Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 908 Unexpectedly
Using his picturesque footwork, Olajuwon manages to swing away from Divac and hit a mid-range jumper with a little fadeaway.

But then, the Warriors' fast break roared in. Although the Rockets retreated quickly and everyone returned to their defensive positions, Richmond directly chose a three-pointer after receiving the ball. shot, hit.

Olajuwon worked so hard to score two points, and the Warriors returned one or three points when they turned around. Don't say how aggrieved this side is.

On the other hand, for the Warriors, after a victory at home, the morale of the Warriors team was greatly shaken. Tonight, the team still performed extremely well, especially Richmond, who completely regained his confidence. In Rexler's matchup, he completely gained the upper hand.

In fact, the Warriors' shooting percentage tonight has dropped compared to the previous game. However, the Rockets, in comparison, are even lower, and the role of role players is almost zero.

With Barkley hitting a mid-range shot at the buzzer, the fourth game of the two-team series, the first half of the game officially ended, and the Warriors temporarily led 47:44.

Although the point difference is not big, the situation on the field is that the Warriors are playing against the Rockets. The Rockets have not played their advantage at all. It seems that they have been led by the nose by the Warriors. Everyone is exhausted. How can we overtake the score?

During the intermission, the Rockets coach Tomjanovich initiated the final general mobilization, saying that this is their last chance. If they form the Big Three, but they can't even beat the Warriors who are short of major generals, what kind of situation will they face? ridicule?The days to come will only be spent in abuse and blame.

It has to be said that the scene described by coach Tomjanovich made all the Rockets players, especially the Big Three, shudder and couldn't help shivering.

Thinking about it, everyone is a famous star. This kind of group behavior is absolutely despised in this era. They have been criticized a lot throughout the season. It can be said that as long as they don’t win the championship, it is a failure for them. , and it is a failure that is difficult to prove itself.

No way, who made them choose the most difficult path?
After feeding the chicken soup to all the bosses, Tang Shuai then began to make specific arrangements for the tactics. After all, if you want to defeat the warriors, chicken soup alone is not enough. You must have the means and effective methods that can be implemented.

Sure enough, after the start of the second half, the Rockets' tactics suddenly changed slightly.

Instead, it was changed to Drexler and Olajuwon playing pick-and-rolls, changing positional warfare into sports warfare, hoping to do their best to mobilize the Warriors' defense and provide the Rockets with more opportunities.

Of course, this also involves a very serious problem, that is, the problem of Barkley's possession of the ball. In this way, the possession of the ball will be concentrated in the hands of Drexler and Olajuwon, and Barkley is in the offensive. Tactical status, a sharp decline.

However, at this time, everyone couldn't care about these things, including Barkley himself. Although he felt a little uncomfortable, he couldn't win the ball, and the possession of the ball was just a cloud.

If Tang Shuai arranged this in the previous games, Barkley might not agree, after all, he is an MVP!You can't use me as a role player!
But now these have become things that can be discussed. In the face of a crisis situation, Barkley had to compromise.

The duo between Drexler and Olajuwon is actually the Rockets' tactics last season, and the two are naturally handy in fighting.

After the pick-and-roll was completed and attracted the defense of the Warriors, Drexler immediately distributed the ball to Olajuwon, who was running down the ball. , an easy mid-range shot, and the basketball hit steadily.

Then, in the subsequent offense, due to Olajuwon's huge offensive threat, the Warriors' defensive attention was attracted. Drexler took the opportunity to immediately break into the penalty area and easily made a layup.

For a while, the Rockets' offense was vaguely about to open.

In this regard, the strategy adopted by the Warriors is simple and rude, which is to attack against attack.

No way, although the Warriors' defensive efficiency has always been good, and they are at the upper-middle level in the league, but in the final analysis, their real nirvana has to be offense.

Therefore, abandoning one's own advantages and going to defend against the Rockets is completely using one's own shortcomings to attack the other's strengths, and the gains outweigh the losses.

If warriors want to defeat their opponents, they also need to return to their origin, which is offense. As long as their offense is opened, no matter what method the opponent uses, the warriors will definitely win.

Therefore, facing the Rockets' offense, Li Weisi first scored a three-pointer, and then assisted Finley to score "2+1", so that the Rockets never found a chance to overtake the Warriors.

In addition, the entire third quarter was completely different from the lifeless defensive battle in the first half. In this quarter, the two teams seemed to be completely non-defensive, and the scoring efficiency was extremely high.

In fact, this is just the perception of the fans. In fact, the two teams are very attentive in defense, not worse than the first half, and even have a victory.

However, in this quarter, the offensive efficiency of the two teams is very high. No matter how they defend, they can finally put the ball into the basket, which makes the game look more like an offensive battle.

In any case, both teams played high scores in this quarter. The Rockets scored 30 points in a rare single quarter, while the Warriors were even more victorious, scoring 34 points.

In this way, despite the Rockets' hard work, the point difference not only did not decrease, but increased. After three quarters, the Warriors led the Rockets by 82 points 74:8.

Faced with this situation, in the last quarter, Tang Shuai sent all the Big Three to the field and did not give them any time to rest.

The three of them had no objection to this. Even if they were allowed to rest off the court at this time, they would not be able to rest safely.

Facing the Warriors' bench lineup, the three dared to fight hard, and quickly narrowed the 8-point difference to only 3 points.

Nelson also immediately replaced the starting lineup, and the two sides launched the final decisive battle ahead of schedule.

Throughout the fourth quarter, the scores of the two teams were extremely tight, and the whole game was so intense that it was breathless.

At the most critical moment, Li Weisi showed his superstar vigor and hit two three-pointers in a row, and they were all ultra-long three-pointers that were more than one meter away from the three-point line. When the three-point line is near, Li Weisi is easily double-teamed by the Rockets.

With these two three-pointers, the Warriors finally sealed the victory. Although the Rockets persisted until the end, the Warriors defeated the Rockets 106:101 and won the fourth game. The total score of the series was 3:1. lead rocket.

No one thought that facing the Rockets of the Big Three, the Warriors actually took the lead in getting the match point, which was really unexpected.

(End of this chapter)