Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 510
No one expected that the Warriors and the Bulls would meet again so soon.

The last time the two teams met, it was just in time for Li Weisi to come back from injury, and finally let Li Weisi complete the performance of the return of the king.

But this time, Li Weisi was not so lucky.

Compared with the Warriors and a group of remnants and defeated generals, the Bulls are really strong.

It can be said that Price joined the Bulls seamlessly. Before that, the Bulls' starting point guard was John Paxson, and Price was a fully upgraded version of Paxson.

Compared with Paxson who is a pure shooter, Price not only has better shooting ability, but also his organizational ability is by no means comparable to Paxson.

In this way, the addition of Price, for the Bulls, is definitely not an effect of one plus one equals two, it can be equal to three or even four.

Due to the existence of Price, Jordan gained an extremely large space in the offense, and it also allowed Jordan to fully display his singles ability.

In addition, when Price has the ball, he can also score more efficiently through his historical level of off-ball ability.

Moreover, for these two people, there is no need to worry about the lack of possession of the ball. After all, the two can play with or without the ball.

In the Bulls' last game against the Knicks on the 15th, Price ushered in the Bulls' debut. He played mediocrely in 28 minutes and only scored 18 points and 8 assists. However, this is already the first time in the team. Number three scored.

Not only that, but because of his organizational skills, Jordan also ended the dilemma of being a father and a mother, so he could concentrate on scoring, and finally scored 38 points in 36 minutes of playing.

In the end, facing the Knicks, the strong enemy in the East, the Bulls defeated their opponents 116:109.

Tonight, facing the Warriors, is Price's second game with the Bulls.

At this time, the Warriors had just experienced four away games, two back-to-backs, and were already exhausted, so they fell behind the Bulls at the beginning of the game.

Facing the Warriors, Jordan played very hard tonight. Facing Lewis, who had blocked four of his caps in the previous game, the narrow-minded Jordan almost swallowed Lewis alive.

On the defensive end, he was responsible for defending Li Weisi. After all, Price couldn't defend Li Weisi at all.

However, what I didn't expect was that Li Weisi was in a really bad state tonight. He often hit the front of the basket with his shots, which also allowed the Bulls to take the opportunity to fight back a lot.

Therefore, the Bulls led the Warriors by 37 points at 26:11 in the first quarter.

Not only that, but more importantly, Hornacek strained his thigh at the beginning of the second quarter, and seeing that even walking became difficult, it was obviously impossible to play this game again.

Since Price left, the Warriors' bench has pointed to Hornacek's organization.

Now, without Hornacek, the Warriors can only rely on the European backcourt pair of Matthew Leonis and Petrovic to organize the game.

However, since the two joined the Warriors, they had never been the leader. They were pushed up all of a sudden, and they faced the Bulls, one of the best teams in the league. Obviously, they were going to face the final boss directly from Novice Village.

Therefore, the point difference between the two teams has been widened a lot again, and it seems to be as much as 20 points.

It is really embarrassing that the Warriors, who have always had a lot of players, are now facing a situation where no one is playing.

Seeing this situation, Nelson was not in a hurry to put Li Weisi on the court. There was no way, Nelson was also scared by the Warriors' injuries. If Li Weisi was injured again, the team should really chase the draft pick.

Therefore, Li Weisi was allowed to play when the team was 18 points behind.

However, after inter-section adjustments, Li Weisi's state eased again. Under the leadership of Li Weisi, the Warriors also launched a wave of counterattacks in the second quarter, reducing the score to less than 10 points before the end of the halftime.

However, when the game entered the third quarter, with Jordan's efforts, the point difference returned to more than 20 points again.

Seeing this situation, Nelson already had the idea of ​​giving up the game.

There is no way, the consumption of this away trip is really too great. Long before the start of the five-game streak, he was already prepared to lose three or even four games.

For Nelson, as long as the team doesn't have any more injuries, what's the point of losing a few games?
Unexpectedly, in the last game, Hornacek was still injured. This was like the last straw that broke the camel's back. Nelson couldn't afford to be injured again.

However, when Nelson was about to replace Li Weisi, Li Weisi refused.

Li Weisi also had a premonition that if he was replaced this time, he might never be replaced again.

Losing a game is not terrible, but facing Jordan like this, admitting defeat in advance, Li Weisi is not willing to kill him.

Therefore, he proposed to Nelson, please let him play the third quarter before replacing himself.

Seeing Li Weisi's firm eyes, Nelson swallowed all the words he had prepared. He knew that Li Weisi would not listen to persuasion at this time.

Having been with Li Weisi for so many years, Nelson has already seen Li Weisi's temper clearly. On weekdays, Li Weisi is very rational, as long as what Nelson says is right, Li Weisi will absolutely obey.

But when it comes to the principles he insists on, he will not back down even if he is beaten to death. With that kind of bullish temper, no one can drag him away when he comes, he can only smooth it out.

Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, Nelson agreed to Li Weisi's suggestion and asked him to finish the third quarter.

Li Weisi's persistence did not bring miracles in the end.

Although Li Weisi tried his best to recover the score, the difference was too big, and it was not possible for Li Weisi alone to recover the score.

In the end, as the referee's whistle sounded, Li Weisi knew that it was impossible for him to play again when he saw the 18-point difference, so he walked off the court dejectedly.

This feeling made him feel like he was back in his rookie season. Facing a strong opponent, he was surrounded by a deep sense of powerlessness. Unlike before, he no longer had the excuse of being a rookie.

Sure enough, it was the same as Li Weisi's premonition. In the fourth quarter of the Warriors, the substitutes did not have much advantage. Although they once chased the point difference to 12 points, it was a pity that they still failed to cross the 10-point barrier.

And Li Weisi never got a chance to play again, and the Warriors finally lost the game 107:122.

Li Weisi's performance tonight was not very good. He made 19 of 8 shots, scored 23 points and 12 assists, and his shooting percentage did not exceed 50%.

Except for Li Weisi, no one on the Warriors scored 20 points.

On the other hand, for the Bulls, Jordan, Pippen and Price all scored 20 points, which is the result of clocking in three quarters.

At this moment, the strength of the two teams was reversed.

Although he defeated Li Weisi by a large score, Jordan looked at the lonely Li Weisi on the bench, but he didn't have the slightest joy of winning in his heart, but felt a bit dull.

Perhaps, it is because Li Weisi sees his former self!Or, this is not the strongest warrior.

(End of this chapter)