Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 949 Postscript 2
After the routine ceremonies such as players entering the field and playing the national anthem were completed, the entire stadium was once again plunged into darkness.

Just when the audience at the scene thought it was a power outage or equipment failure, suddenly a ray of light hit the center of the court from the top of the arena, and there stood a tall figure. When people saw it, it was Michael who had retired and started to put on weight Jordan.

Then, what greeted him was unanimous boos from the audience.

"Shhhhhh..." Hearing the hiss like locusts crossing the border, instead of getting angry, Jordan laughed out loud.

Jordan, who was holding a microphone, said into the microphone: "Thank you for your boos, I almost forgot that I have retired."

"Hahaha..." Hearing Jordan's words, the whole scene became a sea of ​​joy, and it didn't look like he booed just now.

In fact, the scene was far less tense than just shown. For Oracle Arena, booing is the best way to welcome Jordan, and Jordan himself deeply believes in this.

"Actually, I have forgotten when it started. When I came to the home court of the Warriors, I would receive your boos, but I can be sure that my lifelong opponent at that time also stood here. On the court."

"Honestly speaking, I didn't want to host the retirement ceremony of this guy West. After all, when I retired, he never came. Please note that I retired three times, and this guy never came! "

"Hahaha..." The scene burst into laughter again.

"But! I'm not as stingy as that guy in West. I asked myself repeatedly at home, if I don't come, will I regret it? I asked a hundred times, and my heart gave me a hundred times If you answer, you will definitely regret it.”

"Oh oh oh..." There was a burst of booing at the scene.

"Okay, don't let this field be occupied from now on, West, are you still coming up?" As he spoke, Jordan suddenly looked to the sidelines, and at the same time, another beam of light fell from the sky, hitting It was Li Weisi who was sitting on the bench.

After the eyes of the two met, Li Weisi slowly stood up from the bench, and amidst the cheers all over the sky, walked slowly onto the field and came to Jordan.

"I am coming!"

"Near far
Wherever you are
I believe
That the heart does go on..."

Just as the two were standing facing each other with their eyes facing each other, the DJ on the scene suddenly played a bit naughty, and actually played the theme song of "Titanic", and the whole picture was distorted immediately.

"Stop, stop! What kind of messy soundtrack is this?" Hearing the music, both of them couldn't hold back, and Jordan even said loudly with the microphone.

However, compared to the fact that the two parties could not accept the soundtrack, the audience at the scene felt that the DJ was very sensible, and they all applauded and said that it was a good job!

Fortunately, this "Basket Hunting Order" scene is just a farce after all. Not all CPs can get candy, and it passed after laughing, and the two quickly got to the point.

Li Weisi took the microphone and began to say seriously: "Thanks to my good friends, my former teammates, my relatives, and the fans who supported me for coming here to participate in the last NBA regular season in my life."

Before the words fell, the audience applauded thunderously, not only the fans, but also Li Weisi's relatives and friends responded with warm applause and cheers.

"But at the beginning, I didn't want to hold this retirement ceremony. For me, I prefer to leave without moving. There is no need to make it like this, but Frank disagrees, Nelli disagrees, and Chris disagrees. , and finally they convinced me to let me tell you the truth and say goodbye.”

"Ever since I came into contact with basketball, I have fallen in love with it deeply, but I never imagined that I could play in the NBA for so long, let alone achieve such results.

As everyone knows, I don't have a good talent, a good body, and I often say that if other players in the league work as hard as I do, then I may have lost my job long ago.

But luckily, most players have not been able to overcome laziness, and neither have I, allowing me to play in the NBA for so long. "

"But now, I am more and more aware that I am beyond my power, and I can help the team less and less on the court, and sometimes it even has side effects.

Therefore, I understand that it is time to leave. Although I love this field deeply, I also know that it is time to say goodbye here and give the stage to young people! "

"That's it, after tonight, West, out!"

Although Li Weisi's speech was not so deafening, his love for basketball was beyond words, and it was simply visible to the blind.

Therefore, after Li Weisi finished his speech, apart from applauding, the audience felt a kind of sadness, not only for Li Weisi's departure, but also for their own lost youth.

Fortunately, before the audience got too immersed in the sad atmosphere, Jordan said again: "If you want to leave, you have to finish tonight's task first!"

"What task?" Li Weisi froze for a moment, not understanding what Jordan meant.

"Of course it is the historical record of scoring 40 points as the audience thought, and the total score exceeded 40000 points! You won't let the audience leave with regrets, will you?"

As soon as Jordan finished speaking, the audience burst into cheers.

Since Li Weisi surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the regular season last season, people have been expecting Li Weisi's scoring to break through the 4000-point mark.

However, in these two seasons, Li Weisi has been troubled by injuries. Not only has his scoring average dropped below 20 points, but his attendance rate is also seriously insufficient. As a result, until now, Li Weisi's total score has not broken through 40000 points, but 39962 points .

In other words, as long as he can score 38 points in tonight's game, Li Weisi can reach a record of 40000 points, and this is what Jordan said, what the fans are looking forward to.

"I don't care about statistics, I just want to win, as long as the team..."

"Fuck you to win, we don't want to see you win tonight, we just want to see you score, everyone is right?"

"Yes!" Everyone at the scene said in unison.

"This..." This scene made Li Weisi dumbfounded, and he didn't know what to say.

"You do it well. In my opinion, the fans are still too small. What 40 points? I think you can score 50 points tonight!" Jordan patted Li Weisi on the shoulder and walked straight off the field .

After the farewell ceremony, Nelson, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Moses Malone, Frank and others made short speeches. Even if each person only spoke for 10 minutes, an hour passed like this.

But none of the audience at the scene felt bored. They preferred to slow down time, and it was best to stay where they were. Only in this way can Li Weisi not retire.

But this is just a luxury after all, no one can stop the progress of time, unless you buy a clock and let it go backwards.

Soon, the pre-match ceremony took an hour longer than usual before it was finally completely over, and the next thing was the official match tonight.

The starters of the two teams have already entered the field one after another at this time.

The No. [-] Lakers in the Western Conference fielded their regular starting lineup tonight: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Vladimir Radmanovic, Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol.

Due to the absence of Andrew Bynum due to injury, the Lakers' lineup this season is not complete, but even so, they can still win the first place in the Western Conference.

Of course, in terms of a disorganized lineup, their opponents, the Warriors, are much more disorganized than them.

The team's two starters, Josh Howard and the 2006 FMVP winner Yao Yao, were all absent due to injuries. The team's second and third were absent due to injuries. Li Weisi is old and no longer has the ability to turn the tide back then, and this is why they are still ranked No.95 in the West this season.

Therefore, the lineup sent by the Warriors tonight is: Li Weisi, Ariza, Battier, Paul Millsap and Mark Gasol.

Don't look at the lineup and feel that this Warriors team is quite strong, but in fact, in the team's starting lineup, except for Li Weisi and Battier, the other three are all 23 years old. Among them, Ariza participated in the draft in 04 and is a 4th grader. As a student, Millsap participated in the draft in 06 and was a second-round pick in the second grade. Marc Gasol, as the younger brother of All-Star Paul Gasol, was only a second-round pick who only played for one year.

Such a lineup is shabby no matter how you look at it. Therefore, before the game, no team was optimistic about the Warriors. Everyone only hoped that Li Weisi could perform well tonight and break the 4-point record, that's all.

The two Gasol brothers were standing in the logo area of ​​the middle circle at this time, and referee Crawford, who had already made a name for himself, threw the ball into the sky, and the game officially began.

Although the younger brother Mark is slightly taller than his older brother Paul, his older brother Paul overwhelmed Mark and succeeded in jumping the ball. The basketball fell into Fisher's hands, and the Lakers won the first wave of offensive possession.

After halftime, Fisher took the initiative to hand the ball to Pau Gasol who came to the top of the arc, and then, Fisher obediently came to the bottom corner and squatted to defend, opening up space for the team.

After Gasol got the ball, he turned to face the frame instead of dribbling, but held the ball high, facing his younger brother. At this time, Kobe walked inside from the strong side to the waist of the weak side, leaning against his defender with his back Thiel, then raised his right hand for the ball to Gasol.

Kobe, who is about to turn 30 years old, is no longer the unscrupulous face of No. 8 Kobe. As he grows older, Kobe's technical growth is almost the same as Jordan's growth trajectory.

In the past few years, he led the team to fight alone, which fully demonstrated Kobe's super singles ability, but after the introduction of Gasol this year, with the blessing of the triangle offense, Kobe showed his full strength, not only the phoenix nirvana, but also It is very likely to get the first MVP in his life.

Battier's defensive ability is unquestionable, so he was selected by the Warriors as a defensive leader, specially used to defend Kobe, even if the two are not actually on the same position.

However, although Battier is very hard to defend Kobe, how can Kobe be so easy to defend today?
I saw Kobe easily shaking his shoulders, and then turned around and shot a jumper. Although Battier tried to cover his eyes, the basketball went into the basket precisely.

The range of the recline, the stretched body, and the picturesque jump shot make people inevitably think of Jordan who has retired. There is no way, the shooting movements of the two are so similar, it is hard not to put the two together. Compare them together.

To be honest, Jordan never thought that Kobe was his heir, but this did not affect Kobe's efforts to make everyone think that he was Jordan's successor, even though Kobe himself never wanted to admit it.

However, the same technical movements, the same height, and even the same hairstyle made him unable to justify himself. Even, they even had the same coach.

At this moment, the head coach Phil Jackson sitting on the bench, looking at No. 24 Kobe who hit a fadeaway jumper, and Li Weisi who was dribbling the ball at this time, gave Jackson an illusion of time and space. More than ten years ago, he was leading the Bulls against the Warriors.

The only difference is that this time my own Lakers are strong and strong, while the Warriors are old, weak, sick and disabled. What's even more commendable is that Li Weisi is also old.

Just when Jackson was still thinking that Li Weisi was getting old, Li Weisi and Marc Gasol made a pick-and-roll against Pau Gasol and hit a super long three-pointer. 3:2, the Warriors overtook the score at the beginning.

This three-pointer not only helped the Warriors overtake the score, but also continued to refresh his record for the total number of three-pointers.

In fact, since Li Weisi surpassed the total number of three-pointers made by Bird in his career in the third season of his life, he has been ranked in the NBA's historical three-pointer list. No one has ever come close to Li Weisi's record, let alone surpassed it. up.

Now, after 22 seasons of hard work, Li Weisi has already raised his total number of three-pointers to a terrifying 5002, no, 5003 three-pointers, almost more than the 2560 three-pointers made by Reggie Miller Double is considered to be the most unsurpassed NBA record.

Among them, Li Weisi had three seasons in which he scored more than 400 three-pointers in a single season, and as many as six seasons in which he scored more than 3 three-pointers.

It can be said that in terms of the number of three-pointers made in a single season, among the top ten or even the top fifteen in history, Li Weisi alone accounted for 14 times. The only time was created by Ray Allen in the 05-06 season. 269 ​​three-pointers, and this is only ranked 13th.

It can be seen that Li Weisi is really looking for defeat in the three-pointer, and he can't see his opponent.

Li Weisi hit a super long three-pointer after the opening, which is not good news for the Lakers. After all, once Li Weisi's three-pointer is opened, it will seriously test the Lakers' defense.

Then it was the Lakers' turn to attack again, but unlike the previous round, Odom was the one doing the pivot this time.

As an all-round fighter, Odom is actually more suitable to lead the bench lineup, but unfortunately because of Bynum's injury, he had to enter the starting lineup.

However, after Odom enters the starting lineup, it can still have a positive impact on the Lakers' offense, especially as an organization point. The cooperation with Gasol can create better shooting opportunities for Kobe and at the same time activate other players. .

For example, in this attack, Kobe's running position attracted a lot of defensive attention from the Warriors, and Odom took the opportunity to distribute the ball to Gasol.

And because of the pick-and-roll between Odom and Gasol, Millsap switched defenses to Gasol.

Although the young Millsap is short in height, he is very strong, coupled with his long wingspan and excellent jumping, all of which make Millsap not suffer when facing most power forwards.

However, Pau Gasol is no ordinary power forward.

After hitting back twice in a row, he immediately turned around to attract Millsap to take off, and then used his footsteps to try to layup from the other side of Millsap.

But Millsap's reaction was also quick, and he made up for it in the first place, blocking Gasol.

However, despite the fact that the fans call Gasol "Sister-in-law" and think he is soft, Gasol played very tough on this ball. After Millsap's physical confrontation, he forcibly put the ball in. Basket, 4:3.

Then, it was the Warriors' turn to attack again, and the ball was still in Li Weisi's hands.

The former "little fish" has now become an "old fish", but it is undeniable that Fisher is still much younger than Li Weisi.

Defending Li Weisi was quite a challenge for Fisher, but he was not afraid at all. He bent over and lifted his hips, leaned forward slightly, put his hands on his thighs, and looked fiercely at Li Weisi. He shouted at Li Weisi: "Come on! I want to see what you are capable of!"

I have to say that Fisher looks extremely handsome. A simple role player can actually exude the temperament of an All-Star player.

However, Li Weisi didn't even call the pick-and-roll this time. A simple crossover easily passed Fisher, and then faced Gasol's defense, he made a high-scoring layup.

"Hey, there are really two brushes!" Fisher, who was standing at the free throw line, watched Li Weisi complete the layup, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Of course, this was just an episode of the game. Then when it was the Lakers' turn to attack, Odom passed the ball to Kobe and was intercepted by Li Weisi first, and then a long pass was distributed to Ariza. Kobe, who was rushed back to the basket, refused to nail the board.

But Li Weisi, who came back immediately, picked up the rebound and made an easy layup. 7:4, the Warriors continued to lead.

But Kobe would not allow the Warriors to continue to lead. Looking back, he hit a three-pointer with a 45-degree drift and tied the score again at 7:7.

The two teams showed high offensive and defensive efficiency at the beginning of the game, especially Li Weisi and Kobe, who scored 7 points and 5 points respectively, accounting for almost all the opening points of the two teams.

After that, other players of the two teams also began to score one after another, and the proportion of the two's points in the team's total score began to decline, but even so, the performance of the two was still impressive in this quarter.

At the end of the first quarter, the score of the two teams was 32:30, and the Warriors took a slight lead by 2 points. In terms of personal scoring, Li Weisi played the entire first quarter, scoring 9 points and 6 assists on 16 of 4 shots. He made 10 of 5 shots and scored 15 points and 4 rebounds. The performance of the two can be described as comparable.

Since Li Weisi played the first quarter, the Warriors' bench came under tremendous pressure as soon as the second quarter came up.

Due to injuries, the Warriors' lineup was incomplete, which also caused the Warriors' bench lineup to be stretched and they could only use a mixed lineup to make the transition.

Replacing Li Weisi was the life winner Louis Williams, who was selected by the Warriors in the second round in 05.

After three years of training, Williams has now grown into a qualified starter. After Li Weisi's playing time was reduced to 25 minutes, he averaged 23 points in 11.5 minutes per game, which is very efficient.

Although Williams is short in stature, has a somewhat unique style of play, and has unstable shooting, but with his fast speed and amazing offensive ability with the ball, he has become the most important firepower offensive point on the Warriors' bench.

It's a pity that Williams' performance tonight was a bit misfired. He failed to support the firepower of the Warriors during the rotation. Many consecutive layups and shots were interfered by Jordan Farmar and Luke Walton. , was beaten by the Lakers into a counterattack.

Originally only leading by two points, after this series of operations, just over two minutes into the second quarter, the Warriors fell behind the Lakers by 5 points.

In this way, Li Weisi, who only rested for less than 3 minutes, returned to the court.

After returning, Li Weisi quickly stabilized the situation with a three-pointer.

The audience who saw this scene couldn't help but want to praise Li Weisi, he is really healthy and strong!
Compared with the opening and closing in the first quarter, the offensive efficiency in the second quarter has obviously declined. Of course, this is not only the Warriors, but also the Lakers.

Not only did Li Weisi's hit rate decline, but Kobe on the opposite side had a significant increase in iron production in this section. Four Yanghua and three irons in this section are by no means just an adjective.

However, although the efficiency of the two teams has declined, this does not affect the intensity of the game. Even because of the decline in offensive efficiency, the two teams have invested a lot of energy on the defensive end, making the game more intense.

In the subsequent games, the top stars of the two teams were relatively restrained, but their teammates stood up. The Lakers were Gasol and Odom, and the Warriors were Millsap and Ali. tie.

In this way, at the end of halftime, the two teams drew 53.

As a team on the fringes of the Western Conference playoffs, it is absolutely remarkable to be able to tie with the No. [-] Lakers in the Western Conference in the first half.

However, the audience at the scene were dissatisfied because they came to see Li Weisi, not others to score.

In addition, at the end of halftime, the results of the Nuggets' game had come out. The Nuggets defeated the Grizzlies 120:111, won the 50th win of the season, and also confirmed the playoffs, even if the Warriors won this game The next game, also missed the playoffs.

And this also created a new history. This is the first time since Li Weisi entered the NBA in 1986 that the team missed the playoffs in his career.

Now that the outcome of the game is irrelevant, the audience naturally looked forward to Li Weisi's performance even more.

To be honest, Li Weisi performed very well in the first half. He scored 23 points and 7 assists alone. What else can you ask of a 41-year-old veteran?It is impossible for most players in the entire NBA to get such data in the whole game, let alone half time.

However, the audience was not satisfied. After seeing that they hoped to score 40+ points in the second half, they began to make progress, hoping that Li Weisi could really score 50 points as Jordan said.

In this way, under the expectation of the fans, the second half began.

As the audience expected, at the beginning of the second half, Li Weisi, after the intermission, once again took over the banner of the Warriors' offense.

Although Li Weisi's explosive power and jumping ability have almost dropped to the bottom, and his three-point shooting percentage has also dropped to the lowest in his career due to lack of shooting space, but his ball handling ability, organizational ability and shooting ability are still tops in the league. Which team would underestimate Li Weisi.

What's more, even if there is no space, the Warriors will create space for Li Weisi to shoot.

At the beginning of the second half, the Warriors attacked first. After Li Weisi entered the penalty area, he immediately got out of the crowd to the top of the arc. At the same time, Marc Gasol and Millsap suddenly joined together and chased Fisher Standing in front of him firmly, it was like bumping into a wall.

That's right, this is the elevator door tactic!This tactic was born as early as the mid-90s, but limited by the rules, it was not used in practice until 2001 when the joint defense became legal.

However, I don’t use it much on weekdays. After all, there are still suspicions of pick-and-roll moves, and it is easy to be blown by the referee, but tonight is different. Under the high expectations, as long as the Warriors are done too much, no matter which referee, They will turn a blind eye to this.

When Li Weisi ran out of the open space, Battier on the wing immediately gave the ball to Li Weisi at the top of the arc. After receiving the ball, Li Weisi immediately turned around and shot a three-pointer, and the basketball went into the net.

Li Weisi's goal immediately ignited the Oracle Arena again, ushering in a burst of thunderous cheers.

Afterwards, when the Lakers were on offense, Kobe turned over and missed a jumper. The Warriors counterattacked as scheduled.

Then, Kobe hit the iron again on the offensive end. Except for the first quarter, Kobe's shooting percentage has never been higher, and this also caused Millsap to fight back again after grabbing a rebound.

During the fast break, Li Weisi just raised his hand outside the three-point line, which caused Fisher and Kobe to jump up at the same time, and then Li Weisi easily broke into the penalty area and made a layup.

Even scoring 8 points allowed the Warriors to widen the point difference to 8 points, which directly led to the Lakers having to call a timeout.

In Phil Jackson's coaching career, the only person who could make Jackson call a timeout early was Li Weisi.

Back from the timeout, Pau Gasol's singles in the low post successfully helped the Lakers stabilize the situation, but the game as a whole still fell into a disadvantage.

Li Weisi showed his strong offensive ability in this quarter, scoring 15 points in a single quarter and 42 points in three quarters, successfully completing the pre-match task indicators.

Especially when Li Weisi hit his 38th point, the whole scene erupted into huge cheers, and people wildly celebrated that Li Weisi had broken the record of 40000 points that had never been done before.

And Li Weisi apparently has not stopped his pace of creating records.

Due to poor play in the third quarter, the Lakers trailed by a full 80 points at 89:9 after three quarters.

Therefore, as soon as the fourth quarter came up, the Lakers' mixed lineup started chasing points.

In fact, the outcome of this game does not affect the ranking of the Lakers. Their main competitor, the New Orleans Hornets, has already lost 98:111 to the Dallas Mavericks. Dispensable.

But the Lakers team obviously does not intend to just give up.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, nothing changed until Kobe returned to the court and hit 2 consecutive three-pointers, leading the Lakers to quickly play a wave of offensive highs, so that the Warriors were caught off guard and their lead was quickly eroded , When Li Weisi returned to the court, the point difference was only 1 point away.

Since Li Weisi played the entire third quarter, Li Weisi only rested for more than 2 minutes in the first three quarters. Old Li was so tired that he couldn't straighten up.

Therefore, although the audience at the scene expected Li Weisi to continue to play, Nelson had to let Li Weisi down to take a breath, otherwise, Li Weisi would not have retired today, but died in the line of duty.

Thanks to the lead established by the Warriors in the third quarter, Li Weisi rested on the bench for more than 4 minutes, which is already a very rare rest time.

Li Weisi, who came back, immediately received a pass from Gasol on the offensive end. Li Wei didn't even think about it, and directly shot a three-pointer. However, this time the basketball failed to make a shot. He bounced out of the basket and was collected by the Lakers. Off the backboard.

Afterwards, although the Lakers' fast break failed because of the Warriors' quick return to defense, after landing, Kobe turned around and made a layup, successfully scored the ball, and finally overtook the score.

The whole game situation immediately fell to the Lakers side. Although this is also due to the strength of the two teams, the Warriors are unwilling to give up. After all, winning is not far away from them.

In this situation, the Warriors handed the ball to Li Weisi again, and at this time, three people from the Lakers chased and intercepted Li Weisi. Seeing this situation, Li Weisi immediately passed the through pass and distributed the ball to Millsap, who was emptied inside. The player went directly to the empty basket and succeeded in overtaking the score again.

However, this defensive strategy of the Lakers attracted boos from all the audience. You can take the victory, but you must let Li Weisi shoot!

Perhaps the Lakers players heard the voices of Li Weisi fans all over the world on the spot and in front of the TV, or it may be because the Lakers realized that letting go of other Warriors players in this way would cause them to lose the game, or Li Weisi made a hit. The rate has declined. In short, after this, the Lakers' defense against Li Weisi has obviously relaxed a lot.

And this gave Li Weisi a chance.

Continuously going around screens, coupled with the use of elevator door tactics, finally with 1 minute and 14 seconds left before the end of the game, Li Weisi made a three-pointer and hit his first sports game score after playing in the fourth quarter.

The previous 4 shots were all hits, which once allowed the Lakers to pull the score to 3 points.

But at this time, the Warriors regained the lead.

This is not over yet.

When the time entered the last minute, it was obvious that Li Weisi, who was already panting and unable to run, received Millsap's point from the bottom corner, faced Kobe's defense, and shot a difficult three-pointer , The basketball is hollowed into the net.

The Warriors sealed the victory.

When Li Weisi scored the goal, both his former teammates and current teammates were filled with emotion, no matter how many times they watched it, they would never get bored.

As Li Weisi's most important assistant in the latter part of his career, Dayao even ignored his injured leg and suddenly stood up to applaud Li Weisi. The 226cm tall man blocked all the audience behind him, arousing strong dissatisfaction from the audience.

In this way, the Warriors finally narrowly beat the Lakers 114:111.

However, not many people care about the outcome of the game. More importantly, people think that Li Weisi played 41 minutes, made 36 of 20 shots, scored 58 points and 11 assists in the final game of his NBA career, and became the top player in the NBA. The first and only player in history who scored 40+ points over the age of 50.

You know, in the entire history of the NBA, at the age of 40, there were only two players who could score 40 points before, one was Michael Jordan, and the other was Karl Malone.

Although in this game, Kobe also scored 53 points, living up to his No.1 title in the league this season, but there is only one protagonist in this game, and even Kobe can't steal his limelight.

After the game, Kobe, who had not communicated with Li Weisi before, took the initiative to hug Li Weisi and told Li Weisi, "From now on, my last game will be as exciting as yours!"

To this, Li Weisi replied with a smile: "Okay, I wish your dreams come true!"

In short, such a shocking performance can be regarded as a successful conclusion to Li Weisi's NBA career. However, this is only the conclusion of the NBA.

The reason is very simple, but this year there will be the Olympic Games!

　There is one more chapter in the epilogue!The data will be written in the final character encyclopedia.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)