Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 609
For Warriors fans, no matter how many championship rings are awarded, they can't get tired of watching them, even if this ring has nothing to do with them.

On November 11, the NBA opener, the Warriors faced the Bulls at the Oracle Arena in San Francisco.

That's right, after going around for a while, the new arena is still called Oracle Arena, but this Oracle Arena is not that Oracle Arena.

Regarding the sponsorship of the new arena, in fact, before the completion of the new arena, many companies wanted to fight for the naming rights, but Frank has never agreed.

It was not until the end, after repeated screening, that Frank made the decision, and Oracle won the title sponsorship, and this new Oracle Arena will also become the new home of the Warriors.

Although Oracle's bid was not the highest, for Frank, the name Oracle sounded much better than Microsoft.

Really, Microsoft, say who?

Although the facilities and the environment are not the same as before, but for the Bulls, they are not happy, because those players who are not as good as let them watch the Warriors on the scene, one by one happily wear the symbol Winning the championship ring again.

In addition, Frank himself is generous, this year's championship ring is no worse than last year's, and it is a ring that kills other teams in the league in seconds, which makes people gnash their teeth with envy and separate the walls.

Especially Jordan, when he saw Li Weisi wearing the sparkling ring in front of him, he secretly made up his mind that he must give the opponent a good look during the game.

During this year's offseason, many strong teams are making big moves, obviously to hit this year's championship.

However, the Warriors and Bulls are exceptions.

The Warriors did it out of necessity because of the loss of players, while the Bulls did it purely because the boss was stingy and reluctant to invest.

Except for the selection of Cedric Ceballos in the draft throughout the summer, there was no substantial reinforcement. However, as the young players continued to grow, their own strength should not be underestimated. The reason why it can be ranked second.

Soon, the rings were awarded, the pre-match ceremony came to an end, and the match between the two sides was about to start.

At this time, the emotions of the fans on the scene have returned to the highest point again. The last time they cheered for the award of the ring when they presented the ring to Li Weisi. Encouragement to hit the starting point of the three consecutive championships.

Three consecutive championships, a yearning honor, throughout the history of the NBA, so far, it is only the Minneapolis Lakers led by the same number 99 McCann George and the Celtics of Russell It has been done, otherwise why are these two teams the top two giants in the league?
In the future, even the black and white duo who ruled the entire 80s have not done it.

Therefore, people hope that Li Weisi can lead the Warriors to achieve the league's third three-peat team, making the Warriors the third richest team in the league.

And when the enthusiasm of the fans is about to overflow from the new arena, the referee throws the ball in the air and the game begins.

The starting lineup of the Bulls tonight still continues the lineup of last season, namely: Price, Jordan, Pippen, Grant and Cartwright.

The Warriors' starting five are: Li Weisi, Richmond, Mullin, Rodman and Divac.

Since Malone has not yet returned from injury and Duckworth left, the second-year rookie Divac had to provoke the mainstay and become the team's starting center.

In the opening jump ball, Cartwright, who is taller, actually won the jump ball and won the first wave of possession for the Bulls.

Jordan, who had suppressed his anger for a long time, was already hungry and thirsty. After receiving the pass from Price, he immediately rushed to the basket. See the Warriors' weaknesses.

The new starting center of the Warriors, Divac's defensive ability is completely incomparable with Duckworth and Moses Malone. His footsteps are slow and his bounce is weak. For Jordan, such a center is completely whatever he wants.

So, regardless of Richmond's side, Jordan forcibly took off against Divac, dodged in the air, twisted his body into a twist, and successfully escaped Divac's block. , throwing the ball towards the basket.

The basketball hit the board and Jordan opened the scoring for the Bulls, 2:0.

Looking at defense alone, Divac does seem to be inferior to Duckworth, but when it is the Warriors' turn to attack, Divac's ability has a chance to show his strength.

I saw that after coming to the frontcourt, Divac fell to the three-point line, Li Weisi took the initiative to hand the ball to Divac, and then quickly ran.

Facing Divac's position, Cartwright knew that this guy had a three-pointer, so he didn't dare to stand in the penalty area. He could only stand near the free throw line and keep a step away from Divac.

At the same time, Richmond and Mullin started at the same time, running to the top of the arc from both sides, and with the help of Divac to get rid of the defense, finally this defense produced a dislocation between Mullin and Price. This is exactly what the Warriors wanted opportunity.

Divac immediately gave the ball to Mullin. After catching the ball, Mullin feinted a shot. After flying Price, he took a step forward and hit a mid-range jumper. The score came to 2:2.

As early as last season, Nelson had formulated corresponding tactics for Divac, and this season, after confirming Divac as the starting center, Nelson strengthened training in this area in the training camp.

And these players of the Warriors, especially the starting players, are all smart people, and they quickly mastered a few simple Princeton system tactics in training, and they are integrated with the previous tactics.

Therefore, in the match against the Bulls, the Bulls were caught off guard.

However, the Bulls were not surprised by the Warriors' tactical changes. After all, they played against the Warriors many times last season and already knew Divac's style of play.

Soon it was the turn of the Bulls to attack again. This time the Bulls played the pick and roll with Price and Cartwright, focusing on Divac.

Faced with this situation, Divac did not switch defenses, but Li Weisi squeezed past Cartwright to pursue the defense. However, Cartwright's pick-and-roll effect was excellent, and Li Weisi's speed was severely weakened.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Price immediately chose to shoot a cold arrow from outside the three-point line, pulled it up and shot, the basketball had a high arc, and then fell steadily into the basket! 5:2.

Price's three-pointer made the scene instantly silent. It wasn't how shocking Price's three-pointer was, but the Warriors fans who saw this scene felt that the Bulls were Playing the Warriors with the Warriors' style of play, this scene really made them a little uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)