Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 775
The Warriors' second-round game started on May 5, a full three days earlier than the other semifinals in the Western Conference.

It's no wonder that both the home team, the Warriors, and the visiting team, the Suns, easily eliminated their opponents, and they didn't seem to have experienced any major challenges.

Therefore, both sides attach great importance to this game.

Before the game, Barkley came to the Warriors half of the field and had a cordial conversation with Moses Malone.

Moses Malone has turned 40 this year. He played more than a dozen games at the beginning of the season, but they all came off the bench. He was injured and never played again.

In fact, as early as the third game of the first round of the playoffs, Malone had completely recovered from his injury, but this game was very anxious, so Malone did not get playing time.

The current Malone, basically except for garbage time, has rarely been able to get a chance to play.

Although the former star is old, his honor is still remembered. Not only the Warriors teammates respect him, but even Barkley, who just entered the league in the past and was taken care of by him, sees the big brother at this time, and his heart is full. gratitude.

"Is your waist okay?" Moses Malone said to Barkley after the two embraced.

After hearing this, Barkley patted his old waist, and said with a bit of showing off: "Okay! I'm a young man, not like you, an old guy, who is easily knocked down by this little injury."

In fact, the injuries Barkley suffered were far from being as easy as he said.

After participating in the Olympics in 92, Barkley was traded to the Suns. He led the Suns to a record 62 wins and won the first MVP in his life from Li Weisi and Jordan.

However, although the peak was brilliant, it was still too short. From the following seasons, Barkley was plagued by injuries, especially his old waist injuries, which often recurred and exhausted him physically and mentally, so that last summer, Barkley had The idea of ​​wanting to retire.

Fortunately, in the end Barkley overcame the injury and returned to the team. Although he still missed more than ten games due to injury in the regular season, he still brought the team into the playoffs and the Western Conference semifinals.

It can be said that although Barkley is a bastard who likes drinking, gambling, overeating, molesting and mocking everyone without a limit, it is undeniable that he is indeed an excellent player.

"Pay attention to protecting your body, and you can only say that you are a young man in front of me." Malone could naturally see that Barkley was pretending to be relaxed, but he did not expose him, but only expressed a few words of concern full of love .

How harmonious and friendly the greetings before the game were, and how hard both sides tried their best after the game started.

Sun's starting lineup tonight: Tim Hardaway, Wesley Persson, Charles Barkley, AC Green and Joe Klein.

Back then, the Suns paid a lot of money to trade for Barkley. Fortunately, they recruited Danny Ainge, AC Green who became a free agent, Joe Klein, Wayman Tisdale and other good players. , and in last summer's draft, Vesley Persson was selected.

Therefore, the reason why this Suns can become a strong team in the Western Conference is not only relying on Barkley alone, but also many excellent teammates.

After the start of the game, Divac and Klein, the two big white centers, were evenly matched in terms of jump balls.

In the end, the younger Divac was even better and successfully jumped the ball to Li Weisi.

After Li Weisi got the ball, almost at the same moment, the Warriors quickly launched a fast break.

Seeing Richmond and Rodman rushing straight into the center of the Suns, Li Weisi barely dribbled the ball. A long pass passed the ball to the frontcourt. Richmond took the ball and dribbled it for two steps. Jumping quickly, facing Persson, he chose to pull the bar for a layup.

Although Person relied on defense to squeeze Dan Marley to the bench, he is also a shooter in essence, and his defensive ability is limited.

Therefore, despite Persson's best efforts to defend, the ball was easily scored by Richmond.In the opening 2:0, the Warriors took the lead.

It was the Suns' turn to attack. Although Barkley played small forward tonight, the Warriors still let Rodman defend Barkley and handed Green over to Mullin.

Although in terms of matchups, Mullin is at a disadvantage defending Green, but Green is only a blue-collar after all, his ability to attack independently is limited, and he can't kill anyone.

After halftime, Hardaway passed the ball to Barkley immediately despite knowing that Barkley was under the care of the Warriors.

To be honest, it should be a better choice to let Hardaway consume Li Weisi on the defensive end instead of letting Barkley goug Rodman hard, but this is the opening ball, and it is also the first step for the Suns to seek revenge. Barkley I told him before the game that this ball must be played by him.

The reason why Barkley is so persistent about the Warriors is that he met the Warriors when he was the most hopeful to win the championship.

It's a pity that in the Western Conference Finals in 93, they were still defeated by the Warriors 4:2. As for last year, they lost to the Rockets in the semifinals before they met the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals.

This year, in fact, even Barkley himself knows that the gap in strength between the two teams is far greater than it was in 93. Even that year, there was no chance of defeating the Warriors. This year, the chance is even slimmer.

However, Barkley just held his breath and couldn't wait to prove himself in this round of the series, after all, his time was running out.

Sure enough, after getting the ball, Barkley faced Rodman with three threats, and the whole situation was on the verge of breaking out.

When later generations mention Barkley, people often think of his big butt and back technique.

In fact, the "five seconds with back" rule set by the league is actually to limit Mark Jackson. Moreover, whether Barkley is in the 76ers or in the Suns, he is more focused on playing face-up.

After all, in this era when the four major centers dominate the inside line, it is almost difficult to carve out a world with a height of less than 2 meters and only rely on big buttocks.

Barkley's real killer move is actually a strong body with amazing explosive power, as well as top-level dribbling and coordination at the power forward position, as well as comprehensive offensive methods. The combination of these is why he can score less than 2 Rice's height, becoming the league's number one active power forward.

After the three threats were completed, Barkley, relying on his amazing explosive power, went straight to the inside, leaned on Rodman to force a layup, and successfully scored the ball before Divac could react.

The whole process was done in one go, almost between lightning and flint, and the score was rewritten to 2:2.

(End of this chapter)