Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 349 Better Chips
Sure enough, the Lakers are not so easy to beat.

On June 6, after returning to Los Angeles, the Warriors, who were planning to kill the Lakers in one go, never expected to encounter a strong interception by the Lakers.

In this game, the Lakers did not use the "box-1" tactic against Li Weisi. They resumed their previous style of play and fought the Warriors head-to-head in a wonderful offensive battle.

For the Lakers, Worthy and Scott have extremely high shooting percentages. The two can shoot suddenly, and under the control of Magic Johnson, they showed amazing offense.

Not only that, in order to maintain the offensive power of the whole game, the Lakers directly adopted a 7-man rotation. Except for the starting five, only Michael Cooper and Michael Thompson got playing time, and all other players were given up. You risk your life.

Such an extremely compressed rotation lineup has brought the Lakers to maintain a high level of offense and defense on the court at all times, and at the same time forced the Warriors to also compress the rotation time.

Facing the aggressive situation of the Lakers, Nelson was finally forced to interrupt this time. The rotation lineup mode that has been maintained throughout the season not only compressed the playing time of the bench lineup, but also dismantled the bench lineup, no longer sending pure bench lineups Played, but opted for a mixed lineup.

Even so, the Warriors still lost points overall in the rotation stage.

However, there are advantages and disadvantages. In this game, Li Weisi was completely liberated. Facing the round-robin defense of Scott and Cooper, Li Weisi was not afraid at all, scoring a game-high 37 points and 10 assists with sudden shots.

The two teams played like this until the last ball before the winner was decided.

At the last moment, Johnson showed his superstar ability. He made Curry's defensive foul through a back-to-back single. Tie-break.

Of course, being able to beat the Warriors was not only due to the efforts of Johnson alone. Six of the Lakers' seven players scored in double figures, but to everyone's surprise, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the only one who did not score in double figures.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar only scored 8 points and 8 rebounds in this game. This standard "Eight Sage Kings" data can be said to have been completely blown by Malone on both offense and defense.

In addition to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the Lakers Worthy, Scott and Johnson all scored 20+, of which Worthy and Scott both scored 27 points, and Johnson scored 24 points and 12 assists.

For the Warriors, the same three scored in double figures. Except for Li Weisi, Malone scored 23 points and 13 rebounds, and Mullin scored 22 points and 5 assists.

It can be said that both teams have brought their team's strength to the extreme. As for the outcome, at this time, it is not only relying on the team's skills, but more on luck and will.

In this way, the Warriors' idea of ​​solving the series in six games was completely bankrupt. They returned to Oakland that night, preparing to recharge their batteries and wait for the final decisive battle on the 4th.

Compared with the ups and downs of the Western Conference Finals, the Eastern Conference was divided on the second day, that is, on June 6rd. The Pistons defeated the Celtics 3:95, and the series succeeded with a total score of 90:4. Eliminated the Celtics and advanced to the finals.

Although in this round of the series, the Celtics tied the big score twice, showing the resilience and strength of the former overlord, but after all, the decline in strength is hard to change. With the sixth game Robert Parish The injury and departure in one quarter was like the last straw, which completely made the Celtics lose their third chance to tie the score, and even made the Celtics lose the victory of the entire series.

Such a result shocked many people. People always said that the era of black and white is about to pass, but they never realized that this era would pass so quickly, and they didn't realize it until it happened before their eyes.

Compared with other people, Frank is obviously different. He who can "meet the future" has already guessed this result. The difference in strength between the two teams cannot be flapped by his butterfly wings.

When the time came to the 4th, Frank stood by the window of the office, watching the Warriors players who were training in the arena in a daze, and he didn't come back to his senses until Attles at the side called him.

"Boss? Frank?"

"Huh? What's the matter, Al?" Frank turned his head, looked at Attles who was buried in front of the case, and wondered.

"I have already contacted the Kings, and the other party agreed!" Attles said.

"Really? That's really great!" Hearing Attles' words, Frank was so happy that he almost danced. The dark clouds on his face were swept away, and finally the cloudy weather turned sunny.

"However, boss, are we really going to give up this year's No. [-] pick? That's Danny Manning!" Attles said unwillingly.

Yes, due to the strong record of the Clippers, the Warriors successfully won this year's No. [-] lottery this year, just in response to the cool pattern of winning the No. [-] pick while playing in the Western Conference Finals.

This year's draft lottery, the situation is particularly bad. Of the three teams with the bottom record, only one has a chance to get the top three picks. The Clippers are really lucky, oh no, the Warriors are so lucky, they won the No. [-] pick .

Not only that, but the Kings are also very strong, giving the Warriors a No. 5 pick.

However, Frank, who was holding two high picks in his hands, was anxious about his toothache. Why should I be so lucky?
In this year's draft, there are really no good players. The No. 5 pick is like a waste. The only player worthy of his attention is the King's No. [-] pick, and there is no need for the No. [-] pick.

Therefore, he decided, in order to maximize his profits, to trade the No. [-] pick. It has to be said that the timing was just right, when the value was maximized, and countless teams rushed towards him immediately. , Regardless of whether you have a suitable bargaining chip in your hand, you want to come up and ask, what if the Warriors' management has their brains twitched?

The reason for this is that this year's No. [-] pick has been booked by Danny Manning, and this Manning's reputation is too great.

The rookie from the University of Kansas led the team to win the NCAA championship this year, and even the University of Kansas this year was called "Danny and his miracle".

In the finals, he scored 31 points, 18 rebounds, 5 steals and 2 blocks. Such a monster performance made all "experts" firmly believe that Manning will be another new style after Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Inside Master.

Just imagine, facing a Chamberlain or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, which team is not tempted?

Therefore, when the Warriors use the No. [-] pick to test, how can they not impress other teams?

However, in Frank's view, I have never heard of this person, and Chamberlain?Abdul-Jabbar?It's blown out of nowhere!

However, this is also good, allowing him to exchange for better chips!
(End of this chapter)