Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 847
Throughout the second quarter, the Warriors scored 39 points and overtook the SuperSonics by 59 points at 54:5. If Sam Perkins hadn’t received a pass from Payton before the end of the second quarter, it would have been extremely extreme. He scored a three-pointer, and the point difference will only get bigger.

Of course, the offensive of the Warriors cannot be sustained, not to mention the intermission, the Sonics will take corresponding defensive measures to carry out targeted defense.

Even the Warriors' own touch, it is impossible to maintain such a high level all the time.

Sure enough, as the second half began, the Warriors' feel declined, causing their offensive efficiency to return to normal levels.

Of course, although the offensive efficiency of the Warriors has declined, it has not allowed the Supersonics to narrow the point difference. The reason is very simple. The offensive efficiency of the Supersonics is also greatly reduced. It is difficult to have a good effect.

For example, this time the Supersonics attacked, and it was Payton and Kemp's pick-and-roll. Since the Warriors did not switch defenses, after the two were separated, each had a chance.

Payton's shooting ability is weak, so although he has shooting space, considering his own reasons, he still chooses to distribute the ball to the inside and pass it to Kemp who is cutting inside.

In fact, it can be seen here why the pick-and-roll between Payton and Kemp is not as good as that of Stockton and Malone. The reason is that Malone has much more scoring methods than Kemp.

Although in terms of attacking the basket, Kemp's impact power beats Malone, and even ranks among the best in historical data, but Malone's comprehensive offensive methods, which are also at the historical level, make defenders dare not shrink too much. This is what Kemp said. Not available.

Just like now, when the basketball fell into Kemp's hands, Rodman took two steps back early, blocking Kemp's offensive line in advance.

Rodman would never dare to leave such a large space when defending Malone, because Malone, a good mid-range shot, would make him doubt his life.

But at this time, facing Kemp, Rodman can safely and boldly stay, and stay unscrupulously. Anyway, Kemp will come to the basket to attack in the end.

Sure enough, even though there was nothing in front of Kemp, Kemp still dribbled towards the penalty area, rushed into the penalty area, and flew to prepare for a dunk.

Even though it was already the second half, the beastly Kemp didn't seem to be affected by his physical strength at all, and he still flew that high.

However, when the ball in his hand was about to touch the basket, Rodman's big hand appeared near the basket, like a pair of iron pincers, preventing Kemp from pushing the ball forward and firmly blocking Kemp's shot. Attack the basket.

Facing Rodman completely blocking himself now, Kemp was very surprised, because Rodman is not his opponent at all in terms of jumping, and coupled with his height, it is actually difficult for Rodman to block Camp.

However, the reality is so unexpected, Rodman not only kept up with Kemp's height, but also successfully completed the block, destroying Kemp's dunk this time.

Of course, the reason why Rodman was able to block Kemp was not because Rodman's bounce suddenly increased, but because Rodman was willing to use his brain.

Different from his appearance, Rodman himself is a very smart person, he is very good at capturing all kinds of small details on the court.

In the matchup with Kemp, he knows that his jumping and height are at a disadvantage when facing Kemp, so if he wants to destroy Kemp's attack basket, he must start from the source and the end.

The reason is simple, because in these two places, Kemp's jumping and height are useless, especially at the end, no matter how high Kemp jumps, he will eventually put the ball into the basket.

In other words, as long as Rodman's take-off height is one hand higher than the basket, he can completely block Kemp.

Of course, this also involves the issue of strength, but according to Rodman's thick unicorn arm, in terms of strength, Rodman is fully confident that he will not lose to Kemp.

Facts have proved that Rodman's idea is feasible. With precise judgment and rich experience, Rodman can successfully defend Kemp from the front.

With the failure of this attack and the Warriors receiving the rebound, the Warriors fought back again. In the fast break, Rose received a pass from Li Weisi and dunked successfully, further expanding the point difference.

When the team's offensive arrows repeatedly missed, Payton quickly realized that at this time, others need to stand up to take more responsibility, and as the team leader, he is duty-bound.

So in the next game, Payton began to consciously increase his shots. I have to say that Payton still feels pretty good tonight. After increasing his shots, Payton's mid-range shots were actually able to make shots. Not even a three-point shot.

In addition to Payton, Sam Perkins also showed the power of a veteran in this quarter, and he was accurate from the outside. It was through the efforts of the two of them that the Warriors did not widen the point difference to a greater extent. .

But even so, the Warriors still beat the Sonics by 3 points in a single quarter at the end of the third quarter, leading 87:79.

After entering the final quarter, at the beginning of the game, the Sonics put Payton and Kemp on the field at the same time, preparing to use them to conduct Tianji horse racing, and strive to recover the point difference.

Obviously, Coach Carl's trick has indeed achieved good results. During this period of time, facing Horry, Kemp seemed to come back to life again, and once again achieved the achievement of constantly bombing the basket.

In addition, Cassell also played quite uncomfortable when facing Payton.

Payton is tall and big, and he is particularly good at defending heavy guards like Cassel. On the contrary, he is relatively weak in defense against fast point guards.

When it comes to offense, Cassel has nothing to do with Payton and can only let Payton score.

In this case, the Warriors' lead began to be eroded by the Sonics, and in the end, they successfully played a wave of 10:2, officially tying the score.

Afterwards, although the Warriors returned from the starting lineup, the two sides fell into an anxious game. Although Kemp's offensive efficiency began to decline again as Rodman returned to the court, the Supersonics, Payton and Perkins, were still able to score.

Especially Perkins, Divac, who shot from the outside, doubted life.

However, the Warriors are not completely powerless to fight back. Under the leadership of Li Weisi, the Warriors continue to score through pick-and-rolls, air cuts and even Li Weisi's singles.

Until the end, with 1.7 seconds left before the end of the game, Li Weisi scored two plus one with a layup, completely killing the game.

Having been killed so many times this season, he finally used a quasi-kill to win a game and refused to lose.

In the end, the whole game was fixed at 111:108, and the Warriors retreated from Seattle.

(End of this chapter)