Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 491
Compared with other industries, time seems to be fast forwarded in the NBA. For other industries, a few years may just allow an intern to grow into a skilled worker.

For an NBA player, it may be his entire career in the NBA.

It is not an exaggeration to say that, the number of players who have been able to play in the NBA for more than ten years has surpassed the vast majority of players.

This is not only true for players, but also for teams. Often a few years is enough for a team to undergo a catastrophic change. A championship team can quickly fall, and a small team can also rise quickly.

This kind of uncertainty is exactly the charm of competitive sports.

As for the Warriors' next opponent, the Spurs, this season, they have ushered in earth-shaking changes, making them quickly become a rising strong team in the West from the poor belly of last season.

Among them, the most critical point is because of the arrival of a person, this person is the No. [-] pick that the Spurs have been waiting for for two years, "Admiral" David Robinson.

As a rookie in 87, after serving in the Navy for two years, the 24-year-old is undoubtedly an older rookie, but the two years of service in the Navy did not delay Robinson's skills.

When he joined the Spurs this season, he quickly became a rising star and became another young center with star potential after Olajuwon, Ewing, and Doherty in the league.

Throughout November, he played a total of 11 games, averaging 13 points, 21 rebounds and 12.8 blocks per game. Most centers in the league can't do this in their lifetime.

In addition to Robinson, the Spurs also traded star power forward Terry Cummings and star guard Maurice Cheeks to assist the Spurs.

It can be said that since the start of the game, the Spurs have been able to rank fifth in the West, not only because of the arrival of Robinson alone, but also because of the efforts of all the Spurs players.

Now the Spurs' starting lineup, compared with last season, except for Willie Anderson, the other four starters have been replaced, namely: Maurice Cheeks, Willie Anderson, Sean Elliott , Terry Cummings and David Robinson.

Entering the league with Li Weisi, John Dawkins, the best background board in the NCAA Finals, was also given up by the Spurs due to injuries, and was traded to the 76ers as a bargaining chip in exchange for Cheeks.

Elliott is this year's No. [-] pick and was given high hopes by the Spurs, so he naturally got a lot of playing time.

Although he is not outstanding in the starting position, and the team's offensive choice can be said to be the last player in the starting lineup, he can still contribute 10 points per game and quickly grow into an important part of the team's flank.

Such a team with almost no shortcomings can be said to be the most underrated team before the start of the game, and facing the Warriors tonight, they taught the Warriors a good lesson.

Facing an inside combination like Cummings + Robinson, the Warriors suffered a lot tonight. Although Rodman and Duckworth's defensive ability is already quite good, they can average 20+ per game against these two. It is obviously impossible to limit such two players, and it is even very difficult to reduce their efficiency.

Especially Cummings, because his height and weight are better than Rodman's, so when he beats Rodman, he is accurate, especially Cummings' offensive efficiency is still high tonight, regardless of Rodman. No matter how Deman defends, Cummings can still enter even if his hands are sealed to his face.

And the inside line can't be defended, which naturally makes the Warriors' formation inevitably shrink inward, giving the Spurs room to display the outside line.

So, tonight, the Spurs' offense was fully open, and the Warriors' good defense in these few games suddenly became a sieve and was output at will by the Spurs.

Fortunately, the Warriors feel good tonight. Li Weisi is both a father and a mother. He is attacking. Not only does he need to take over the game from time to time, but he also needs to sort out the team's offense and actively drive his teammates.

The teammates were also upbeat. Faced with the space created by Li Weisi, most of them seized the opportunity. This allowed the team to maintain the score without restricting the Spurs' offense. Leading the Spurs by 8 points.

It's a pity that he was quickly chased back by the Spurs in the third quarter.

In the fourth quarter, the Warriors continued their good touch throughout the night, playing back and forth with the Spurs, biting the score tightly, and successfully tied the score with 13 seconds left in the game.

The Spurs held the last attack, and finally handed the ball to Robinson. Robinson has scored 26 points and 12 rebounds in this game, and the statistics are extremely gorgeous.

And Duckworth was also extremely nervous at this time. After all, he was almost beaten into a scum by Robinson tonight, and he couldn't make Robinson succeed in this life-and-death goal.

Compared with other traditional centers, Robinson can not only attack under the basket, but also shoot long distances from the outside. difficulty.

Therefore, when facing Duckworth, Robinson didn't want to choose a post-up single, but chose a face-up frame.

Because today's Duckworth has two brushes in low post defense, even Robinson has to admit that it is simply thankless to want to strengthen Duckworth in the low post.

So, at the end of the game, he used the face frame and used the speed to play Duckworth's idea.

I have to say that although Robinson is 216cm tall and 3cm taller than Duckworth, his speed is much faster than Duckworth.

With only one acceleration, he successfully broke through Duckworth's defense. Facing Duckworth who hurriedly retreated, Robinson suddenly turned around in the middle of the action, and then shot with a left-handed hook.

However, although this move deceived Duckworth, Rodman saw through it, and at the most critical moment, he let go of Cummings and ran to help defend Robinson.

But Rodman was too short after all, and in the end he didn't cover the ball, but reached Robinson's arm.

Despite ruining it all, the foul was paid and Robinson was awarded two free throws.

In the end, Robinson beat the Warriors with two free throws and gave the Warriors a new defeat with 121:119.

Although Li Weisi failed to create a miracle in more than three seconds, he still performed well in this game, scoring 31 points and 10 assists, contributing everything he could.

In this way, the Warriors' five-game winning streak was ended by the Spurs, and Li Weisi made an empty cut again. For such a moment, it made people feel that Li Weisi seemed to have returned to his rookie season.

(End of this chapter)