Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 70

Although the Warriors returned to Oakland with a defeat, they did not disappoint the fans. After all, the five-game winning streak has already exceeded the imagination of the fans. Who dared to have such extravagant expectations before the start of the game.

What's more, as soon as they returned to Oakland, they defeated the Seattle SuperSonics 121:117 at home on Thursday and continued to maintain the first position in the Western Conference.

And after two weeks of fermentation, the number of local Golden State fans who pay attention to the Warriors has gradually increased. Not only have many old Warriors fans who gave up watching the NBA picked up this habit again, but also the Warriors have gained many new opportunities. fan.

Among the newly added fans, the vast majority are from Chinatowns all over the United States, and the Chinese in San Francisco and Oakland Chinatowns account for the majority.

No, tonight's home game against the Philadelphia 76ers, the Chinese fan group on the scene expanded again, and still formed a small group of more than 100 people, which was also a unique scene in the auditorium.

Everyone knew that these people were not group fans, but Li Weisi's only fans. Fortunately, there was no fan circle culture formed at this time, and the Internet was not yet developed, so there was no war of violence.

Moreover, due to Li Weisi's outstanding performance in every game, more and more non-Chinese fans like Li Weisi, and his popularity and jersey sales have ranked second in the Warriors, second only to Moses Malone.

Looking around the entire old Oakland arena, nearly 99% of the spectators wearing jerseys are wearing Li Weisi's No. [-] jersey. It can be seen that Li Weisi's influence has gradually begun to go out of the circle.

Tonight's game can be said to be full of highlights.

勇士队以6胜1负排名西部第一，而76人则6胜2负为东部第一。

It can be said that both the Warriors and the 76ers have greatly exceeded people's expectations for them before the game. They can be said to be two dark horses, so people attribute the success of the two teams to the offseason trade, that is, Joe E. Barry Carroll and Moses Malone switched clubs.

This transaction can be called a win-win situation. Not only does the Warriors, a team mostly young, have a backbone like a pinnacle, but it also allows the 76ers, who have faced the absence of the team's potential star Barkley due to injury since the start of the game, In such a difficult situation, he was still able to achieve an excellent record.

Moreover, in the case of "Dr. J" Irving getting old this season, Carroll played more and more courageously, faintly becoming the team's number one star, averaging 21.2 points and 7.2 rebounds per game.

It's just that Carroll's demeanor is a bit like there are no tigers in the mountains, and the monkey dominates the king, because he wants to be the boss of the team, and he has to ask the wayward fat man in the team to agree or not.

During the warm-up period before the start of the game, Barkley, who was unable to play due to injury, actually followed the team to Oakland tonight. I saw him go straight to the Warriors' field, which attracted the attention of the fans.

No way, even though this is Barkley's third season, any fans who have a certain understanding of the NBA will know that this is a hard stubble.

During his rookie season, he dared to attack Larry Bird less than a month after entering the league.

At that time, Bird and Dr. J had a quarrel and wrestled together. Without saying a word, Buckley rushed forward and locked Bird from behind, making Bird unable to fight back. Dr. J turned to Bird's face at the right time. It's just three straight punches, which is very enjoyable.

It was also from then on that people remembered this little fat man as a ruthless man.

Barkley came to Malone and hugged him cordially, excitedly like a 200-pound child.

"Hi, Dad!"

The reason why Barkley is called Malone's father is not because of any father-son situation, but because Malone gave him a lot of help during Barkley's rookie season. He not only urged him to lose weight, but also taught him how to gain a foothold in the NBA. There is also the energy of carrying a gun together, all this makes him always think that he and Ma Long are like father and son.

"Hey, Charles, how is your injury?" Facing his former little brother and cheap son, Malone was also very happy and concerned.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine soon. I'll be back on the court in less than two weeks. I'm looking forward to our next match." Barkley said to Malone braggingly.

"Be careful!" While the two were chatting, Li Weisi's shot missed, and the basketball was flying towards the two. Fortunately, Barkley had quick eyesight and quick hands, and stopped the basketball in time, which prevented Malone from being shot in the back of the head.

"Sorry!" Li Weisi trotted a few steps and came to the two of them.

"Be careful, kid!" Buck used his big eyes to give Li Weisi a vicious look and warned.

Although Buckley had a ferocious expression, in Li Weisi's eyes, he looked a little... well, in Frank's words, stupid.

Looking at the chubby fat man in front of him, with his round head, round eye sockets, round belly, and a pair of dark circles under his eyes, he looked like a panda.

Can't help but let Li Weisi have an illusion, is the NBA's selection standard already so low?How can anyone be selected?
"In fact, it has nothing to do with whether I am careful or not. The most important thing is that you should not come to find Moses. If you don't look for him, he will not be distracted by talking with you. If he is not distracted, he will not be here In the case of being almost hit by the ball, the ball was not found, so the responsibility is still yours in the final analysis..." Li Weisi analyzed seriously.

"Boy, what are you talking about?" Barkley felt that this guy in front of him was messing around, a coward who dared to act and dare not to be, so he couldn't help being a little contemptuous.

"Didn't you hear clearly? It's okay, let me say it again, in fact..." Li Weisi actually planned to say it again.

"Enough is enough, I heard clearly, you go to warm up, I will relay to Charles." Seeing that Li Weisi was about to start chanting again, Ma Long quickly smoothed things over.

After coaxing Li Weisi away, Barkley was still uneasy, and said to Malone, "What's the matter with this rookie on your team? Was it on purpose?"

Ma Long looked at Barkley who was at odds with Li Weisi, grinned, patted Barkley on the shoulder, then pointed to his head and said, "Don't worry about him, it's just that it's not very good here. Don’t worry too much about it, just get used to it.”

Barkley took another look at the weirdness in his eyes, and comforted Ma Long with some sympathy: "Hey, it's hard for you too, for another team to bring such a weird rookie."

"Actually, it's okay. Apart from being a bit weird, his strength is quite good."

"Just him?" Barkley was a little surprised, because among all the players in the league, there are not many players who can get Malone's affirmation. What's more, according to his understanding of Malone, Li Weisi's body shape is not like a player that Malone admires. The body you should have.

"Don't underestimate this guy. Although this guy has a weird personality, his strength is indeed good. At least in him, I feel that he is beyond the times. This is very similar to you."

"Besides, comparing me with him is simply too insulting." Barkley said with a look of disdain.

"By the way, haven't you watched our team's previous games?" Suddenly, Ma Long thought, anyone who has watched the Warriors games should know Li Weisi's strength. How could he be as ignorant as Barkley? Woolen cloth?

"I'm an injured person. I don't want to play golf during my vacation. I enjoy my life. What kind of game do I watch? I don't even want to watch my own team's game..." Sure enough, Barkley said willfully as always.

(End of this chapter)