Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 484
The Hornets, who originally thought they could take advantage of the Warriors' disorganized lineup, suffocated bit by bit in the Warriors' defense during the game. Not to mention resistance, they couldn't even struggle.

In the whole game, the Hornets made 85 of 38 shots, only 44.7% of their shots, and their rebounds were 28 to 42, losing 14 points to the Warriors.

The Warriors finally defeated the Hornets with a score of 125:104 in the case of a disorganized team. Li Weisi clocked out of get off work in three quarters, but still scored 24 points and 14 assists efficiently, with a true shooting percentage of 71%.

In this game, all 12 Warriors played and all scored, and 8 of them scored in double figures. It seems that there is no difference from the previous Warriors.

Two days later, the Warriors came to the cold Minneapolis, Minnesota, to challenge the league's new army Timberwolves away.

If you want to select the worst team in the league 20 years later, the competition may be fierce, such as Paul's two old clubs, Jordan's Charlotte Hornets, and today's protagonist Timberwolves.

Speaking of the Timberwolves, since they became an army, it seems that except for the year when they reached the Western Conference Finals, there has been no outstanding season. What's more, it still leaves people with the impression that people are wasting their talents.

And now in this debut season, the Timberwolves don't even have talent, so why waste it!

Therefore, the Warriors finally relied on Li Weisi and Richmond to score 55 points, defeated the Timberwolves 108:101, and gained two consecutive victories.

Although they won both games, it does not mean that everyone thinks that the Warriors are still strong. More people still think that it is not that the Warriors are strong, but that the opponent is too weak.

This has to mention the Warriors' schedule this season. Compared with the devil's schedule in the previous two years, the Warriors' opponents in the early stage of this season are undoubtedly much weaker, and they are mostly home games. It guarantees the record of the Warriors, and at the same time allows the Warriors to run-in the lineup with confidence.

After the mid-term, with the end of the team's run-in, the difficulty will increase, and then relying on the strength of the bench behind him to maintain the record, it seems to be a matter of course. If you say that there is no Stern's care for the Warriors, ghosts Do not believe.

However, Stern obviously did not expect the Warriors to be so unlucky, losing two generals at the beginning of the game, but this undoubtedly allowed the Warriors to pass the most difficult period. With the victory, the Warriors have finally returned to the right track, and the impact of Mullin and Malone's injury and departure has gradually been reduced to a minimum.

On the 15th, it was another back-to-back away game. The night before, I was still in Minnesota, and I came to Cleveland in the middle of the night.

Fortunately, although the two places belong to the Eastern and Western Alliances, the actual distance is not far, only 1200 kilometers, and two hours by plane is enough. Therefore, despite the tiring journey, the warriors can at least get a good night's sleep.

However, a good rest does not mean that the Warriors will be able to reap a victory the next day. Compared with the first two weak opponents, the Cavaliers are undoubtedly stronger.

Although this season is only Kevin Johnson's third season, his competitive level and game statistics have reached the peak of his life. Since the start of the game, he has averaged 23+11 per game, making him the most eye-catching point guard in the Eastern Conference. Ball guard, none of them.

Not only that, practicing with Li Weisi in the summer also allowed Johnson to improve his shooting a little compared to last season. Although the improvement is not obvious, it is also developing in a good direction.

For this, Johnson is still very grateful to Li Weisi. However, the gratitude is grateful. During the game, Johnson will not leave behind. Although he expressed sympathy for the Warriors' experience, he was merciless in his strikes.

During the game, he continued to use lightning breakthroughs to tear through the Warriors' defense time and time again.

Although the defense of the Warriors' starting lineup has been greatly improved compared to before, the regression in the offense often prevents the Warriors from being able to put tremendous pressure on the opponent's defense during the offense. Unsuitable for playing style.

There is no particularly good way to solve this. We can only accumulate experience through continuous competition, and slowly adapt to let them adapt to the new style of play.

And this means that this is the most vulnerable time for the Warriors. Facing the strong challenge of the Cavaliers, the Warriors obviously have a hard time coping.

Behind by 7 points in the first quarter and 18 points behind at halftime, this almost made the game almost enter garbage time ahead of schedule.

Faced with such a situation, the generals of the Cavaliers were also very emotional. How many years have it been since they won such a hearty victory against the Warriors?

Now looking back on last season, the mighty Warriors are scary.

So, after all, you have to pay back after all, how you beat your opponents last season, this season, your opponents will find ways to beat you!
However, Li Weisi did not agree to this. He was not willing to face such a big loss from the team.

So in the third quarter, he resolutely gave up organizing the offense, resolutely carried the banner of the team's offense, and increased his shots.

Facing Johnson, who is only 185cm tall, Li Weisi decisively used the shooting method to bully Johnson's height.

Not only that, Li Weisi's hit rate tonight is quite high. Whether it is a small change of direction followed by a step-back three-pointer, or a direct pull-up after a pick-and-roll, he can actually make it. In the entire third quarter, Li Weisi hit 4 three-pointers At 12:0, led by Li Weisi, the Warriors played a [-]:[-] offensive climax.

In this way, the game, which was about to enter garbage time, was brought back on track, and suspense was regained.

With Li Weisi's outstanding performance of 21 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, by the end of the third quarter, the Warriors had caught up to only 5 points.

Although at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers seized the opportunity of Li Weisi's absence and re-extended the point difference to 10 points, but with Li Weisi's return, even the Cavaliers fans can't guarantee that their team can win the game smoothly After all, if that man goes crazy, no one can stop him!
Sure enough, Li Weisi, who just came back, had two consecutive rounds, one three points, one two plus one, chasing the point difference to only 5 points.

Seeing that the overtake was imminent, in a defense, Li Weisi cut off Johnson's dribble, and the two immediately fell to the ground and huddled together. In the chaos, Li Weisi's finger undoubtedly poked the floor, but he didn't notice it at the time.

When the referee whistled and the two separated, Li Weisi realized that the right index finger had deformed visible to the naked eye.

In this way, the Warriors' team doctor will be busy.

When Li Weisi rested, the game on the court changed again. Johnson led the Cavaliers to a wave of 10:0, allowing Li Weisi to recover the score that he worked so hard to get back to double digits.

Although Li Weisi, who had finished bandaging, tried his best to ask Nelson to play, but they were all rejected. Nelson was really scared at this time. If the team couldn't even play Li Weisi, then this season would really be over!
So, in the end, the Warriors defeated the Cavaliers 114:129 in the away game. Not many people cared about the victory or loss of a game. People were more concerned about Li Weisi's injury.

(End of this chapter)