Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 684
Although the Warriors launched a counterattack belatedly, the holes dug in the early stage were too large. In addition, the Lakers' own offensive efficiency tonight was extremely high, which made the Warriors unable to catch up with the point difference.

The same is true for the starting lineup, and the same is true for the substitutes. As the Lakers' substitute, Terry Teague, facing his old club, played well tonight. At the end of the first quarter, he scored 6 points in a row and successfully helped the Lakers maintain Points difference.

In this way, at the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the Warriors by 35 points at 24:11.

Throughout the first quarter, the performance of the Lakers was perfect. Under the organization of Magic Johnson, the entire team was completely integrated into a whole, showing amazing combat effectiveness.

And Magic Johnson also played the entire first quarter, scoring 4 points and 8 assists, barely scoring much, all relying on driving his teammates to help the team score.

However, all this changed at the beginning of the second quarter after Magic Johnson went off the court.

In the Lakers team, apart from Magic Johnson, the only player who can organize is Scott. However, Scott is just a pitcher. Maybe he can help Johnson absorb part of the ball, but he is expected to replace Johnson. Taking the lead alone, facing the Warriors' defense, and being able to organize the team to contend with it, obviously he does not have this ability yet.

So, at the beginning of the second quarter, the Warriors launched a counterattack under the activeness of Matthew Leonis.

It has been two years since Matthew Leonis joined the Warriors. In the past two years, he has been on the fringes of the team. Compared with the other two European teammates, he has not had many opportunities.

However, he is not discouraged. As a player from the country that is the number one enemy of Midi, his own strength and talent are far inferior to his teammates. Matthew Leonis never complains about this.

In his usual training, he studies hard, trains hard, and rarely shows himself, but as long as the team gives him a chance to play, he will go all out and give his [-]% effort.

In this way, his efforts paid off. With the great change of the team's bench lineup, he gained a lot of opportunities to play. Until this time, people were surprised to find that there is such a treasure in the Warriors.

He has a steady style of play, an online quotient, and has the team's European ability second only to Li Weisi. Although his strength is not as good as that of Hornacek, Petrovic and others, he is still qualified as a substitute, and he leaves people with a deep impression. profoundly affected.

The same is true tonight, facing Scott's defense in the fast break, a light European step, successfully tricked Scott, and easily layup from the other side.

In this way, in just over two minutes, the point difference was only 5 points away.

Seeing that the hard-earned point difference was about to be lost, the Lakers hurriedly made a substitution and replaced Magic Johnson, who had only rested for more than two minutes, back on the court.

Obviously, Dunleavy has seen that no matter who the team replaces, Johnson cannot be replaced. The Lakers' only chance of winning tonight lies with Johnson.

Sure enough, after Johnson returned to the game, the effect was immediate. Soon Johnson used one attack and one pass to help the team stabilize the situation.

Dell Curry obviously can't limit Johnson.

Fortunately, there was not much time left for the Warriors to make substitutions. Nelson beckoned, and soon let the Warriors starters sitting on the bench stand by on the sidelines.

Soon, the starters of the two teams returned to the court one after another. At this time, the Lakers had lost their amazing performance in the first quarter. Fortunately, the Warriors' point-chasing methods also seemed a little weak. At the end of halftime, the Lakers 57 :50 lead.

Entering the second half, the Lakers still failed to regain their state in the first quarter, and the Warriors also took the opportunity to start chasing points again. Of course, this process is quite difficult.

Li Weisi is still limited by his shooting status, and his outside shooting rate is completely unsatisfactory. However, despite this, the Lakers still dare not relax their defense against Li Weisi. Stick as close as you can.

Therefore, if the Warriors want to score, they can only use tactics, pass the ball many times, and use dislocation and other methods to score the ball.

The point difference between the two teams has always been hovering around 5 points. It seems that the third quarter is about to end, but what people did not expect is that Li Weisi suddenly left and right in the second half of the third quarter. Hit a three-pointer.

These two three-pointers immediately stunned the Lakers, and the point difference was only 1 point. Fortunately, Worthy hit a mid-range jumper, which temporarily relieved the crisis.

But after such a false alarm, the Lakers still need to increase the level of danger for Li Weisi. In fact, Scott of the Lakers did not lose his position in the defense just now. Even if he was delayed by the pick-and-roll, some people switched defenses to defend Li Weisi .

But even so, Li Weisi seized the fleeting opportunity and hit the key three-pointer.

For the last point, Li Weisi failed to catch up or even overtake it until Li Weisi took a break. The Lakers tenaciously defended the bottom line of the last point and kept the lead.

Not only that, Magic Johnson didn't rest at all in the third quarter, he played the whole quarter, which led to Johnson's layup again at the end of the third quarter, and the Warriors trailed the Lakers by 78 points 81:3.

After entering the fourth quarter of such an intense game, it almost became intense.

Although in this quarter, both sides maintained a tough confrontation, but for some reason, the feel of the two teams ushered in a recovery, and even Magic Johnson hit a three-pointer.

Correspondingly, the Warriors' shooting percentage has also picked up, but they still can't completely even out the point difference. The last point is like a natural moat. The Warriors have touched this point many times, but they still can't get over it.

Wasted opportunities will eventually be backed by opportunities, and the same is true for the Warriors.

Due to many failures to seize the opportunity, it was difficult for the Warriors to complete the overtake, but the time passed bit by bit, so until 19.8 seconds before the end, the Warriors were still one point behind.

With the ball in hand, the Warriors can launch a game-winning game on the final play, just as they did in Game [-].

It's a pity that God didn't continue to stand on the Warriors' side tonight. As Li Weisi missed a mid-range jumper and Magic Johnson protected the rebound, the Warriors could only use foul tactics to send Johnson to the free throw line.

Although Johnson has played 45 minutes tonight, plus the appetizer before the start of the game, who knows how long Johnson took.

But even though the sweat was dripping down and his nose was red after breathing heavily, he still couldn't let Johnson lose the chain. With the big heart of Johnson, he made two free throws and made the Lakers completely invincible.

In the end, as Li Weisi missed a three-pointer, the game ended. The Lakers successfully pulled back a victory at home with 115:112. Johnson also used this victory to declare to the world that he is not old, as long as he is still In one day, the Lakers cannot be removed from the championship team!
(End of this chapter)