Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 796
On May 5, the fourth game between the Warriors and the Rockets officially began at the Compaq Center.

The start with a big score of 2:1 surprised the Rockets fans. Everyone hoped to win another game tonight, put the nails on the Warriors who have already been lying in the coffin, and completely create a miracle for this round of the series.

So tonight they turned all their enthusiasm into bursts of shouts, constantly challenging the eardrums of the Warriors players and coaches.

The Warriors replaced Rodman back to the starting lineup tonight, but this did not arouse the alertness of the Rockets players. In their view, the performance in the two games replaced by Horry can only be regarded as qualified and did not meet the coach's requirements. It is completely reasonable to be replaced, so naturally don't care too much.

In this case, the game officially begins.

The first to attack is still the Rockets. After all, in terms of jump balls, Olajuwon should not be too easy when facing Divac.

As in the previous games, the Warriors retreated quickly when they came up. The Rockets slowed down when they saw that they had no chance. After Olajuwon dropped low, they passed the ball to him and let him play singles.

Olajuwon, who received the ball, was the same as usual. After getting the ball, he leaned back to find the center of gravity of Divac, then shook his shoulder skillfully, mobilized Divac, and then started dribbling singles.

Such an assembly-line singles action makes Olajuwon look like an emotionless singles machine, and all the actions seem to be well-designed.

However, unlike usual, tonight, when he started dribbling for the first time, Rodman, who was standing in the bottom corner, broke through and rushed over, forming a double-team with Divac behind him.

For this sudden double-team, Olajuwon was very surprised, because such double-teams are rare in this round of the series. It can be said that, except for a few very well-timed double-teams, the Warriors will hardly take the initiative Double-team Olajuwon.

This is because the Warriors' defensive strategy has always been to cut off the connection between Olajuwon and the Rockets' outside line. As for Olajuwon, let him single Divac, and this is also Olajuwon The reason why Wang almost always gets high scores.

However, that all seems to have changed tonight.

In the face of Rodman's sudden but just right defense, Olajuwon's response is also quite skillful. After all, he has encountered many double-teams in recent years.

Therefore, Olajuwon controlled the ball with both hands at the first time, and did not dare to dribble again. After all, at this moment, for a big center like him, dribbling in front of a small man is no different from finding a tackle.

The inability to dribble after getting the ball means that Olajuwon can no longer continue to find a reasonable shooting point by dribbling. At this time, there are only two ways in front of Olajuwon. One is to turn around and face the defense to shoot forcibly , and the other is to pass the ball out, whether it's a shot or a reorganization.

And Olajuwon chose the latter, because this is one of the Rockets' tactics, not to mention that Rodman's defensive Murray is originally a space-type fourth position.

Olajuwon didn't keep the ball after picking it up, and immediately distributed the ball to Murray standing in the bottom corner. Murray was a little surprised when he received the ball. After all, in this round of the series, Rodman's defense Next, it is more difficult than going to heaven to receive the ball from Olajuwon from the inside.

After receiving the ball, Murray bent his knees and prepared to shoot, but saw that Rodman was getting closer and closer to him.

How is this guy so fast?
Murray was taken aback, but fortunately, he was still more than two meters away, enough for him to make a move.

Finally, before Rodman arrived, Murray successfully completed the shot, and when Rodman saw Murray completed the shot, he turned his head and ran into the penalty area. After all, Olajuwon and Dee Watts grabs rebounds with two people, and the probability that the Warriors can get rebounds is pitifully low.

However, Rodman was too worried about this ball. Murray's shot was really good, the basketball went into the net hollow, and the Rockets started 3:0.

Seeing this scene, the fans at the scene went crazy. Even Murray can hit a three-pointer. How can they lose?
Then it was the Warriors' turn to attack, Li Weisi assisted Mu Lin, Mu Lin made a false shot, took a step forward, and hit a mid-range shot.

With a score of 3:2, Mullin's state tonight also looks good.

It was the Rockets' turn to attack again, and the Rockets still adopted the tactics of the previous round, giving the ball to Olajuwon first.

Sure enough, this time Rodman rushed over again and double-teamed.

With the same tactic, Olajuwon passed the ball to Murray again. Murray, who had already scored a goal, was full of confidence at this time. Although he averaged only 3.5 points per game this season, his three-pointer hit The rate is 42.2%. He is very sure of this kind of open three-pointer.

However, just as he was about to catch the ball, Mullin on the wing suddenly rushed out and grabbed the next step to intercept the basketball.

It turns out that this defensive strategy is not just as simple as Rodman double-teaming alone. Mullin on the flank also needs to be ready to steal at any time.

The reason why Mullin did not steal in the last round was mainly because Mullin's steal had a premise, which was to ensure that the ball would not be passed to Drexler.

As the core of the Rockets' outside line, even if Murray, who averages 3.5 points per game, can shoot an open three-pointer, he must not allow Delexler to connect with Olajuwon.

After a successful steal, the Warriors quickly counterattacked, and Mullin also threw the ball out immediately, finding Richmond who was the fastest.

Although the connection between Mullin and Richmond is rare, it is very beautiful. After the basketball fell into Richmond's hands accurately, Richmond leaned on Maxwell and made a layup, 3:4. The Warriors scored two more points.

Although this goal is not a slam dunk, it is more important than anything else to be able to secure 2 points.

It was the Rockets' turn to attack again, and this time the Rockets finally realized the problem. Should they give it or not?After Kenny Smith thought for a few tenths of a second, he immediately made a judgment.

Go ahead!
Basketball once again came to Olajuwon's hands. This time, Olajuwon no longer had the confidence he had at the beginning of the game. He began to think about how he should play.

After a brief consideration, he gestured to Murray, signaling him to slip to the baseline and go to the weak side to open up space.

Of course Murray knew what Olajuwon meant, so he immediately took action and ran with Rodman.

However, when Rodman passed by Olajuwon, he suddenly gave up on Murray and immediately ran over to pinch Olajuwon.

But Olajuwon raised the ball very high at this time, which did not give Rodman a chance to steal successfully. At the same time, it also left Murray open, and Olajuwon immediately passed the ball.

Murray, who received the ball, faced Divac's defense and completed the shot. Unfortunately, the basketball bounced off the basket and missed!
The Warriors who received the rebound fought back again!

(End of this chapter)