Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 513 Come to an end
January is over, with just over a week until the All-Star break, during which the Warriors will play five more games.

Before the game, the player of the month in January was officially announced, and as expected, Li Weisi was elected again.

Since the 79-80 season, the selection of the best player of the month has been held for 10 years. Among them, only Moses Malone, Larry Bird, Magic Teacher Johnson, Michael Jordan, and Li Weisi.

But like Li Weisi, only Li Weisi and Larry Bird have won the best player of the month for two consecutive times. Moreover, in a season like this, the players who have won the best player of the month for many times are basically the MVP of the season. Except Jordan.

Because the MVP of last season was finally given to Li Weisi.

Now that the season is halfway through, Li Weisi is also leading by a slight margin on the MVP list, followed by Magic Johnson, Barkley, Michael Jordan and others.

Unlike last year's MVP selection, this year's MVP competition is particularly fierce, and it seems that there are enough reasons to choose any one of the top four on the list.

Of course, the reason why Li Weisi was able to temporarily take the lead even when the record was behind the Lakers was that he was able to lead the team to rank second in the Western Conference even though many of the team's main players were injured, and played a super god level. The data, but whether this state can continue will be the key to whether Li Weisi can win the MVP this season.

2月2日，勇士主场迎战篮网，李为思砍下20分12助攻，带领勇士以128:109战胜了篮网。

4号对阵森林狼，李为思得到21分8助攻，勇士客场115:95大胜森林狼。

On the 5th, he went to Washington to start a new round of Eastern Conference. The first game was against the Bullets. In the end, Li Weisi scored 23 points and 6 assists. The Warriors still won 129:105.

For three consecutive games, Li Weisi clocked in three quarters in each game, resulting in no data at all. This made the fans sigh with emotion. Unexpectedly, the biggest stumbling block on Li Weisi's road to MVP this season is that his opponent is too weak.

However, it is impossible for the Warriors to encounter every opponent that is so weak. Just one day later, the Warriors came to Philadelphia to challenge the 76ers who are now in the limelight.

This season, Barkley has entered the peak of his career, both technically and physically, and coupled with some operations by the team's management, the 76ers have regained their combat effectiveness. Now they are ranked No. 30 in the Eastern Conference with 16 wins and [-] losses. three.

The starting lineup for the 76ers this season is: John Dawkins, Jose Hawkins, Barkley, Rick Mahon and Mike Gominsky.

Dawkins and Li Weisi are already old acquaintances. From the NCAA finals to entering the NBA in the same year, it is just different from Li Weisi’s smooth sailing. Dawkins was troubled by injuries and drifted to the 76ers, completely becoming a role player , It is very different from the MVP Li Weisi.

Jose Hawkins, the No. 6 pick in the first round last year, has continued to improve this season. He is only a sophomore and has almost become Barkley's most powerful right-hand man and the team's second scorer.

As for Rick Mahon, he is also an old face. Because he was selected by the Timberwolves in the military expansion draft, he had no choice but to leave the Pistons. Unexpectedly, he did not play a game in the Timberwolves and was traded to the 76ers. , and Barkley formed the top rebounding partner "Thump N' Bump", which can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.

There is also Mike Gominsky, a big center who looks a bit like a fat version of Jake Gyllenhaal. He is 211cm tall, but has a soft touch. His career free throw percentage is as high as 84.3%, which makes O'Neal wait a lot. The center was ashamed.

Not only that, although Gominsky has not been selected as an All-Star, he was also considered a Nets star when he was in the Nets. He maintained a stat of 16+8 all the year round, and he was a fierce man who scored 40+20 in a single game.

In addition, there are giants such as Ron Anderson and Derek Smith on the bench. It can be said that it is not a surprise that the 76ers can achieve such a record this season.

Facing such a team with no shortcomings and a reasonable lineup, the Warriors are obviously in a hard fight.

Since Barkley played small forward, the person defending him was not Rodman, but Reggie Lewis.

Although Lewis is taller than Barkley, the difference in weight between the two is 30 kilograms. Barkley hit Lewis with his back, almost taking whatever he wanted.

Fortunately, tonight, both Li Weisi and Richmond played well. The scores of the two teams were not separated, and they always took the lead alternately.

The game continued like this until the last moment. With less than 10 seconds left in the game, the 76ers led by one point.

After Rodman grabbed the rebound, he gave it to Li Weisi. Li Weisi took the ball to the 45-degree three-point line in the frontcourt. After a simple pick-and-roll with Lewis, he went to the center line. In the front and rear pincers of the four, Li Weisi seemed to be a dancing elf , Dazed to get into the restricted area from the crowd.

Immediately afterwards, facing Mahon's block, he made a throw shot, the basketball flew over Mahon's fingertips, hit the board, and completely killed the game.

This lore shot fully demonstrated Li Weisi's ball quotient, ball control skills, super strong touch and various qualities of a big heart.

In the end, 76 seconds were left for the 1.2ers, but the 76ers failed to grasp it in the end. With Hawkins missing a jumper, the Warriors narrowly beat the 113ers by one point 112:76.

After winning the 76ers, the Warriors took the opportunity to come to New York that night for the last opponent of this Eastern road trip, the New York Knicks.

Unlike the 76ers, the Knicks have already risen last season, and this season continues the state of last season. As the players' tacit understanding increases, the entire team is getting better and better. Although the distance from the championship is still far behind Take a deep breath, but in the east, it is definitely a well-known and ruthless player.

Facing Duckworth tonight, Ewing played mediocre, and failed to gain the upper hand in the one-on-one contest with Duckworth.

However, the rest of the Knicks tonight, Charles Oakley, Mark Jackson, Gerald Wilkins, John Newman, Trent Tucker and Rod Skritt, all played well. Lan all scored in double figures.

This made Li Weisi and Richmond both scored 30+, but they still played inextricably with the Knicks.

Until the end, hit the last ball again.

It's just different from the previous game. This time, Li Weisi failed to hit the lore, and Ewing got the rebound. The Warriors had to foul Ewing.

With Ewing's two free throws, the Knicks finally defeated the Warriors 122:118, ending the Warriors' eight-game winning streak.

Although this loss is a pity, it is not unacceptable to face such back-to-back away games and the opponent is not weak Knicks.

In short, regardless of victory or loss, the first half of this season has officially come to an end with the end of this game, and it will be another year of All-Star Weekend and the second half of the season.

(End of this chapter)