Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 220 New Sneakers
The overall score was 124:98, with the away team at the front and the home team at the back. In the first playoff game, the Warriors lost to the Sonics by nearly 30 points.

No one expected that the game would turn out like this. As the second strongest team in the Western Conference, it would be beaten like this by the seventh in the Western Conference.

超音速队的汤姆·钱伯斯砍下31分9篮板，泽维尔·麦克丹尼尔得到29分8篮板，达勒·艾利斯得到21分9篮板，共三人得分上20。

As for the Warriors, Malone scored a team-high 25 points and 17 rebounds. Li Weisi did not perform well in this game. He made 21 of 9 shots and scored 24 points and 6 assists.

In addition, Smith scored 12 points, and no one else scored in double figures.

Except for a few old players such as Ma Long and Smith, the rest of the team performed abnormally, and their shooting percentage was appallingly low. I don't know, but I thought there was some deep hatred with the home basket!

Among them, Mullin performed the most hip-pull, scoring 6 points in the game, and only took 7 shots in the game.

Don't look at this is Mullin's second season, but today is his first playoff game, and he is under tremendous pressure both physically and mentally, causing his shooting movements to deform.

Of course the others didn't perform well, including Li Weisi.

Due to the lack of strength of his teammates, he was unable to drive his teammates through the organization, thus increasing his shots, but this also led to the opponent's focus on him, and even used methods such as double-teaming and full-court lead defense.

At the same time, due to the increase in physical confrontation in the playoffs, Li Weisi consumed a lot of physical strength just to deal with physical confrontation, which in turn affected Li Weisi's performance.

At the end of the first game, the entire public opinion has undergone a 180-degree reversal from the media to the fans.

Before the game, no matter how many major media were unanimously optimistic about the Warriors' advancement, no matter in terms of team record, star level or the record of the two teams in the regular season, the Warriors had 3 wins and 2 losses, and they all believed that the Warriors would never lose.

But after this game, the media immediately changed their attitude. Except for Rick Barry, a former Warriors legend, he still supported the Warriors because of his stance, and several other commentators had already changed to be more optimistic about the Supersonics' advancement.

"The biggest problem with the Warriors is that there are many young players. Most of the players are playing in the playoffs for the first time. They have no experience in the playoffs. This is fatal to them!"

"That's right, I would like to add one more point, that is, the Warriors' style of play is doomed to be unable to go further in the playoffs. Shooting cannot win the championship. They must be aware of their own tactical problems and must insist on using Moses as the core. Only in this way can we go further in the future. West is a good player, but he cannot lead the team to go further..."

"Click!" Frank turned off the TV, returned to his seat, and said to Li Weisi, "How do you feel?"

In the office, Li Weisi was experimenting with a new pair of shoes.

"It's not bad, but with this alone, we can't confirm it. We have to go to the arena to try!" Li Weisi replied.

"Well, you can go to this later, and see if there are any other problems? We still have time, and then seize the time to improve!"

"Mr. Frank is right, Mr. Li, no matter what problems you have here, you can give us advice.

Of course, I also welcome Mr. Frank to give me comments. Whether it is the defender shoe concept you proposed to me, or the use of a separate rear palm to visualize the Air Sole air cushion in the sneaker design, these ideas are really great. "

A middle-aged white man in a casual suit treats Frank with considerable respect, not because of Frank's financial ability, but because of his extraordinary talent in sneaker design.

This middle-aged uncle is Nike's most outstanding sneaker designer Tinker Hatfield, and the Air Jordan 3 under development is designed by him.

In fact, at this time, Nike had just experienced heavy losses within the company. Peter Moore, the chief designer of the Air Jordan series at the time, and Strasser, who signed the contract on behalf of Nike, suddenly announced their resignation.

They are going to set up another business, establish a company named "Van-Glark", and try their best to build a brand that belongs only to Jordan.

So Hatfield was kicked out of the shelves. One week before Moore resigned, Moore called Hart and told him: "Tinker, come and develop the third generation of Jordan!"

At this time, Hatfield was still designing the first sneakers for Li Weisi, and suddenly such a big mess fell on his head.

Fortunately, in the process of designing sneakers for Li Weisi, Hatfield was very inspired by some of Frank's ideas. Not only did Li Weisi's shoes be completed very well, even the three generations of Jordan also had ideas.

Therefore, today he made a special trip here, firstly, to deliver shoes to Li Weisi, and secondly, to have a face-to-face exchange with Frank.

"You're too polite, Tink, I just made some immature suggestions."

Don't look at Frank being so modest, in fact, he was already laughing like crazy in his heart.

Beat you with your ideas, is there a feeling of living in my shadow?
Li Weisi's shoes are actually the fourth generation of Jordan designed by Hatfield, and combined with some advantages of Air Max 95, the sneakers born beyond the times look full of technology.

"Where is it immature? These ideas of yours are very forward-looking, and I admire them all." Hatfield continued to pat the rainbow fart.

"Well, it's good, the soles are not so hard this time." Just as the two were chatting, Li Weisi walked over at this moment.

"Of course, we have weakened the newly developed air cushion technology, and at the same time chose a more advanced technology for the sole material. While ensuring the weight reduction of the sneakers, it also brings you the greatest comfort. It is precisely because of this, That made you miss your playoff debut." Hatfield explained with regret.

"It doesn't matter, it just happens that the team loses and it is not suitable for the release of new shoes. It will be better when West wins the best rookie debut." Frank also explained.

"It's pretty good, Frank, I love it!"

"Hahaha, as long as you like it!" Frank said dotingly.

"Is there anything else? I'll go to training first. After all, the team just experienced a failure. I want to practice more!" Li Weisi seemed a little impatient staying here.

Frank also knew that Li Weisi's ability to cooperate until now was his limit, so he said without forcing, "The last question, do you have any ideas about the name of the sneakers?"

"I think the nickname you gave me before is pretty good, why don't you use it?" Li Weisi wondered.

"That's your nickname, it's the name of your sneaker line, just like Air Jordan, I'm talking about the name of your pair of sneakers!"

"Is there any difference? Forget it, you decide!" Li Weisi said casually.

"In order to match your nickname, this pair of sneakers should naturally have a sense of technology, so let's call it laser!"

(End of this chapter)