Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 904
In the scorching summer, the Oracle Arena in San Francisco seemed to gather all the heat of the entire city at this time, resulting in dozens of high-power central air conditioners in the arena, which were unable to bring some coolness to the fanatical people present.

It's no wonder that the uncontrollable enthusiasm of the fans has already ignited the surrounding air. How can the air conditioner relieve it?

Even the steadfast Warriors fans, before the start of the playoffs, were confused and pessimistic about the Warriors' road to the playoffs this year.

After all, the team lost Mullin, there were many others, and because of intermittent injuries during the season, the players' state fluctuated, and it remained so until the playoffs.

Moreover, in the first two rounds, the Warriors passed through thrillingly. Whether it was a tie-break victory over the Jazz, or a bloody battle with the Sonics until the sixth game overtime, the Warriors' dominance in the first two seasons has become shaky and difficult in this season. Continue to support the Warriors' championship dream.

However, Li Weisi's miraculous performance in the first two rounds of the playoffs made Warriors fans both happy and disappointed.

The joy is because they can see Li Weisi showing the performance of a superstar, leading the team to defeat one strong enemy after another, and has been writing legends.

The loss is because the Warriors are not a complete lineup after all, and this season's playoffs, there are a lot of strong teams, which can be called the playoffs with the most strong teams in the past ten years or even decades .

After all, there has never been a season in which four teams have won 60 or more.

Therefore, in this way, the internal disorganization of our team and the external pressure are much greater than in the past, which makes the Warriors fans very sad. It is too difficult to win the key to this year.

In this mood, when the Warriors were able to win a victory at the Rockets' home court, it was already beyond the expectations of Warriors fans.

After all, the lack of a win in the regular season made them equally skeptical about whether the Warriors could beat the Rockets.

In this joyful home atmosphere, the third game of the series between the Warriors and the Rockets officially started.

Perhaps because of the blessing of the home buff, Divac actually overwhelmed Olajuwon when he jumped the ball in the opening game and won the ball for the Warriors first.

Divac's surprise came a bit suddenly. Fortunately, Li Weisi was focused enough, otherwise he might not be able to catch the ball.

Li Weisi, who got the ball, only dribbled two steps, and immediately made a long pass. It turned out that the moment Divac jumped the ball, Finley had already completed the quick play.

Since Finley joined the Warriors' starting lineup, the Warriors' fast break opportunities have basically been handed over from Richmond to Finley.

Compared with Richmond, Finley is taller, younger and more energetic, but both have the speed beyond the average player.

Li Weisi gave the pass just right in advance. Basically, Finley only needs to run forward, open his arms to get the ball, and jump directly to dunk.

The Rockets' retreat was actually not slow. Brown followed Finley closely all the time, even when Finley took off, he jumped up with him.

It's just that there is still a gap in talent between the two. The second-round pick in 89 was indeed inferior to Finley, the first-round pick, in terms of talent.

So, in just 3 seconds of the start, with Finley struggling to dunk, the Warriors led 2:0.

Seeing that the Warriors played such a fierce attack from the very beginning, the Rockets team felt a little nervous. Fortunately, they had already made sufficient preparations and were not frightened by the Warriors' start. As Barkley retreated to the bottom line After completing the serve, it was the Rockets' turn to attack.

The Big Three of the Rockets stood in this position, two inside and one outside. After Kenny Smith brought the ball to the frontcourt, he fell into a sweet multiple-choice question, which big guy should give the ball to.

Although the three have been working together for a season, the Rockets' offensive system has not been established for a long time. Coach Rudy Tomjanovich was born as a player and is a standard Rockets star.

But like most coaches from players, although coach Tomjanovich is good at reconciling the relationship between players, he is not as clear-cut as coaches from colleges at the tactical level.

Of course, this is not to say that Tang Shuai's professionalism is not enough, but in daily training and competitions, he prefers to let the players solve problems on the court by themselves.

However, it is difficult for the Big Three of the Rockets to solve their own problems. They tried to find the optimal solution, but obviously failed. At this time, external forces are needed to provide them with solutions, but obviously, in this regard , Coach Tomjanovich did not do very well.

However, although the team's tactics are not clear enough, the three players in the team at this time are all fierce players who can average 20+ per game. Sometimes, they can often solve many problems in the offense with their personal abilities.

For example, now, after Barkley got Smith's pass, he didn't directly choose to hit Rodman with his back, but brought the ball out again, and after playing a pick-and-roll with Olajuwon, he directly chose a mid-range shot.

Barkley's touch tonight looked pretty good, with a mid-range shot into the net and a 2:2 tie.

Then it was the Warriors' turn to attack again.

Unlike the three-second fast break at the beginning of the game, this time the Rockets' retreat was very timely, leaving the Warriors with no chance of a fast break at all.

After falling into position, the Warriors' offense is not easy to play. After all, although the Rockets are still lacking in offense, they are extremely sophisticated in defense.

Especially the existence of Olajuwon, a center with the top defensive ability in history, will undoubtedly be able to support the defense of the entire team. They are all online, which makes the Rockets' defense even worse than the two defensive teams the Warriors have played against before.

Therefore, if the Warriors want to ensure their shooting percentage and ensure that they can put the ball in the basket, they must spend more time than usual running tactics.

The reason why the Warriors were able to play the Rockets' defense poorly in the first game was, in the final analysis, the reason why the Warriors felt so good that night and their shooting percentage was too high.

You saw Game [-], the Warriors obviously struggled a lot offensively as their shooting percentage dropped, so you can't always rely on the rest of the Warriors to keep their touch.

However, at this moment, Richmond received a pass from Li Weisi while running, and used a change of direction to successfully get rid of Drexler's defense while moving. .

Uh...cough cough!Perhaps, for the Warriors, we can still look forward to the feel of the Warriors team!
(End of this chapter)