Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 793 Complete the mission
The Warriors obviously didn't make any special changes in the third quarter, but they insisted on gradually tying the score. The Rockets were quite passive throughout the process, and they couldn't figure it out. They didn't know why they were gradually tying the score.

Coach Tomjanovich called a timeout when the score was tied by 2 points, but after the call, he didn't make too many changes, and kept telling the players to play more patiently and not to mess up by themselves. set foot.

No matter how much nonsense Tang Shuai said and whether he made any adjustments, this timeout did give the Rockets a chance to breathe. When they returned to the court again, the Rockets finally passed Drexler's mid-range jumper and succeeded. Help the Rockets stabilize their position.

In the following games, the Rockets' offense finally returned to normal, and those inexplicable mistakes were gradually brought under control. It seemed that Horry's lucky buff was interrupted, and everything seemed to be back to the normal rhythm of the game, but the point difference was now closed. There was not much left, and the two teams were almost back to the same starting line.

However, this situation did not last long. As the Warriors' side Li Weisi began to exert his strength, the Warriors gradually showed signs of breaking out again.

First, Li Weisi hit the basket twice, passed a difficult layup, escaped Olajuwon's block, and successfully scored.

Then, after picking and rolling with Divac, he hit a three-pointer against Olajuwon.

These goals were all scored by Li Weisi in the head-to-head confrontation with Olajuwon, which effectively hit the fans outside the stadium.

Of course, Li Weisi didn't do this for the fans' comments. Li Weisi's main purpose was to win the game.

As Li Weisi began to exert his strength, the score, which was still stalemate, finally loosened, and there was a faint meaning that it was about to be pulled apart.

When Li Weisi once again received a pass from Mullin outside the three-point line and hit a drift three-pointer, the Warriors successfully opened the point difference to 6 points.

This quarter was extremely difficult for the Rockets. From leading by 12 points to trailing by 6 points, it was 18 points inside and out, which was a particularly heavy blow to the Rockets.

Fortunately, this section is coming to an end. Li Weisi's physical exertion in this section is huge. Although over the years, Li Weisi has been training his physical strength in a targeted manner, and is currently fully capable of playing for about 38 minutes per game. of playing time.

But whether it is Frank or Nelson, they are cautious about using Li Weisi. They have already tasted the team without Li Weisi, so basically until the last moment, Nelson will never use Li Weisi without restriction.

I have to say that Li Weisi is lucky. Playing in the Warriors, he can enjoy the treatment that other stars do not have, and he can rest on time.

If he is placed on another team, he is afraid that not only will his shooting percentage throughout his career drop sharply due to physical problems at the end of the game, but he may also retire due to serious injuries after not playing for ten years at all.

It can only be said that Li Weisi's ability to achieve such an achievement is inseparable from the entire Warriors.

After Li Weisi was replaced, the Warriors' offense suddenly became somewhat bleak. Although some people were able to score during this period, the offensive threat of the entire team has dropped significantly compared to when Li Weisi was on the court.

This is directly reflected in the fact that the Rockets' offense has become sharper. Before that, the Rockets focused on defense. Although Olajuwon and Drexler scored unsystematic in the offense, the offense as a whole Still suppressed by the Warriors.

And when Li Weisi and other Warriors starters were replaced, even with a super defender like Rodman on the court, it still couldn't stop the recovery of the Rockets' offense.

In this way, with Scott Brooks hitting a three-pointer at the buzzer before the end of the offensive time, the Rockets succeeded in chasing the score to 90:91 before the end of the third quarter, only 1 point away.

This Brooks who hit a three-pointer at the buzzer was the Scott Brooks who later coached the famous "Three Young Thunder".

Like most famous coaches, Scott's player career was not brilliant. As a white point guard with a height of only 180cm, poor confrontation and lack of explosive power have always accompanied Scott's entire player career.

It has been 88 years since he entered the NBA in 7. After wandering around 3 teams, he played very little time as a starter, and the total added up was less than 10 games.

The reason why he was able to play in this situation and not be eliminated by the league is because of his three-pointer.

This season's three-point shooting rate is as high as 47.1%, and even in terms of shooting rate, it is higher than Li Weisi, and this goal is his value as a player in the team.

Although at the end of the third quarter, the score has been chased to only 1 point, but with Li Weisi's outstanding performance, the Warriors successfully filled the hole dug in the first half through the entire quarter, which still shows that this quarter is a success. of.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Rockets relied on Olajuwon's small turning hook to successfully overtake the score, but then Cassell succeeded in a post-up single against Brooks, successfully allowing the Warriors to regain the lead.

As Kassel, who entered the league in 93, others were most anxious, but he didn't look like an intelligent creature on Earth. But despite his appearance, people were surprised to find that this guy was actually a standard second-year rookie.

Although his appearance is not satisfactory, as the so-called strength is inversely proportional to his appearance, Cassel, who is surprisingly ugly, successfully formed the Warriors' famous three substitutes with Sprewell and Kukoc in only the second year. swordsman.

Although they didn't get much playing time, they still surprised the media and fans. Everyone agreed that all three of them have the ability to be starters on other teams.

Among them, Kassel's style of play is very special. He is almost the same age as the old ball ruffian. Although he is not very old, he plays like an old man, playing according to his own rhythm all the time.

Although he is not as arrogant as Sprewell, nor as agile as Kukoc, but with his precise mid-range and long-range shots and low-post singles, he still makes him an extremely reliable point on the Warriors' bench.

Just like it is now, facing the Rockets' mixed lineup led by Olajuwon, the Warriors' substitutes, including Kassel, can still maintain the score, and they can not fall behind in both offense and defense.

In this way, the fourth quarter opened for more than 3 minutes. Facing the indiscriminate bombing of the Rockets, the Warriors were still able to contend with it, and the scores of the two sides took the lead alternately.

Until the Warriors starter got up from the bench and was ready to return, the Warriors' substitutes completed the task brilliantly.

(End of this chapter)