Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 820
"Didi!" The referee's whistle sounded, and Horry's thugs fouled.

After Li Weisi scored the second free throw, the Warriors opened the score to 3 points. The situation is not optimistic for the Bulls.

So Jordan didn't pass the ball again this time, forced a breakthrough layup, and caused Horry's fifth foul.

Since there is less than 1 minute left before the end of the game, Nelson has no intention of replacing Horry despite Horry committing five fouls.

Although Jordan missed this shot because of Horry's foul, going to the free throw line also means that Jordan can score the Bulls' first point since overtime, as long as they don't play out of order like Li Weisi.

Facts have proved that Jordan's body is good, and his stamina is strong. He has played more than 40 minutes, but his shooting action has not changed, and he made two free throws.

Although Jordan's career free throw percentage cannot be compared with Li Weisi's, it is only about 83%, which is nearly 10 percentage points worse than Li Weisi's, but the closer to the critical moment, the more stable Jordan's free throws are.

With these two free throws, not only did the Bulls finally break zero in overtime, but they also narrowed the point difference to 1 point. The entire overtime finally gave the Bulls some gains.

However, immediately afterwards, it was the Warriors' turn to attack. Li Weisi, while attracting the opponent's three-person pincer, distributed the ball to Horry who went down. Horry caught the ball and caused Jordan's foul and returned it.

However, Horry, who walked to the free throw line, seemed to be infected by Li Weisi. He also missed the first free throw. After some adjustments, he made the second free throw.

So far, the Warriors lead the Bulls by two points 106:104. This fragile lead is very unsafe for the Warriors, and there is a danger of being tied or even overtaken at any time.

Therefore, in the subsequent rounds, the Warriors successfully defended against the Bulls' offense.

Facing Richmond's defense, Jordan's mid-range shot was missed by Richmond's interference, and Rodman protected the rebound.

With 32 seconds left on the clock, the situation is getting more and more serious for the Bulls. It can be said that there is only one way for the Bulls, which is to defend the ball at all costs without fouling.

As for the Warriors, there are still two options at this time. One is to play steadily, and after 24 seconds are exhausted, give the Bulls the chance of the last attack; own hands.

The two methods have advantages and disadvantages, one is safe and the other is radical, depending on the judgment of Nielsen and Li Weisi.

And Li Weisi chose the latter, and Li Weisi launched a fast break the first time Rodman handed him the ball.

It took just over 3 seconds for Li Weisi to cross the center line and bring the ball to the opponent's half.

However, the Bulls retreated quickly, and they had already guarded against Li Weisi's fast break, so Li Weisi did not find any loopholes.

Seeing this situation, Li Weisi chose to stop, gave up the second thought, and decided to stabilize and play slowly. After all, such a forceful shot could not guarantee the hit rate at all. At this time, every offensive opportunity is precious, and the success rate more important than the number of times.

After stabilizing, as time passed, other Warriors players also ran across the half court one after another, settled in their respective offensive positions, and waited for the launch of the final attack.

"10 seconds, 9 seconds, 8 seconds..." Li Weisi finally launched an attack when he saw that the scoreboard had lost less than 10 seconds.

In this attack, Li Weisi did not call a pick-and-roll, but chose to play alone.

In fact, with the two teams playing small lineups, Li Weisi has reduced a lot of pick-and-roll tactics. There is no way, because the opponent does not have a big center, so their defensive rotation has been improved by more than one level, and the power of the Warriors' pick-and-roll tactics has been greatly reduced. Small.

But the offensive tactics that the Warriors can use are far more than pick-and-rolls. The reason why Li Weisi is singled out at this time is mainly to reduce mistakes and increase the success rate.

Hubble was easily broken by Li Weisi's defense. This time, Li Weisi did not choose a three-pointer. There was no way. In overtime, he tried two three-pointers and failed to hit one. Missed.

However, even so, Hubble still did not dare to relax his defense of Li Weisi's three-pointer, and even when defending, he still took Li Weisi's three-pointer as the first defensive focus.

At the moment of breaking through Hubble, the other defenders of the Bulls also started to act. Just like defending Jordan, defending Li Weisi was never the responsibility of the defender alone, but the joint efforts of the entire team.

The Bulls' defensive rotation was very fast. Shortly after Li Weisi entered the interior, Jordan arrived first.

Jordan came to help defend himself, which meant that Richmond was emptied. Li Weisi, who was planning to come by himself, hooked the ball above his head with his hand and passed it to Richmond.

Richmond, who received the ball, was not very far from Li Weisi's position. Of course, this is completely understandable. After all, if it was far away, Jordan would not be able to keep up.

However, when Richmond made a shot, Hubble rushed over. It turned out that after Li Weisi broke through, Hubble saw Jordan moving, and instead of continuing to chase Li Weisi, he ran towards Richmond. .

With such a tacit cooperation, Hubble successfully rushed to Richmond and interfered with him.

Richmond missed the mid-range shot. Rodman tried desperately to grab the rebound under the basket, but was stuck by Grant. In the end, it fell into Pippen's hands. The Bulls successfully defended the shot .

At the same time, the Bulls immediately called a timeout, trying to make good use of the last 9 seconds to fight for the last chance of life.

After the timeout, the Bulls served the ball. Although the Warriors defended desperately in the frontcourt, the ball still fell into Jordan's hands. This is a dangerous signal.

Jordan, who got the ball, quickly rushed towards the inside of the Warriors without making any adjustments. At the same time, the inside of the Warriors immediately erected layers of barriers to block Jordan's offensive route.

And Jordan, tossing and turning inside, used his speed and strength to kill a bloody path, but at this time, Rodman stood in front of him again. In terms of strength, Jordan really couldn't hit Rodman.

So while Jordan made an emergency stop to collect the ball, he immediately turned around and made a fallback jumper, but Rodman didn't react too slowly, anticipating Jordan's shot and pounced on it.

It's a pity that Jordan's fadeaway jumper is really difficult to block. Although Rodman has tried his best, he still failed to block Jordan, but hit Jordan's elbow.

Because the shot was elbowed, the shot was missed, but it allowed Jordan to get two free throws.

In this way, as Jordan made two free throws, the Bulls successfully equalized the score. At this time, there were 1.2 seconds left before the end of the game.

This time is enough for a lore, but given the current state of the Warriors' team, it is still difficult to do.

Sure enough, the result failed to create a miracle. After Li Weisi missed the shot, the two teams drew 4:4 in overtime. The score was 106:106, and the two teams were about to enter the second overtime.

(End of this chapter)