Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 848
Although Vancouver does not belong to the territory of the United States, Vancouver, which is located on the border between the two countries, is closer to Seattle in a straight line than San Francisco to Seattle. It only takes more than an hour by plane.

Therefore, after the end of the game against the Sonics in Seattle, the Warriors flew to Vancouver overnight.

Vancouver is obviously a city further north, but the climate here is very mild. After Li Weisi and others got off the plane, they could even feel a little warmth.

As a temperate maritime climate, the temperature in winter here is generally above 0 degrees Celsius, which can be said to be truly warm in winter and cool in summer.

This time the away game is back-to-back, the Warriors will need to go abroad to Vancouver, Canada, as a guest at the General Motors Arena, and play against the NBA rookie Vancouver Grizzlies.

From the start of the season to now, the record of the Grizzlies can't be said to be extremely poor, and that is too much to bear to look at directly. So far, the Grizzlies have only achieved a record of 3 wins and 19 losses.

To be honest, such a record is indeed a bit unexpected. Of course, the surprise is not that their results are so poor, but that they actually won 3 games.

Of course, with a record like the Grizzlies', there is no suspense, and they are naturally ranked last in the league.

The most famous person on the team is Byron Scott who played for the Pacers last season.

The former Lakers star, who won three championships with Magic Johnson and was also selected as an All-Star, unfortunately left the Lakers in 3 and lived a life of a wandering player.

As a substitute for the Pacers for two years, the results were lackluster. Therefore, in this military expansion draft, the Pacers did not put him on the protection list, which led to him being selected by the Grizzlies and then went to Vancouver.

However, after arriving at the Grizzlies, the most famous Scott also did not get the starting position and continued to serve as a substitute. It can be said that even the Grizzlies, a rotten team, did not allow himself to start. This made the 34-year-old Scott was full of emotions in his heart, and the idea of ​​​​retiring has already sprouted.

Of course, even though Scott can't make the starting lineup, it doesn't mean that the Grizzlies' starting lineup is strong enough. If they were really strong, they wouldn't have won only three games until now.

For example, the Grizzlies' starters in this game: Eric Murdoch, Bruce Edwards, Chris King, Anthony Evant and Bryant Levi's.

It can be seen that 99% of the fans do not know the five starting players. In fact, not to mention the fans of later generations, even the local fans in Vancouver did not know them very well.

Since the beginning of the season until now, Vancouver's football market has been called miserable, it is too deserted.

There is no way, this is a city of ice hockey, and the mass base of basketball here is not good.

However, there was a strange situation in tonight's game, because the tickets for the Grizzlies' home game were sold out, and there were even scalpers selling high-priced tickets.

The root of all these anomalies, in the final analysis, is because of the arrival of Li Weisi.

As the hottest star in the league, Li Weisi's influence in the hearts of basketball fans is needless to say. In fact, as early as ten days ago, there was such a situation in Vancouver, and that was because of the arrival of the Bulls.

However, what was different from last time was that this time, thousands of people of Chinese origin also appeared in the arena. Most of them came from Vancouver Chinatown, holding high the banner of welcoming Li Weisi, which was particularly dazzling among the home audience.

Before the rise of Toronto in the 70s, Vancouver had always been the city with the largest number of Chinese in Canada. Even until now, Vancouver's Chinatown is the second largest Chinatown in North America, second only to San Francisco.

These Chinese people in foreign countries have shared experiences and tribulations with Chinese people from all over the world. They worship Li Weisi who can achieve success in the Western world. The reason for entering the arena.

During the whole game, there is actually nothing to say. The huge gap in strength between the two sides led to the fact that even if the Warriors played back-to-back, the Grizzlies were not their opponents. At 116:85, the Warriors beat the Grizzlies in an away game, and they really clocked in three quarters.

Even though the home team lost, there was enthusiastic cheers at the scene. In fact, not only at the end of the game, but also on the field, as long as the Warriors or Li Weisi scored a beautiful goal, they would get thunderous applause from the scene.

Turning the away game into a home game is a scene that is difficult for other teams to encounter except for the Lakers playing at home with the Clippers.

A game similar to a vacation ended, and when they returned to the home court, the Warriors faced a challenge from a strong enemy, the Charlotte Hornets.

To say it is a strong enemy is actually a bit flattering the Hornet.

In the summer, Mourning left the Heat in exchange for Glenn Rice. As a young star who averaged 20+ points per game all the year round, although Glenn Rice had the power in the Heat, he was not as good as a shooter. uncomfortable.

After coming to the Hornets, although the team's record has declined significantly from last season, Rice himself played very comfortably.

This is because his teammate Larry Johnson can take on a lot of defensive pressure, allowing Rice to have better shooting space.

It's just that when facing the Warriors tonight, it is still very difficult for the Hornets to win only by relying on the two of them.

After all, in addition to Glenn Rice and Mourning swapping clubs, Jose Hawkins also left for the Supersonics when his contract expired in the summer. Almost the entire season was reimbursed.

It can be said that the entire Hornets started last season, except for Larry Johnson and Scott Burrell, all changed.

In this way, it is simply a dream for the Hornets to achieve a record like last season.

However, despite the fact that overall, the strength of the Hornets has declined significantly, in tonight's game against the Warriors, they were very tenacious, fighting hard throughout the game, without any intention of admitting defeat.

The game was also very intense. From the beginning of the first quarter, the two sides fought fiercely on the field, especially the two twin stars of the Hornets, Larry Johnson and Glenn Rice, showed great performance on both offense and defense. The amazing strength made it difficult for the Warriors to parry the risk.

However, fortunately, the Warriors are the stronger side after all. In the first half alone, the Warriors have already led the Hornets by 11 points.

After the second half, although the Hornets still did not give up and forcibly postponed the suspense of the game until the fourth quarter, the Warriors still had the last laugh. At 112:99, the Warriors defeated the Hornets at home and increased their winning streak to six consecutive victories.

(End of this chapter)