Chapter 554 Temporarily Leading
Chapter 554 Temporarily Leading
On the day before the start of the Western Conference Finals, that is, May 5th, well, it is not the dog food day for single dogs at this time, and the Eastern Conference Finals officially opened.
As old enemies from last season, the Bulls and Pistons have a deep hatred, and now that they meet again, they are naturally extremely jealous.
Compared with last year, the strength of the Bulls has improved again, whether it is the newly joined Price, or the continuous growth of Pippen, Grant and others, and even Jordan is also growing.
On the other hand, because of Mahon's departure and the establishment of malicious fouls, the strength of the Pistons has dropped a lot, but the team's main lineup still exists, and being able to win the first place in the Eastern Conference in the regular season also proves their strength. strength.
Therefore, when these two teams meet, compared with last year, the game has become more intense and anxious.
Due to the existence of Price and Pippen, the "Jordan Rule" of the Pistons will not have a good effect this year. After all, Price is a player who can score 50 points. If you really want to ignore him completely, who knows What can he do.
Under such circumstances, the Pistons can only use the strategy of Dumars' single defense and other people's defense to restrict Jordan, but the result is not effective. Without Jordan's law, it is obvious that relying on such a defense alone is not enough To limit Jordan.
However, due to the fierce defense of both sides, the shooting percentage of the two teams is not high, and it is basically a defensive battle.
In the end, after 4 quarters of fierce fighting, the Bulls finally narrowly beat the Pistons by one point 87:86.
As a new aid, Price received a pass from Jordan at the last moment and hit a priceless quasi-lore to help the team seal the victory.
It can be said that just relying on this goal, Price will definitely not lose money in this year's trade.
The first game of the Eastern Conference Finals was so exciting, which also made the fans have the same expectations for the Western Conference Finals. After all, the two teams, the Warriors and the Lakers, met in the Western Conference Finals in the past three years, bringing fans Countless classic games, they believe that these two teams will definitely play equally exciting this year.
On May 5, at 21:19 in the evening, at the Great Western Forum Arena, the first game of the Western Conference Finals will begin soon.
For the Lakers, Li Weisi has always had a different emotion.
Since entering the league, he fell in front of the Lakers for two consecutive years, making Li Weisi pessimistic that he would never be able to beat the Lakers.
But last season, he didn't expect that the team would suddenly become so strong, which also made him easily cross the threshold of the Lakers, which he thought he could not cross.
But this season, due to injuries, the Warriors' strength has declined, and the threshold crossed has reappeared in front of Li Weisi.
In the battle of the regular season, the Warriors fell into a disadvantage, but at this time the Lakers are not as intimidating as before, which also gave Li Weisi confidence that even if Mullin does not come back, he can lead the team to defeat the Lakers!
Regarding the starting lineups of the two sides tonight, there is no difference compared to the regular season stage, and the tactics of both sides are well known, so there is no need to make too many adjustments. to the white-hot stage.
Unlike the previous two years, the first game between the two teams this year returned to the home court of the Lakers, but after the opening game tonight, the Warriors played against the guest and played very proactively, quickly gaining an advantage in the situation.
As Richmond faced Worthy's defense and hit the mid-range, the Warriors successfully stopped the Lakers 16:6.
Richmond played very well tonight, and the Lakers also changed his defender from Magic Johnson to Worthy.
After all, Johnson needs to save energy to organize the offense, and Lewis' offense is obviously not as good as Li Weisi and Richmond.
But no matter who it is, the defensive effect is not good when facing Richmond. At this time, he has already scored 8 points, which is higher than the entire Lakers team.
However, the Lakers' ability to adjust is quite good. Although they were stunned at the beginning, they stabilized their position after returning from the timeout, which also made Richmond's offensive efficiency begin to decline, and the Warriors' offense was one of them. lag.
Not only that, but during the rotation stage of the first quarter, the Lakers seized the opportunity of Li Weisi's exit and played a wave of offensive counterattacks. Finally, before the end of the first quarter, they chased the score to 26:31, only 5 points behind.
Just when everyone thought that tonight's game would be another offensive battle, in the second quarter, the situation suddenly changed, and the offensive efficiency of the Warriors dropped significantly. Not very accurate, if Johnson had not made a lot of fouls in the first quarter, I am afraid there would be no way to chase the score to where it is now.
Since the Warriors were unable to score for a long time, the Lakers successfully tied the score shortly after the start of the second quarter.
Fortunately, the Warriors started gradually returning to the court at this time, and the Lakers' momentum of chasing points was soon contained, and Richmond also showed his good form again.
Unfortunately, it didn't take long before he ran into trouble.
This is the Lakers' offensive round. The Lakers push the fast break as usual. Johnson made a signature no-look pass and passed the ball to Worthy, who passed it back to Johnson.
After Johnson received the ball, he dunked against Richmond, but the dunk was taken off by Richmond, but just when he thought it was a good one, the referee blew his whistle and called a foul on Richmond .
"What?" Richmond was puzzled, how could this be a foul?
However, in the eyes of the referee, this is a thug foul, and there is no doubt about it.
This is troublesome, because not long ago, Richmond just received his second foul, and now he fouled again, which means that he will be plagued by fouls throughout the second quarter and can only rest.
It's rare that Richmond is in good form tonight, but this time it's good, he can't play, and no matter how good he is, it doesn't help.
With a look of depression on his face, Richmond walked off the court and replaced him with Dell Curry. As a result, the Warriors' most aggressive offensive point tonight was banned by the Lakers.
Although Curry has a certain organizational ability and shooting ability is better than Richmond, in general, whether it is offense, defense, physical fitness, or even height, he is more like a weakened version of Richmond.
What's more, Curry's state tonight cannot be compared with Richmond.
Fortunately, the Warriors are not alone in Richmond.
Due to Richmond's outstanding performance, Li Weisi has not played much. Now that Richmond is gone, Li Weisi has to stand up and start to take over the rest of the second quarter.
I have to say that although playing like this consumes Li Weisi's physical strength, the effect is really good. No, at the end of halftime, the Warriors actually completed the overtake and temporarily led the Lakers by 53:51.
(End of this chapter)