Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 921
Richmond has been leaning against Cole during the fast break. Although Cole is very careful in defense, he is still stepping back step by step. There is no way, the strength difference is too much.

After coming to the basket, Richmond suddenly twisted his waist, and the whole person suddenly completed a change of direction, allowing Cole to jump into the air, and successfully threw Cole away with an alternative European step. side, took off and dunked easily.

This ball fully demonstrated Richmond's physical talent and ability to combine the ball, and also let people see Richmond's powerful ability.

With this goal scored, the point difference between the two teams has reached 7 points, and the entire arena has long been reduced to a sea of ​​joy.

Faced with this situation, Jackson also had a headache. Cole really couldn't guard Richmond!Especially tonight, Richmond feels good outside, which doubles his breakthrough threat.

But if Cole is not allowed to defend Richmond, let him defend Li Weisi is like delivering food, and it is the same to defend Finley, but if Cole is replaced, no one can open up for Jordan like Cole. Offensive spacing, therefore, puts Jackson in a tangle as well.

While Jackson was worrying about Cole, Jordan couldn't sit still.

The team was able to get off to a 2:0 start, which made Jordan very happy, but he did not lose his vigilance because of this. He knew very well that the Warriors would definitely launch a counterattack in this game. Therefore, before the game, he was like The teammates emphasized that this game has to be more vigilant and play him as the last game.

However, when the game started, the Bulls inevitably fell behind, and the point difference continued to expand.

When he saw his teammates who couldn't count on him, Jordan knew that he had to stand up at this time, otherwise, the game was likely to be explained from the beginning.

So, in the next attack, Jordan began to spare no effort to take the ball and rushed into the Warriors' penalty area. Even if he couldn't score, he still had to cause damage. No matter what, he needed to score.

Jordan is 33 years old this year. At this age, most players will experience a significant decline in strength. Perhaps experience will increase and skills will improve, but this is not as fast as the decline in physical fitness. No exception.

As the saying goes, when people get old, their legs get old. Compared with when they were young, Jordan's speed, jumping height, etc. have all dropped significantly. Although, this is still much better than most players in the league. Even looking at Jordan's Jumping, Li Weisi even shed tears of sadness.

However, due to the decline in physical fitness, Jordan also had to change his style of play. Like tonight, he threw himself into the crowd. This kind of desperate style of play is already rare.

But tonight, Jordan dreamed back to ten years ago and found the feeling of youth again.

Relying on Jordan's desperate style of play, the Bulls unexpectedly blocked the momentum of the Warriors to open the score. , tied the score.

Although later, the two teams entered the rotation stage, but Jordan and Li Weisi were left on the court with a tacit understanding.

Even Nelson has now officially abandoned the full-substitute rotation method and embarked on the path of a mixed lineup.

On receiving a pass from Steve Smith, Jordan used his signature shot fake, a one-handed shot that tricked Jalen Rose's defense, and took a deliberate step to the right after Rose flew up. , and then made a mid-range shot. Unfortunately, the movement was very chic, but he missed the shot.

Jordan's shooting percentage tonight was so poor that it was so poor throughout the first quarter. In addition to this attack, he only made 8 of 2 shots. If it weren't for such a low shooting percentage, the Bulls would have overtaken the score.

After the rebound was accepted by Brown, it was handed over to Li Weisi immediately. At this time, the Warriors did not rush to make a fast break, but stabilized and prepared to play the final attack, because at this time the end of the first quarter, there were still 17 points left. Second.

After coming to the frontcourt unhurriedly, Li Weisi faced Jordan's defense and began to waste time.

Jordan's press is very strong. Those big hands and long arms are like two big iron pincers, which can pinch the ball away from the ball handler's hand without paying attention.

Therefore, when Li Weisi wasted time, he had to face Jordan with his back turned, unable to face the frame.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Horry took the initiative to run a pick-and-roll for Li Weisi. Relying on Horry's pick-and-roll, Li Weisi successfully got rid of Jordan's defense by turning around.

The power forward who followed Horry to defend was also an old acquaintance of Li Weisi, John Salley.

Sali, who is only 32 years old this year, has entered the end of his career. In fact, since he came out of the Pistons, he has been going downhill all the way.

After coming to the Bulls this season, his playing time is actually not much. He didn't play much in the regular season, and his playing time in the playoffs is even more limited.

The reason why he was sent up at this moment is mainly to let Grant take a breather. Even though Grant didn't score many points, his role in the Bulls is still very important. Therefore, in the playoffs, he played almost every game. It takes about 40 minutes to play. Even Iron Man can't handle this kind of playing time, let alone the 31-year-old Grant!
However, Saili, who is known for his defense, is too tall, coupled with his age, his footsteps have slowed down, and it is almost impossible to keep up with Li Weisi's rhythm.

No, when Li Weisi faced Saili's defense, he successfully passed Saili with a simple change of direction and breakthrough. Saili had no ability to hinder Li Weisi's breakthrough at all.

Because it was too easy to break through Saili, Li Weisi left Jordan behind and went directly to the Bulls' inside line.

Immediately, the Bulls' inside line was full of people, and the Bulls' backup center Luke Longley immediately rushed to help defend. Li Weisi rushed forward to face Longley without fear.

However, Li Weisi did not want to commit suicide after all, so after coming to Langley, he directly tricked Langley with the Eurostep, and then completed the layup.

Although he was cheated in the first step, Langley has a lot of defensive experience, so he reacted immediately and turned around to block Li Weisi.

It's a pity that Li Weisi's layup arc was much higher than that of ordinary players. The basketball flew past Langley's fingertips dangerously, and then hit the high part of the backboard, refracting into the net. At the same time, Time resets to zero.

In this way, relying on the buzzer to wipe the rebound and make a layup, Li Weisi helped the Warriors take a 25:21 lead and ended the first quarter of the game.

(End of this chapter)