missed shots and mistakes by the Warriors, they successfully opened the score.

Therefore, what the Warriors need to do most now is to throw that damn basketball in. As long as they can score and improve their offensive efficiency, the Bulls' offense will naturally return to normal levels.

But the problem is, the Warriors can't score!
Nelson couldn't take off his clothes and fight on his own, so he could only look at Li Weisi again.

As the well-deserved core and boss of the team, Li Weisi naturally knew what to do directly. Facing Nelson's eyes, he didn't evade anything, and everything was spoken without saying anything.

After the timeout ended, the game resumed. Li Weisi increased his offensive shots. Li Weisi, who had been silent for a long time, took up the offensive banner again and finally stabilized the situation. However, if he wants to recover the score, he still needs to wait for an opportunity.

So, throughout the third quarter, the Bulls beat the Warriors 30:20 in a single quarter, winning the Warriors by 10 points and trailing the Bulls by 63 points 76:13.

Faced with such a difficult situation, Nelson no longer dared to let the Warriors use a full bench lineup. Although Li Weisi was rested in the first half of this quarter, Richmond and Rodman were both on the court, fighting with Pittsburgh. Peng led the mixed lineup of the Warriors and fought together.

Throughout the first few minutes of the fourth quarter, the shooting percentages of both sides were not high. It seemed that the game was still in a stalemate. It seemed that as long as the Bulls persisted, the Warriors would suffocate bit by bit in the Bulls' iron shuttle formation. and die.

However, just when the Bulls were about to nail the Warriors' coffin, an accident happened, which made the Warriors jump out of the coffin again.

In a return defense, Hubble forced a jump in order to block Cassel, and eventually sprained his ankle.

The scene at that time frightened Phil Jackson, for fear that Hubble would relapse from an old knee injury.

Without Hubble, the Bulls suddenly had a huge hole in the entire lineup. Using Cole would mean that the Bulls' perimeter defense was weak. Using Buichler may not improve the defense much, but it would affect the team's own offense.

In the end, after hesitating again and again, Coach Jackson chose Cole and asked Jordan to defend Li Weisi.

The result of this is that Richmond is completely alive. Facing Cole's defense, Richmond's post-up singles are almost as effective as Jordan.

With Richmond's outstanding performance, the point difference between the two teams is also rapidly shrinking. This wave of offensive climax immediately completely crushed the Bulls' defense, and successfully defeated the Bulls with 1 minute and 17 seconds left in the game. , to tie the score.

Regardless of the critical moment, it depends on Jordan. He first caused Rodman's fifth foul on the offensive end, walked to the free throw line, made two free throws, and then attracted double-teams when he broke through, and gave the ball to Cole. , Cole made a long two-pointer.

Since the three-point line was guessed, it was only a 2-pointer.

But even so, it was still enough for the Bulls to kill the game, and it also made the Warriors fail to seize the opportunity of Hubble's end, failing on the verge of success, and finally ended up losing.

With Cole hitting the deadly goal, the Bulls beat the Warriors at home 92:88, extending the series to 2:0.

In this campaign, Li Weisi still scored a game-high 29 points, and Richmond also scored 23 points, but the team still lost to the Bulls who scored in double figures with 5 players.

Next, the Warriors will return to their home court and enter the final last stand.

(End of this chapter)