Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 636 Master and Disciple Showdown
In the first quarter, Li Weisi played inattentively, but the Blazers' offense was equally sharp, which made the score of the game still anxious.

With 5 minutes and 33 seconds left before the end of the game, the Warriors touched the ball out of the bottom line, Nelson made a substitution, and Moses Malone, who had been away from the game for a whole year, finally returned to the game.

Stepping into the stadium again, looking at the new floor and new jerseys, Malone has the illusion that things are people, and he himself feels that his body is like a weather-beaten sponge, without the incomparable hardness it used to be.

However, the fighting spirit in his heart has not been wiped out, and he refuses to accept his old age with a fiery heart, still hoping to stand on the court and continue fighting.

When he came back, he faced Duckworth, who could be regarded as a student brought out by him.

However, compared with Duckworth's rookie period, Duckworth's weight has now reached 250 catties, and his weight has already surpassed Malone.

Porter was keenly aware that Duckworth had grabbed a good position inside, so he immediately hoisted the ball into the inside.

The taller Duckworth stretched out his long arms and pressed Malone to firmly receive Porter's pass. At the same time, other Blazers teammates opened up space to create singles opportunities for Duckworth.

The two masters and apprentices have faced each other quite often in the team before, even though it has been a year since they have played against each other, but at this moment when the two of them made physical contact, everything came back.

Duckworth carefully tested Malone with his back, feeling Malone's center of gravity and the familiar force point on his back, which made Duckworth feel that everything was back to the past.

Just standing in the 3-second zone gave him no time to think about it. After just a moment, he immediately started dribbling and collided with Malone fiercely with his body.

After testing to the left twice, he found that Malone's strength had been transferred, and immediately turned to the right to complete the hook.

But what Duckworth didn't expect was that when Duckworth turned around, Malone actually followed Duckworth's footsteps and blocked Duckworth again.

However, Malone's defensive height still prevented him from completing the block. Duckworth's hook shot was very high. Although Malone stood in front of him, Duckworth still allowed Duckworth to complete the hook.

It's a pity that although the hook was completed, under Malone's interference, the basketball was too biased, and it just hit the basket. After that, the two huddled together to grab the rebound, but this had already entered Malone's control. In the rhythm.

While holding Duckworth, he jumped up and received the rebound. In one go, Malone successfully defended against the Blazers' offense.

Then the Warriors counterattacked, and Li Weisi assisted Mullin to hit a three-pointer, and the Warriors overtook the score again.

In the following games, Malone's defense against Duckworth was quite in place, so that Duckworth missed three consecutive offenses and scored 2 points only by free throws, which was completely different from when he was facing Divac.

It can be seen that although Ma Long is old, his craftsmanship has not been lost, and he can still show the demeanor of a former superstar.

In this way, relying on Malone's performance, the Warriors once led by 8 points in the second half of the first quarter.

After entering the substitute stage, the Blazers relied on the outstanding performance of the new force Danny Ainge, and finally chased the score to 25:28 at the end of the first quarter, and the two teams were almost the same in the first quarter.

Malone played 5 and a half minutes in the first quarter, made 3 of 1 shots, and scored 4 points. Although he was impressive when defending Duckworth, whether it was his personal performance in the offense or his physical condition on the field , did not meet people's expectations of him.

People can't accept that after an injury, a superstar is knocked down by an injury like this.

By the beginning of the second quarter, Malone had been replaced by Antonio Davis. Of course, this was not because Nelson was dissatisfied with Malone's performance. difficulty.

Therefore, Nelson is very patient with Malone and strictly controls his playing time, hoping that he can adjust slowly.

Tonight, the Warriors' bench did not perform well. It seems that everyone's hand feeling is not very good. Although the Blazers are not much better, Angie, who just came up and tossed a few times, soon faded away.

But it can't stand the Trail Blazers' mixed lineup. When facing the Warriors' substitutes, their starting performances are quite impressive.

In this way, when the Warriors returned from the starting lineup, they had already led by 8 points at the end of the game, and now they are 3 points behind.

However, after returning to the field, the Warriors once again overtook the score with the performance of Li Weisi, Mullin and others.

This is not over yet. Li Weisi still continued his firepower in the second quarter, shooting from inside and outside. Under his leadership, the Warriors team once again played a wave of offensive highs. Finally, at the end of the halftime, it was 62: 54, leading the Blazers again by 8 points.

Double-killed by the Blazers in the first two games, coupled with the impressive record of the Blazers this season, the Warriors fans felt pessimistic before the start of the game, but now after this game, the fans have regained their old confidence. Everyone believes that this complete team of warriors is not afraid of the pioneers who are in full swing.

However, as the No. 8 Trail Blazers in the league, they were obviously unwilling to just let it go. They launched a counterattack in the second half, and their [-]-point lead was eroded again.

Especially Drexler, not only made a sharp breakthrough in this game, but also had an astonishing touch from the outside line. In the third quarter alone, he hit 2 three-pointers.

Facing the aggressive situation of the Blazers, Nelson made another adjustment and replaced Malone in advance to face Duckworth. At the same time, Li Weisi began to take over the game and scored against Drexler.

When it comes to other things, Li Weisi may not be able to do it well, such as dunking, but when it comes to scoring against Biao, he is really not afraid of anyone.

So the stars of the two teams started a fierce confrontation in this quarter. At the end of the quarter, Drexler scored 13 points and Li Weisi scored 15 points.

In this way, with the excellent performance of the two, the two teams scored 36:33 in this quarter, and the Blazers recovered 3 points.

It's a pity that this kind of chasing points obviously cannot completely reverse the situation, and after overcoming the momentum of the Blazers chasing points, in the fourth quarter, the Warriors' bench finally recovered, and once opened the point difference to more than 10 points.

Although the later starter recovered a point, the Warriors finally defeated the Blazers 125:118, ending their two-game losing streak and giving the Blazers their third loss of the season.

(End of this chapter)