Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 439
When Li Weisi returned to the home court of the Warriors again, he was greeted with unprecedented cheers for no other reason. Naturally, it was to celebrate Li Weisi's election as the MVP.

This MVP is of great significance, because this is the second MVP for the Warriors since Wilt Chamberlain won the MVP in 59-60, and even the only MVP won after the Warriors moved to Golden State. It means a lot, and it means a lot to the Golden State people.

After all, Chamberlain's MVP is too old and it is in Philadelphia. Therefore, Golden State fans value the MVP that Li Weisi won more, which also explains why they are worried about not getting the MVP last year.

Even in the eyes of Golden State fans, as long as Li Weisi can lead the team to win the championship this year and win the FMVP at the same time, then the No. 1 in Warriors history is basically Li Weisi.

After all, Chamberlain failed to lead the Warriors to win the championship, and although Rick Barry led the team to win the championship and has FMVP, he has no MVP.

Therefore, when Li Weisi took over the heavy Maurice Podorov Cup from David Stern and held it high, the audience once again shouted in unison: "MVP! MVP!"

The atmosphere at the scene also reached its peak.

On the sidelines, the Warriors' teammates applauded for Li Weisi's award. On the other side, the Lakers players were also present. Magic Johnson looked at Li Weisi on the field with envy. After all, he only had one MVP. Who would want too much?
But now, he feels that his luck has been taken away, and this trophy seems to be getting farther and farther away from him.

After the award ceremony ended, the game quickly returned to its normal rhythm.

Soon after, the centers of both sides came to the middle circle to prepare for the jump ball, and the game officially started.

Standing in the middle circle, looking at his old opponent who was close at hand, Moses Malone felt a little emotional. He has always been unconvinced by Jabbar Malone. In his opinion, he is no worse than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, but his career path is not as good as Jabbar’s. Barr went so well.

For the MVP, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has 4, but Malone is not envious, because he also has 3, but for the championship, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has 6, but he only has one.

However, five of Abdul-Jabbar's championships were won with Magic Johnson, which is why Malone is not convinced.

But at this moment, when he saw Kareem's shriveled body, dry skin, and shiny bald head, Malone realized that Kareem was so old.

At the same time, I touched the hairline that was still on the top of my head, but I felt a sense of superiority spontaneously.

In addition, Ma Long realized that although he was old, he still had energy, and he also met his own magician, so would his championship be less?
Maybe when I am at the age of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, I no longer envy his career?

When the referee Joe Crawford, whose hairline still remained, came to the two with the ball, Malone put all his thoughts out of his mind and focused on the game.

Crawford, who is less than 40 years old, is not bald at this time. However, although he is still young in the referee position, he has been an NBA referee for 12 years. Therefore, in such an important game , Let him call the whistle, obviously won the trust of Stern.

As Crawford threw the basketball high into the air, Abdul-Jabbar and Malone jumped at the same time, and the game officially began!
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who was 42 years and one month old, obviously couldn't jump anymore. Malone quickly won the ball and passed the ball to Li Weisi.

The Lakers players obviously didn't trust Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's ability to jump the ball at this time. As soon as he took off, he quickly returned to the defense.

No, there are still people who have not been seated!
Although Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who completed the jump ball, retreated quickly after landing, his legs and feet were obviously not as good as Malone, who was only 34 years old. Therefore, in the race between the two old men, Malone ran and won.

Li Weisi was keenly aware of the flaws in the Lakers' defensive formation, so just after halftime, he quickly passed the ball vigorously, passed through layers of walls, and sent it directly to Malone.

At this time, Malone was already running, keeping pace with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, so when he received a pass from Li Weisi, he directly chose to dunk. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was powerless to block or defend.

In just 4 seconds of the opening, with a beautiful two-handed dunk, Ma Long took the lead in making a good start for the Warriors, with a score of 2:0.

When it was the Lakers' turn to attack, Magic Johnson turned his back to Richmond to protect the ball while looking left and right, looking for offensive opportunities.

Soon, Worthy created an offensive opportunity through Green's screen. This kind of grasp of fleeting opportunities, the magician is definitely a master. He turned around immediately, and the basketball quickly found Worthy.

After receiving the ball, Worthy started quickly. After a physical confrontation with Rodman in the air, he did not lose his balance.

The score was 2:2. At the beginning of the game, the two passing masters both tore through the opposing team's defense and scored through their sharp passes.

It can be said that in the previous round of fighting, the two were tied.

However, in addition to passing the ball, Li Weisi's offense is also excellent. In this regard, he is essentially different from Magic Johnson.

Of course, this is not to say that Johnson's offensive ability is not good, but when comparing the two, Magic Johnson is more willing to pass the ball to let the team score, while Li Weisi can do both, just look at the field situation.

For example, in the next round, facing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar who was switched after the pick-and-roll, Li Weisi did not pass the ball to Malone who was running down, but directly asked his teammates to pull away and decided to single Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Poor Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, it is almost impossible to defend Li Weisi. His old legs can't keep up with Li Weisi's speed. After two consecutive changes of direction, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was subjected to military training by Li Weisi, and Li Weisi Huang circle around.

In the end, Li Weisi broke through Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's defense line through a prayer, three steps and two steps, and directly layup one step ahead of schedule.

With a score of 4:2, the Warriors lead again.

Afterwards, when the Lakers attacked again, Magic Johnson transferred the ball to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the inside. Obviously, the defensive dilemma just now made Johnson decide that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar should play this ball, so that he can regain his confidence on the offensive end.

Facing Malone who was defending him behind him, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was no longer familiar. He dribbled twice, and by finding the rhythm, he successfully found a breakthrough, turned back quickly, and then dribbled for a layup.

The whole process is smooth and smooth, and this kind of offense is the guy that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar can still survive and eat on the court.

However, just as the basketball was about to be raised above his head, Rodman suddenly appeared on his side and cut off the ball in his hand.

The timing of Rodman's appearance was very good. It was just at the moment when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar raised the ball. One point faster, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar could pass the ball, but one point slower, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had already lifted the ball above his head and could not block the shot.

Rodman, who succeeded in stealing the ball, quickly handed the ball to Li Weisi. Li Weisi was unlucky when he got the ball, so he found it with a long pass and was about to go to Richmond.

Since having Richmond, Rodman has lost a lot of points in quick play.

Magic Johnson, who was defending Richmond, couldn't catch up with Richmond at all. The basketball fell into Richmond's hands accurately.

The score was 6:2.

(End of this chapter)