Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 155 The end of the game
After the first overtime, three of the Warriors have played 3 minutes, and the 40ers are not far behind, with four.

It can be said that the two sides fought to the point of running out of ammunition and food. The old Irving was sitting on the bench and panting heavily. This season, the average playing time per game hit a career low of 32 minutes, but this game has already played 40 minutes. , It can be said that physical strength has already been exhausted.

It should be said that the Warriors can still lead the score without Malone, which is largely due to Irving.

However, will Irving be replaced?That's impossible, because no one on the bench can replace Irving, they are not as good as Irving.

With only 9 players in rotation, the gap between the substitutes and the starters is so huge that Guokas dared not replace any of the starters.

On the other hand, the Warriors were also uncomfortable. Li Weisi also played for 43 minutes, far exceeding the usual load management, but at this time the whole team pointed at him alone. Unless he surrendered, otherwise, even if he climbed, he had to finish the game .

The 100-second rest time is fleeting, let alone a good rest, and I can't even drink a few sips of water.

Back on the court again, the second overtime officially began.

This time the jump ball Warriors successfully got the ball.

There is no other reason, because Carroll is also tired, while Duckworth on the opposite side has only played for 10 minutes and is full of energy.

Li Weisi faced Cheeks' defense with continuous crotch dribbles to find a rhythm, and then took a step back and made a three-pointer.

I have to say that Li Weisi is also really tired. If he wants to play normally, he has to break through the ball and then retreat to win more space for himself.

But this time he didn't make a breakthrough gesture, so Cheeks reacted immediately and rushed to block the shot.

Unexpectedly, Li Weisi just swayed for a while, and after Cheeks flew up, he shot again and bumped into Cheeks in the air.

"Drip..."

Although there was suspicion of intentional fouling, the referee still blew the whistle. After all, Cheeks not only hit Li Weisi's shooter, but also hit Li Weisi's body.

"What?" Cheeks was dumbfounded. He wanted to complain to the referee but he didn't know how to complain.

"Goodbye!" Li Weisi got up from the ground and waved goodbye to Cheeks.

Yes, this is Cheeks' sixth foul in this game. Cheeks has already received too many fouls when defending Li Weisi.

"You despicable villain! You obviously fouled on purpose! Aren't you ashamed?" Cheeks said angrily.

Who knows, Li Weisi nodded generously and admitted, saying: "Despicable? Shame? No, no, no, you should say that you are smart. The rules are there for everyone to see, but how to use them depends on everyone's wisdom. I'm proud of that, and I'm not ashamed."

Hearing Li Weisi's words, Cheeks was dumbfounded, thinking, this guy is too shameless, isn't he?Not ashamed but proud?
But in any case, the referee's penalty cannot be changed, so amidst the boos of all the fans in the arena, the referee upheld the penalty, and Cheeks could only step back and walk to the sidelines.

In desperation, Guokas had to replace the team's backup point guard Saidal Streiter, who played 15 minutes in this game and scored 4 points and 2 assists.

Streiter can't compare to Cheeks on offense or defense, but he's not incompetent either.

It's just that Cheeks scored 18 points, 9 assists and 5 rebounds in this game. His performance was very comprehensive, especially his defense, which played a very important role in limiting Li Weisi.Therefore, his role is naturally not something that Streiter can replace.

After Streiter came on the court, Li Weisi began to execute three free throws. You don't need to think about it to know that Li Weisi made all three free throws.

As soon as the second overtime came up, the Warriors took a three-point lead and got off to a good start.

Then the 76ers attacked, Barkley missed the mid-range, and the Warriors counterattacked again.

Straiter was fouled by Li Weisi while defending, so Li Weisi went to the free throw line again and made two free throws.

Immediately afterwards, in the next round, Carroll singled Duckworth and hit a hook.

Turning around, Li Weisi was attacking, and encountered double-teaming by Straiter and Irving. Li Weisi assisted Hornacek, who went down, and hit a mid-range jumper.

With a score of 131:126, the Warriors have already led by 5 points.

In the next game, the 76ers were unable to restrict Li Weisi, single-handed defense, Li Weisi broke through Strait as easily as drinking water, flanked, Li Weisi could find any unmarked teammate on the court, who knows that his sight was blocked How did he find someone who blocked him?

In short, the more intense second overtime that was originally expected did not come. Instead, the 76ers had a sense of collapse at the touch of a button.

Among them, in addition to the fact that Cheeks was sent off, the 76ers played too few players, and the average playing time of the team's starters was higher than that of the Warriors.

Compared with the Warriors who played a total of 11 people this time, the 76ers only had 9 people, and the score from the bench also lagged behind the Warriors.

In the end, the score was fixed at 138:131. After two overtimes, the Warriors won the Christmas game with a seven-point advantage.

In this campaign, Li Weisi played 48 minutes and made 24 of 12 shots and 11 of 11 free throws. He scored a game-high 42 points and 12 assists. In the first half, Li Weisi scored 5 points.

No matter how bad the shooting percentage was in the first half, the final shooting percentage was still 50%. Well, it smelled like 50% of the essence of human beings.

In addition, the Warriors Hornacek also scored 22 points and 6 assists, becoming the key to the Warriors' victory.

而76人这边，巴克利得到36分10篮板11助攻的大号三双，卡罗尔得到26分8篮板，篮板被马龙完爆。

欧文得到16分3助攻2篮板，17投6中，投篮命中率只有35%，J博士真的老了。

Due to two overtimes, the game was more than half an hour later than usual, and it was almost 12 o'clock in the morning, but Stern insisted on not leaving until the end of the game.

When he left, Stern had a smile on his face, and Frank at the side could see that he was happy from the bottom of his heart. It was a surprise that such a fierce Christmas battle was completely in line with his plan.

In addition, according to this game, both Li Weisi and Barkley have the potential to become superstars. As long as they operate properly, let alone two heroes contending for hegemony, they are the Four Heavenly Kings and the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period. Hundreds of flowers bloom, otherwise, why would he suppress "Cardinal" Auerbach?

In short, Stern left the arena with a face of satisfaction, and Frank sent Stern away all the time, and then turned and went to the locker room to reward his favorite generals.

Soon after, the hour hand turned 12 o'clock, and the All-Star voting channel for the 86-87 season officially opened.

(End of this chapter)