Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 768 Prove yourself
After the regular season ended, there was a gap of 3 days between the start of the playoffs. However, for the Warriors, it was four days, because their first playoff game was scheduled for April 4.

On this day, at the Oracle Arena, fans came to the arena early, waiting to witness the Warriors' first step towards the championship.

The starting lineup of the Warriors tonight is no different from usual, Li Weisi, Richmond, Mullin, Rodman and Divac.

Except for Divac, the other four have played together for 7 seasons, and the other trio excluding Richmond have played for [-] years.

How many nine-year careers can a basketball player have?
It can be said that they gave each other the best time in their careers.

Therefore, there is no running-in between the few of them at all. As long as a few of them stand on the field and look at each other, they will know what each other means.

Compared with the old fritters like the Warriors, the Nuggets do not have such a tacit understanding. Although under the leadership of the famous Nuggets coach Dan Issel, they made it to the playoffs for the second consecutive year and won the next game last year. Created a black eight miracle, but expecting to create another black eight miracle this year, even they themselves dare not think about it.

Unlike the young Sonics, the old-fashioned Warriors will not make the mistakes of the Sonics. Whether it is in terms of talent, technology, experience or tactical execution, the Warriors have the upper hand in all aspects, plus there are examples from last year in front of them , The Warriors will never underestimate the enemy when facing the Nuggets.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the game, the Warriors showed all their strength, and it seemed that they did not underestimate the enemy.

Tonight's starting lineup for the Nuggets: Mohammad Abdullah Rauf, Bryant Stich, Reggie Williams, Rodney Rodgers and Dikambe Mu Toumbo, set up a lineup of one big and four small.

This lineup is commonly used by the Nuggets. Relying on Mutomubo's super defensive height and defensive area, using Rodgers, who is only 201cm tall, as a power forward can not only open up space, but also can In terms of mobility, keep up with Rodman's speed.

However, Rodman's presence in the Warriors' offensive system is pitifully low. The Warriors' offense still depends on the other four after all.

Through pick-and-roll substitutions, the blocking king Mutomubo was replaced in front of Li Weisi.

As the most powerful contender for the best defensive player of the season, Mutomubo felt tremendous pressure in the face of Li Weisi.

There is no other reason. Although he is good at defense, he is more of an inside defensive ability such as blocking and blocking shots. If he moves away from the basket and comes to the outside, his strength will be greatly weakened.

However, he couldn't help but come out.

If it is against other people, Mutomubo can come to the free throw line to defend, relying on his own movement speed, not afraid of the emptiness inside.

But facing Li Weisi is different. Standing on the free throw line by himself is equivalent to letting Li Weisi practice shooting, which is still stress-free.

Compared with the tremendous pressure Mutomubo was under, Li Weisi seemed very relaxed. Seeing that his teammates had opened up space for him, Li Weisi began to dribble casually.

In 94, due to Jordan's retirement and the emergence of newcomers, the league canceled the anti-isolation singles rule, just like it made up for the shortened three-point line.

In fact, whether this rule is born or abolished, its impact on Jordan is very limited. After all, other teams will not give Jordan such a comfortable singles opportunity. Even without this rule, Jordan still cannot escape being double-teamed. Life.

Although Li Weisi now enjoys the convenience of the abolishment of the law, he does not enjoy the fate of being double-teamed like Jordan.

Of course, this is not to say that Li Weisi's offensive threat is not as good as Jordan, but because Li Weisi's passing ability is really terrible. If the defender dares to double-team Li Weisi unscrupulously, then Li Weisi can feed all his teammates to Jordan.

With Li Weisi's dribbling and body shaking, Muto Mubo's footsteps soon became messy. Toumbo was not broken in the first time, and he has proved that he has Dpoy's defensive strength.

However, Mutomubo, who is 218cm tall, couldn't keep up with Li Weisi's footsteps after all. After continuous changes of direction and prayers, Li Weisi finally flew Mutomubo into the penalty area with ease.

The forwards of the Nuggets are very fast. As a result of Li Weisi breaking into the penalty area, he was attacked from several directions by several burly men in dark blue jerseys.

Seeing this situation, Li Weisi calmly dribbled the ball from his right hand to his left hand, and then received the ball with his left hand as if he was about to make a layup. Just when everyone's attention was focused on Li Weisi, his left hand suddenly passed the ball behind him. sent out.

A beautiful behind-the-back pass passed the ball to Mullin in the bottom corner. Facing the unguarded state, Mullin certainly didn't have the slightest courtesy, and scored a three-pointer with his hands up and down.

The start is 8:0, and the point difference is about to go to double digits.

When it was the Nuggets' turn to attack, Rauf dribbled the ball and came to the frontcourt, watching the situation anxiously.

As one of the two most important people in the Nuggets, Mutombo supported the Nuggets' defense, but he, Rauf, could not support the team's offense.

As a No. 90 show in [-], Rauf’s performance in the first two seasons was not outstanding until he changed his original name from Chris Jackson to Mohammad Abdullah Rauf because of his belief in MSL. Husband, coupled with meeting a good coach Dan Issel, this allowed him to play a performance worthy of the No. [-] pick.

However, all of this came to an abrupt end in last year's Black Eight Miracle.

Although the Nuggets defeated the Supersonics that year, Rauf was a complete failure. He was completely locked up by Gary Payton in five games, and his shooting percentage was only 30.8%, which could not support the team's offense at all. .

If Coach Issel hadn't replaced him with Robert Parker at a critical moment, the Nuggets might not have been able to make a black eight.

So Black Eight is a victory for the Nuggets, but for him, it is a shameful defeat.

Therefore, after this year's hard work, Rauf wants to prove that he is not a soft guy who cowards at a critical moment, but a good teammate who can be trusted.

Just when he decided to make a breakthrough, Li Weisi suddenly took the first step and hit the ball in Rauf's hand immediately.

After the basketball left Rauf's control, Li Weisi picked it up and immediately launched a counterattack. Rauf, who was a step slower, tried his best to recover from the mistake, but Li Weisi slowed down at the basket without haste. After relying on Rauf, he made an easy layup. At 10:0, the Nuggets requested a timeout.

"It's over, it's over now!" Rauf murmured to himself as he watched the basketball fall from the middle of the net.

(End of this chapter)